Home values, rents and more in Lorain, OH
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Lorain compares
The typical home in Lorain, OH is worth about $155,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Lorain are 38% below the typical value in the Cleveland metro area ($250,000) and 58% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Lorain rose 3.8%, compared with +3.9% in the Cleveland metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,104 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 23% below the Cleveland metro area ($1,440) and 43% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.2% over the past year.
The median household income is $48,685, against $70,678 in the Cleveland metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 65,395 people live in Lorain (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Lorain has the 12th-lowest typical home value of the 123 cities in the Cleveland metro area and the 123rd-lowest of 879 in Ohio with Zillow figures.
Part of: Lorain County, OH · Cleveland metro area · Ohio
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.