What is the median rent in Lorain, OH?

Name: Median rent in Lorain, OH, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Lorain, OH is $887 (±$43) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 11,236 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Lorain, the median gross rent went from $697 in 2015–2019 to $887 in 2020–2024 (+27.3%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $887 (±$43)
Rented homes: 11,236 (±690)
$2,000 or more: 0.2%
Since 2015–2019: +27.3%

How much rent costs in Lorain

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Lorain	Lorain County	Ohio	United States
Less than $500	16.8% (±3.0 points)	11.1%	8.8%	6.3%
$500 to $999	47.1% (±4.6 points)	42.6%	38.3%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	31.9% (±4.1 points)	30.7%	34.5%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	4.0% (±1.4 points)	10.1%	12.3%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.2% (±0.2 points)	3.1%	3.7%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±0.3 points)	0.5%	1.1%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±0.3 points)	1.8%	1.3%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 47.1% of renting households.

0.2% of rented homes in Lorain cost $2,000 or more a month.

Lorain against Lorain County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Lorain	Lorain County	Ohio	United States
Median gross rent	$887 (±$43)	$966 (±$21)	$1,034 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	11,236 (±690)	31,375 (±1,194)	1,512,031 (±11,174)	42,849,984

In Lorain, median gross rent is lower than in Lorain County ($966).

It is also lower than in Ohio ($1,034).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In Lorain County, Lorain ranks 24 of 27 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 1030 of 1,916.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Lorain has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$697 (±$20)	$887 (±$43)	+27.3%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	43.9% (±1.8 points)	42.9% (±2.2 points)	−1.0 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	5.8% (±1.5 points)	7.5% (±2.0 points)	+1.7 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Lorain

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Lorain
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Lorain	—	$887 (±$43)	—
Sheffield Township (Lorain County)	1.9 mi	$824 (±$221)	Not measurably different
Amherst	3.6 mi	$906 (±$111)	Not measurably different
Elyria Township	3.6 mi	$1,195 (±$315)	Not measurably different
Amherst Township	4.3 mi	$1,168 (±$157)	Higher
Sheffield	4.6 mi	$1,806 (±$97)	Higher
Sheffield Lake	5.4 mi	$1,054 (±$68)	Higher
Elyria	5.9 mi	$906 (±$34)	Not measurably different
South Amherst	7.0 mi	$1,294 (±$492)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Amherst Township, OH ($1,168), Sheffield, OH ($1,806), Sheffield Lake, OH ($1,054).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Lorain County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
18	LaGrange	$951 (±$116)
19 (tie)	Kipton	$950 (±$627)
19 (tie)	Grafton Township	$950 (±$285)
21 (tie)	Amherst	$906 (±$111)
21 (tie)	Elyria	$906 (±$34)
23	Carlisle Township	$899 (±$125)
24	Lorain	$887 (±$43)
25	Wellington Township	$839 (±$128)
26	Sheffield Township (Lorain County)	$824 (±$221)
27	Wellington	$820 (±$111)

Showing 10 of 27 places in Lorain County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Lorain

What is the average rent in Lorain, OH?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Lorain is $887 (±$43) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Lorain?

In Lorain, the median gross rent went from $697 in 2015–2019 to $887 in 2020–2024 (+27.3%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in Lorain cost more than $2,000 a month?

0.2% of rented homes in Lorain have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 16.8% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Lorain higher than in Lorain County?

In Lorain, median gross rent is lower than in Lorain County ($966).

It is also lower than in Ohio ($1,034).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Lorain city, Ohio (place:44856, in state:39).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.