Lorain vs St. Benedict

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

Lorain and St. Benedict 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 497 in St. Benedict). St. Benedict has the higher median household income ($63,828 vs $52,727 in Lorain). St. Benedict has the higher median home value ($79,300 vs $58,300 in Lorain).

Population, income & housing

	Lorain	St. Benedict
Population	509	497
Median age	44.8 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,727	$63,828
Median home value	$58,300	$79,300
Median gross rent	$820	—
Housing units	366	194
Homeownership rate	83.3%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lorain	St. Benedict
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%)	—

Lorain

Population

631509

Median household income

$41,538$52,727

Median home value

$46,100$58,300

Median gross rent

$680$820

St. Benedict

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lorain	St. Benedict
Under 5	3.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.1%
18 to 24	9.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	8.1%	17.7%
35 to 44	14.1%	5.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	20.9%
55 to 64	14.9%	16.3%
65 to 74	14.5%	7.6%
75 and over	8.8%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lorain	St. Benedict
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lorain	St. Benedict
No high school diploma	10.5%	12.6%
High school graduate	54.3%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lorain	St. Benedict
Drove alone	76.7%	94.8%
Carpooled	14.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lorain	St. Benedict
1-unit, detached	77.6%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	14.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Lorain	St. Benedict
Poverty rate	17.7%	19.6%
Average household size	2.18	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	15	21
Median year structure built	1950	1938