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Lorain, OH real estate and demographic information

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Lorain zip codes44055, 44052, 44053

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POPULATION
68,655

Lorain, OH Information

LORAIN INFORMATION DETAILS
POPULATION 68,655
NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS 28,200
LORAIN HOME OWNERSHIP
% OWNER OCCUPIED 57.13%
% RENTER OCCUPIED 36.51%
% VACANT 6.36%
TYPE OF LORAIN HOMES
SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED 66.53%
ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES 3.93%
SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS 13.10%
COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS 15.39%
MOBILE HOMES 1.02%
OTHER 0.03%
SIZE OF LORAIN HOMES
NO BEDROOM 2.39%
1 BEDROOM 11.21%
2 BEDROOMS 25.30%
3 BEDROOMS 47.03%
4 BEDROOMS 11.84%
5 OR MORE BEDROOMS 2.23%
AGE OF HOMES
NEWER HOMES (1995 OR LATER) 2.48%
ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1994) 22.44%
WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) 53.06%
HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) 22.02%


LORAIN REAL ESTATE INFORMATION DETAILS
MEDIAN HOME VALUE $115,805
MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE $479
HOME VALUE RANGE
$0-$67,000 8.61%
$67,001-$135,000 61.41%
$135,001-$270,000 27.33%
$270,001-$406,000 1.97%
$406,001-$541,000 0.32%
$541,001-$676,000 0.20%
$676,001-$1,014,000 0.12%
$1,014,001-$1,352,000 0.00%
> $1,352,000 0.04%


PEOPLE OF Lorain DETAILS
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
UNDER 5 YEARS 7.82%
5 TO 17 20.61%
18 TO 24 8.89%
25 TO 34 13.07%
35 TO 54 27.65%
55 TO 64 8.06%
65 YEARS AND OVER 13.91%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 74.33%
COLLEGE GRADUATES 9.87%
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME $33,917
PER CAPITA INCOME $16,340
INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL 17.09%
INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN Manufacturing (27.40%), Retail (12.38%), Healthcare (11.33%), Accomodation (6.60%), Education (6.01%), Construction (5.00%), Other (4.90%), Administration (4.80%), Public Service (4.40%), Transportation (3.62%), Finance (3.34%), Professional, scientific, and technical services (2.48%), Information Technology (2.17%), Wholesale (2.12%)
ATTENDING COLLEGE 3.54%
RACIAL MAKEUP
WHITE 69.55%
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 15.30%
AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 0.31%
ASIAN 0.50%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 0.02%
SOME OTHER RACE ALONE 9.36%
TWO OR MORE RACES 4.96%
HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) 20.67%
ETHNICITIES PRESENT Other Groups (33.56%), Unclassified (14.95%), German (10.86%), Irish (6.42%), Polish (5.87%), Italian (5.30%), United States or American (4.26%), English (3.65%), Hungarian (3.43%), Slovak (2.40%)
FOREIGN BORN 3.65%
LANGUAGES SPOKEN English (75.35%) , Spanish (13.27%)
About Lorain

Lorain is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 68,655 people and 24 constituent neighborhoods, Lorain is the tenth largest community in Ohio.

When you are in Lorain, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 37.2% of Lorain's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Lorain is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lorain who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.85%), sales jobs (9.81%), and food service (5.24%).

Lorain is a very car-oriented city: 96.8% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. In fact, the general consensus among people in Lorain is that if you need to get anywhere, you're going to have to drive. The landscape is very car-oriented, and features shopping centers, strip malls, parking lots, and wide streets. Pedestrians are discouraged by the fact that sidewalks are not always present, which makes attempts at walking downright daunting in certain parts of town.

Lorain Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Lorain with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%: just 9.87% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lorain in 2000 was $16,340, which is lower middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $65,360 for a family of four.

Lorain is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lorain home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lorain is White, followed by African-American. Lorain also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.67% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Lorain include German, Irish, Polish, Italian, English, Hungarian, and Slovak.

The most common language spoken in Lorain is English. Some people also speak Spanish.

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