Elyria is home to 53,035 people in Ohio. 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have risen by half since 2000, reaching $156,100. 2% of people here were born outside the United States. Density works out to 2,581 people per square mile. That trails the Ohio median by roughly 23%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $54,945, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.4
US median: 38.9
Less educated
18% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 8%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Elyria
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$134,644 → $156,100(+16%)US over the same years: +67%
Adults with a bachelor's degree11.0% → 17.8%(+6.8 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Median household income (2024 dollars)$64,617 → $54,945(−15%)US over the same years: +14%
Elyria's population equals 17% of Lorain County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 9.0% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 10% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)14.9%(384)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)16.6%(428)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era37.7%(969)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.7%(122)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.3%(8)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 2,572 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Elyria, decade by decade
Elyria population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
56,746
$64,617
$134,644
11.0%
34.1
2000
55,953
$69,507
$169,050
13.1%
42.4
2010
54,533
$59,568
$158,387
14.2%
50.3
2020
52,656
$53,107
$130,415
15.2%
60.8
2024
53,035
$54,945
$156,100
17.8%
63.4
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
