Lorain County vs Warren County

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

Lorain County and Warren County are counties in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lorain County has the higher population (314,588 vs 246,364 in Warren County). Warren County has the higher median household income ($107,843 vs $70,693 in Lorain County). Warren County has the higher median home value ($319,700 vs $207,200 in Lorain County).

Population, income & housing

	Lorain County	Warren County
Population	314,588	246,364
Median age	42.1 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,693	$107,843
Median home value	$207,200	$319,700
Median gross rent	$916	$1,293
Housing units	135,584	94,910
Homeownership rate	73.7%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lorain County	Warren County
Population	307,670 → 314,588 (+2.2%)	229,132 → 246,364 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$58,427 → $70,693 (+21.0%)	$87,125 → $107,843 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$150,500 → $207,200 (+37.7%)	$222,500 → $319,700 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $916 (+18.3%)	$1,061 → $1,293 (+21.9%)

Lorain County

Population

307,670314,588

Median household income

$58,427$70,693

Median home value

$150,500$207,200

Median gross rent

$774$916

Warren County

Population

229,132246,364

Median household income

$87,125$107,843

Median home value

$222,500$319,700

Median gross rent

$1,061$1,293

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lorain County	Warren County
Under 5	5.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.3%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.6%	9.4%
75 and over	7.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lorain County	Warren County
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	82.7%
Black or African American	7.2%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lorain County	Warren County
No high school diploma	8.5%	5.0%
High school graduate	31.1%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lorain County	Warren County
Drove alone	78.6%	75.5%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	1.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.0%	16.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lorain County	Warren County
1-unit, detached	76.2%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	8.2%
20 or more units	4.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Lorain County	Warren County
Poverty rate	12.8%	5.4%
Average household size	2.43	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1972	1994