Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety48#1,602/3,096
Economy60#1,261/3,143
Housing44#1,760/3,140
Health49#1,595/3,144
Healthcare86#433/3,143
Environment50#1,561/3,108
Education63#1,160/3,144
Infrastructure75#790/3,144
Community49#1,617/3,144
Leisure & amenities48#1,649/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Lorain County, Ohio ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Mental health care shortage · low0.0
96/100Ohio 12.2United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Natural hazard risk · low4.2
96/100Ohio 14.52025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Access to exercise opportunities · high95.1%
94/100Ohio 84.2%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Distance to an Amtrak station · low7 mi
94/100Ohio 37 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Distance to an airport · low14 mi
94/100Ohio 30 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Flu vaccinations · high51.0%
91/100Ohio 48.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

High ozone days · high5 days
4/100Ohio 3 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Effective property tax rate · high1.37%
10/100Ohio 1.36%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Child care cost burden · high37.5%
11/100Ohio 31.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Students per teacher · high16.6×
14/100Ohio 16.8×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics
Loneliness · high33.9%
23/100Ohio 36.0%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Time spent in the emergency room · high173 min
23/100Ohio 161 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

High ozone daysWorsening
2 days (2017) → 5 days (2022)
+150%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Drug overdose deathsImproving
46.1 /100k (2021) → 20.8 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−55%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
85.0% (2010 & 2021) → 95.0% (2022 & 2024)
+10 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
New business applicationsImproving
7.3 /1k (2020) → 11.0 /1k (2025)
+50%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Firearm deathsWorsening
12.7 /100k (2021) → 18.9 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+49%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
80.2% (2015-2019) → 88.9% (2020-2024)
+8.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Lorain County, Ohio improved on 13 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 14 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved13

Unemployment−5.8 points10.1% → 4.3%
Poverty−3.1 points13.9% → 10.8%
Household income+34%$59,201 → $79,139
Child poverty−4.5 points20.3% → 15.8%
Overdose deaths−54%45.0 /100k → 20.8 /100k

Declined4

Suicides+44%14.0 /100k → 20.1 /100k
Transit use−0.5 points0.7% → 0.2%
Firearm deaths+41%13.4 /100k → 18.9 /100k
Price / income+0.5×2.6× → 3.0×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Lorain County, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.3 /10k2020	3.5 /10k2025	+6.4%	Within the margin of error	53%
Average commute time	24.6 min2015-2019	25.4 min2020-2024	+0.8 min	Within the margin of error	40%
Average weekly wage	$9102020	$1,1162025	+23%	Improved	41%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%2015-2019	28.5%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Improved	66%
Broadband subscriptions	80.2%2015-2019	88.9%2020-2024	+8.7 points	Improved	38%
Child poverty rate	20.3%2019	15.8%2024	−4.5 points	Improved	86%
Distance to an airport	14 mi2020	14 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	45.0 /100k2020	20.8 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−54%	Improved	80%
Effective property tax rate	1.64%2015-2019	1.37%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	87%
Firearm deaths	13.4 /100k2020	18.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+41%	Declined	10%
Grocery stores	1.8 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−18%	Within the margin of error	20%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.0 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	+12%	Within the margin of error	66%
High school diploma or higher	89.7%2015-2019	91.8%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Improved	57%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	41%
Homicide rate	5.7 /100k2020	4.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−28%	Within the margin of error	51%
Income adjusted for local prices	$50,8512019	$65,7792024	+29%	Improved	34%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4512015-2019	0.4632020-2024	+0.012	Within the margin of error	33%
Median household income	$59,2012019	$79,1392024	+34%	Improved	87%
New business applications	7.3 /1k2020	11.0 /1k2025	+50%	Improved	57%
Pharmacies	1.6 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−11%	Within the margin of error	39%
Poverty rate	13.9%2019	10.8%2024	−3.1 points	Improved	93%
Property crime rate	1,182 /100k2020	901 /100k2025	−24%	Improved	31%
Public libraries	0.5 /10k2019	0.5 /10k2024	−3.4%	Within the margin of error	33%
Public transit commuters	0.7%2015-2019	0.2%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Declined	29%
Rent as share of income	29.9%2015-2019	28.8%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Rent-burdened households	49.9%2015-2019	47.3%2020-2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Restaurants and bars	6.7 /10k2020	6.1 /10k2025	−8.1%	Within the margin of error	29%
Students per teacher	17.6×2019	16.6×2024	−1.1×	Improved	65%
Suicide rate	14.0 /100k2020	20.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+44%	Declined	7%
Traffic deaths	9.5 /100k2015-2019	7.8 /100k2020-2024	−17%	Within the margin of error	76%
Unemployment rate	10.1%2020	4.3%2025	−5.8 points	Improved	97%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.6%2019	7.7%2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Violent crime rate	207 /100k2020	216 /100k2025	+4.5%	Within the margin of error	28%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Lorain County, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lorain County, Ohio in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Lorain County, Ohio itself moved +0.2 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

