Lorain vs North Ridgeville

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

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

Lorain has the higher population (65,207 vs 36,043 in North Ridgeville). North Ridgeville has the higher median household income ($94,234 vs $45,799 in Lorain). North Ridgeville has the higher median home value ($254,700 vs $123,500 in Lorain).

Population, income & housing

	Lorain	North Ridgeville
Population	65,207	36,043
Median age	39.3 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$45,799	$94,234
Median home value	$123,500	$254,700
Median gross rent	$839	$1,067
Housing units	30,456	14,335
Homeownership rate	55.8%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lorain	North Ridgeville
Population	63,801 → 65,207 (+2.2%)	33,427 → 36,043 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$38,291 → $45,799 (+19.6%)	$77,221 → $94,234 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$87,300 → $123,500 (+41.5%)	$182,300 → $254,700 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $839 (+20.4%)	$968 → $1,067 (+10.2%)

Lorain

Population

63,80165,207

Median household income

$38,291$45,799

Median home value

$87,300$123,500

Median gross rent

$697$839

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)

	Lorain	North Ridgeville
Under 5	6.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.4%
75 and over	6.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lorain	North Ridgeville
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	87.3%
Black or African American	16.3%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	27.4%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lorain	North Ridgeville
No high school diploma	15.0%	3.8%
High school graduate	36.7%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lorain	North Ridgeville
Drove alone	78.5%	76.0%
Carpooled	13.1%	7.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	0.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	13.3%
Other means	2.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lorain	North Ridgeville
1-unit, detached	69.2%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	3.0%
20 or more units	5.6%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Lorain	North Ridgeville
Poverty rate	27.4%	4.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1961	1995