Elmora vs Lorain

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

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

Lorain has the higher population (509 vs 421 in Elmora).

Population, income & housing

	Elmora	Lorain
Population	421	509
Median age	31.6 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$52,727
Median home value	—	$58,300
Median gross rent	—	$820
Housing units	152	366
Homeownership rate	95.7%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmora	Lorain
Population	—	631 → 509 (-19.3%)
Median household income	—	$41,538 → $52,727 (+26.9%)
Median home value	—	$46,100 → $58,300 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$680 → $820 (+20.6%)

Elmora

Lorain

Population

631509

Median household income

$41,538$52,727

Median home value

$46,100$58,300

Median gross rent

$680$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmora	Lorain
Under 5	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	40.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	1.2%	9.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	14.3%	14.1%
45 to 54	2.9%	10.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	14.5%
75 and over	4.0%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmora	Lorain
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmora	Lorain
No high school diploma	5.3%	10.5%
High school graduate	57.7%	54.3%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	1.2%	6.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmora	Lorain
Drove alone	82.5%	76.7%
Carpooled	2.9%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmora	Lorain
1-unit, detached	93.4%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elmora	Lorain
Poverty rate	31.1%	17.7%
Average household size	3.01	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	11	15
Median year structure built	1948	1950