Avon Lake is a somewhat small city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 18,145 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Avon Lake is the 102nd largest community in Ohio.

Unlike some cities, Avon Lake isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Avon Lake are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Avon Lake is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Avon Lake who work in management occupations (15.01%), office and administrative support jobs (13.77%), and sales jobs (13.28%).

In addition, Avon Lake is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Avon Lake is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Avon Lake a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Avon Lake has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Avon Lake's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Residents of Avon Lake by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 97.9% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented city. While Avon Lake may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

Avon Lake is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Avon Lake Information and Demographics

The population of Avon Lake is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 43.02% of adults in Avon Lake have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Avon Lake in 2000 was $32,336, which is wealthy relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $129,344 for a family of four. However, Avon Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Avon Lake home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Avon Lake is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Avon Lake include German, Irish, Italian, English, Polish, Slovak, Hungarian, Scotch-Irish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Avon Lake is English.