317,129 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

127,544 households (±756)

Lorain County, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k16%19,831
$25k–50k19%24,551
$50k–75k16%20,810

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

127,544 households (±756)

Lorain County, Ohio
Ohio share

Own74%94,405
Rent26%33,139

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.7 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

147,177 workers (±1,883)

Lorain County, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone78%114,723
Carpool7.5%11,028
Public transit0.2%†256

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Cleveland, OH

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Lorain County has 5,664 employer establishments, 178 for every 10,000 residents (0.72× the US rate of 248; 0.82× Ohio's), with 89,159 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,384. The Census Bureau also counts 22,853 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 5,664; 22,853 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 178; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 89,159
Average annual pay: $50,384; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Lorain County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	451	14.1	0.77×Fewer than typical	8,920	$18,979	84
Specialty trade contractors	414	13	0.84×About typical	2,785	$66,297	1,899
Ambulatory health care services	412	12.9	0.62×Fewer than typical	6,159	$75,025	1,162
Limited-service restaurants	236	7.4	0.92×About typical	4,983	$17,103	46
Services to buildings and dwellings	220	6.9	1.02×About typical	1,746	$46,105	1,286
Lessors of real estate	185	5.8	0.47×Fewer than typical	594	$40,567	2,092
Religious organizations	172	5.4	0.97×About typical	1,087	$22,825	—
Full-service restaurants	160	5	0.65×Fewer than typical	3,317	$22,396	26
Construction of buildings	157	4.9	0.65×Fewer than typical	842	$55,761	628
Landscaping services	149	4.7	1.33×More than typical	1,216	$53,429	439
Automotive repair and maintenance	143	4.5	0.89×About typical	643	$47,967	279
Personal care services	134	4.2	0.88×About typical	737	$28,121	980

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 318,804 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $23.1M on contracts performed in Lorain County, Ohio: $71.33 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $23.1M; −32% vs FY2025
Per resident: $71.33; US $1,994
Sole-source: 30%; US 30%
Single offer: 28%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$14.8M64%
Federal Aviation Administration$5.7M25%
Department of Veterans Affairs$2.8M12%
Environmental Protection Agency$371K1.6%
Department of the Air Force$306.1K1.3%
U.S. Coast Guard$144.1K0.6%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$86.4K0.4%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$26.8K0.1%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

30.6MFY2017
23.9MFY2018
25.7MFY2019
28.3MFY2020
25.7MFY2021
24.8MFY2022
23MFY2023
48.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344$7.2M31%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$2.7M12%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$2.2M9.6%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$2.1M9.3%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$2.1M9.0%
Electrical equipment manufacturing · 3353

Largest awards

ENGINEERING AND INSTALLATION SERVICES FOR THE CLEVELAND ARTCC ACEPS II PHASE I$9.1M
WELLS GLOBAL, LLC· Lorain County, OH· Equipment maintenance· Feb 24, 2020 – Apr 27, 2026· 6973GH20F00619
CLOSELY ASSOCIATED TO INHERENTLY GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS$4.4M
DISCOVERY ENERGY, LLC· Lorain County, OH· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 18, 2022 – Feb 4, 2026· 693KA822F00364
FA2394-24-C-B046 SBIR II FOLLOW-ON$3.8M
NEOEX SYSTEMS, INC.· Lorain County, OH· Research & development· Jul 17, 2024 – Apr 15, 2026· FA239424CB046
8511419414!MAINTENANCE KIT,AIR$2.3M

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $2.1B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Lorain County, Ohio: $6,465 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $2.1B; −6.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,465; US $12,955
Loan face value: $70.9M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.4B67%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$166.9M8.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$149.8M7.2%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$149.1M7.1%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$64.9M3.1%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$28.1M1.3%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$20.7M1.0%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$18.6M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$42.6M2.0%
COLUMBUS, OH
LORAIN METROPOLITAN HOUSING AUTHORITY$40.8M2.0%
LORAIN, OH
LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT$11.9M0.6%
ELYRIA, OH
LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY, INC.$9.3M0.4%
LORAIN, OH
PRELIMINARY, INC

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$1.8B85%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$169.8M8.1%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$45.2M2.2%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$40.8M2.0%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

1.8BFY2021
1.7BFY2022
1.8BFY2023
1.9BFY2024
2.2BFY2025
2.1BFY2026

County aggregates

94%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Lorain County, Ohio compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Lorain County, Ohio
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lorain County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lorain County, Ohio	United States
FY2017	$99.43	$1,436
FY2018	$77.40	$1,552
FY2019	$82.78	$1,654
FY2020	$90.17	$1,880
FY2021	$81.91	$1,810
FY2022	$78.39	$1,917
FY2023	$72.02	$2,079
FY2024	$150	$2,047
FY2025	$105	$2,165
FY2026	$71.33 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lorain County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lorain County, Ohio	United States
FY2017	$9.52	$93.28
FY2018	$5.45	$105
FY2019	$6.91	$128
FY2020	$7.76	$145
FY2021	$7.50	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lorain County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lorain County, Ohio	United States
FY2021	$445	$5,748
FY2022	$318	$5,221
FY2023	$275	$5,364
FY2024	$373	$5,501
FY2025	$658	$5,732
FY2026	$295

