Elyria vs North Ridgeville

A side-by-side comparison of Elyria and North Ridgeville: population, income, housing, and more.

Elyria and North Ridgeville are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elyria has the higher population (52,833 vs 36,043 in North Ridgeville). North Ridgeville has the higher median household income ($94,234 vs $53,204 in Elyria). North Ridgeville has the higher median home value ($254,700 vs $142,800 in Elyria).

Population, income & housing

	Elyria	North Ridgeville
Population	52,833	36,043
Median age	39.6 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,204	$94,234
Median home value	$142,800	$254,700
Median gross rent	$859	$1,067
Housing units	25,383	14,335
Homeownership rate	60.1%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elyria	North Ridgeville
Population	53,821 → 52,833 (-1.8%)	33,427 → 36,043 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$44,324 → $53,204 (+20.0%)	$77,221 → $94,234 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $142,800 (+44.1%)	$182,300 → $254,700 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $859 (+15.9%)	$968 → $1,067 (+10.2%)

Elyria

Population

53,82152,833

Median household income

$44,324$53,204

Median home value

$99,100$142,800

Median gross rent

$741$859

North Ridgeville

Population

33,42736,043

Median household income

$77,221$94,234

Median home value

$182,300$254,700

Median gross rent

$968$1,067

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elyria	North Ridgeville
Under 5	6.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.8%	11.4%
75 and over	6.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elyria	North Ridgeville
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	87.3%
Black or African American	12.8%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elyria	North Ridgeville
No high school diploma	12.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	35.0%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elyria	North Ridgeville
Drove alone	80.6%	76.0%
Carpooled	11.1%	7.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	1.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	13.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elyria	North Ridgeville
1-unit, detached	63.5%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	3.0%
20 or more units	5.6%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Elyria	North Ridgeville
Poverty rate	17.5%	4.9%
Average household size	2.26	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1966	1995