Lorain vs Summerhill

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

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

Summerhill has the higher population (528 vs 509 in Lorain). Summerhill has the higher median household income ($71,304 vs $52,727 in Lorain). Summerhill has the higher median home value ($121,100 vs $58,300 in Lorain).

Population, income & housing

	Lorain	Summerhill
Population	509	528
Median age	44.8 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,727	$71,304
Median home value	$58,300	$121,100
Median gross rent	$820	$832
Housing units	366	252
Homeownership rate	83.3%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lorain	Summerhill
Population	631 → 509 (-19.3%)	415 → 528 (+27.2%)
Median household income	$41,538 → $52,727 (+26.9%)	$63,214 → $71,304 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$46,100 → $58,300 (+26.5%)	$99,000 → $121,100 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $820 (+20.6%)	$507 → $832 (+64.1%)

Lorain

Population

631509

Median household income

$41,538$52,727

Median home value

$46,100$58,300

Median gross rent

$680$820

Summerhill

Population

415528

Median household income

$63,214$71,304

Median home value

$99,000$121,100

Median gross rent

$507$832

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lorain	Summerhill
Under 5	3.9%	11.6%
5 to 17	15.7%	11.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	15.0%
25 to 34	8.1%	9.1%
35 to 44	14.1%	10.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.9%	11.2%
65 to 74	14.5%	13.4%
75 and over	8.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lorain	Summerhill
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	93.0%
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%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lorain	Summerhill
No high school diploma	10.5%	3.6%
High school graduate	54.3%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lorain	Summerhill
Drove alone	76.7%	92.3%
Carpooled	14.0%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lorain	Summerhill
1-unit, detached	77.6%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	14.5%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Lorain	Summerhill
Poverty rate	17.7%	9.5%
Average household size	2.18	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	15	21
Median year structure built	1950	1953