Home values, rents and more in Lorain County, OH
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Lorain County, OH compares
The typical home in Lorain County, OH is worth about $261,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Lorain County, OH are 4% above the typical value in the Cleveland metro area ($250,000) and 29% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Lorain County, OH rose 4.8%, compared with +3.9% in the Cleveland metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,499 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 4% above the Cleveland metro area ($1,440) and 22% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.1% over the past year.
The median household income is $73,347, against $70,678 in the Cleveland metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 323,219 people live in Lorain County, OH (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Lorain County, OH has the 3rd-highest typical home value of the 6 counties in the Cleveland metro area and the 25th-highest of 88 in Ohio with Zillow figures.
Part of: Cleveland metro area · Ohio
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Nearby counties
Cities in Lorain County, OH
- Lorain, OH $155,000
- Elyria, OH $187,000
- North Ridgeville, OH $333,000
- Avon Lake, OH $429,000
- Avon, OH $479,000
- Amherst, OH $282,000
- Vermilion, OH $271,000
- Sheffield Lake, OH $208,000
- Oberlin, OH $242,000
- Grafton, OH $314,000
- Wellington, OH $216,000
- Sheffield, OH $291,000
- Lagrange, OH $306,000
- South Amherst, OH $231,000
- Kipton, OH $137,000
ZIP codes in Lorain County, OH
- 44001 · Amherst $281,000
- 44011 · Avon $479,000
- 44012 · Avon Lake $429,000
- 44028 · Columbia Station $404,000
- 44035 · Elyria $188,000
- 44039 · North Ridgeville $333,000
- 44044 · Grafton $315,000
- 44049 · Wellington $144,000
- 44050 · Lagrange $303,000
- 44052 · Lorain $139,000
- 44053 · Lorain $246,000
- 44054 · Sheffield $228,000
- 44055 · Lorain $127,000
- 44074 · Oberlin $274,000
- 44090 · New London $289,000
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.