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lorain County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lorain County, Ohio	United States
FY2021	$83.65	$298
FY2022	$121	$357
FY2023	$82.53	$301
FY2024	$81.16	$319
FY2025	$454	$360
FY2026	$140

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lorain County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lorain County, Ohio	United States
FY2021	$154	$239
FY2022	$152	$185
FY2023	$155	$229
FY2024	$173	$229
FY2025	$174	$249
FY2026	$159

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lorain County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lorain County, Ohio	United States
FY2021	$69.90	$2,304
FY2022	$47.82	$2,197
FY2023	$42.50	$2,274
FY2024	$41.79	$2,267
FY2025	$42.79	$2,397
FY2026	$30.51

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lorain County, Ohio and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lorain County, Ohio	United States
FY2021	$703	$1,186
FY2022	$271	$465
FY2023	$48.85	$76.52
FY2024	$53.99	$120
FY2025	$83.20	$148
FY2026	$48.33

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Lorain County, Ohio
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Lorain County, Ohio and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Lorain County, Ohio	United States
2014	1.1%	2.0%
2015	1.0%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/39093

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Lorain County, Ohio is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Robert E. LattaR-OH-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 0.0%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Lorain County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Cleveland, OH64Outlying county

Cities and towns in Lorain County

Places whose residents live mostly in Lorain County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/39093

Calendar years	Lorain County, Ohio	United States
2014	−0.6%	−4.2%
2015	−0.1%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.4%	+3.3%
2018	+4.6%	+6.8%
2019	+6.5%	+10.5%
2020	+14.2%	+19.4%
2021	+18.7%	+26.1%
2022	+23.6%	+30.6%
2023	+28.9%	+35.0%
2024	+34.5%	+41.0%
2025	+40.0%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Lorain County, Ohio	United States
2014	−5.6%	−5.5%
2015	−2.9%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.7%	+4.1%
2018	+7.5%	+8.9%
2019	+12.1%	+13.5%
2020	+19.1%	+20.8%
2021	+28.6%	+32.1%
2022	+30.6%	+35.4%
2023	+38.0%	+42.9%
2024	+44.5%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Lorain County, Ohio	United States
2014	2.7/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.8/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.2/1k	3.7/1k
2017	3.1/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.6/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.6/1k	4.2/1k
2020	4.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.6/1k	5.2/1k
2022	3.4/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.0/1k	4.5/1k
2024	4.1/1k	4.3/1k
2025	3.3/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Lorain County, Ohio	United States
2014	−4.8%	−6.9%
2015	−4.0%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.9%	+4.7%
2018	+7.9%	+7.5%
2019	+7.7%	+14.0%
2020	+9.1%	+16.9%
2021	+15.3%	+21.0%
2022	+22.2%	+29.7%
2023	+37.4%	+34.9%
2024	+44.0%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Lorain County, Ohio	United States
2014	14.7%	15.5%
2015	13.5%	14.7%
2016	12.4%	14.0%
2017	13.5%	13.4%
2018	14.2%	13.1%
2019	13.9%	12.3%
2020	11.9%	11.9%
2021	12.8%	12.8%
2022	12.8%	12.6%
2023	11.0%	12.5%
2024	10.8%	12.1%

Calendar years	Lorain County, Ohio	United States
2014	6.4%	6.2%
2015	5.6%	5.3%
2016	6.2%	4.9%
2017	6.2%	4.4%
2018	5.1%	3.9%
2019	4.4%	3.7%
2020	10.1%	8.1%
2021	5.8%	5.4%
2022	4.9%	3.7%
2023	3.9%	3.6%
2024	4.0%	4.0%
2025	4.3%	4.3%

Calendar years	Lorain County, Ohio	United States
2014	−9.5% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−4.5% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+6.1% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+12.0% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+17.4% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+29.6% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+43.4% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+58.8% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+65.7% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+75.5% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+84.2% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Lorain County, Ohio	United States
2015	−0.2% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.6% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+11.4% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+13.7% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+21.7% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+38.2% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+49.0% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+62.8% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+68.9% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+77.9% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Lorain County, Ohio	United States
2014	8.8%	13.5%
2015	6.5%	10.9%
2016	6.4%	10.0%
2017	6.2%	10.2%
2018	7.3%	10.4%
2019	7.6%	10.8%
2020	7.5%	10.4%
2021	7.2%	10.2%
2022	7.3%	9.5%
2023	6.6%	9.5%
2024	7.7%	9.8%

Calendar years	Lorain County, Ohio	United States
2014	4.7/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.8/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.9/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.4/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.7/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	7.3/1k	13.1/1k
2021	10.6/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.3/1k	15.1/1k
2023	9.7/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.5/1k	15.4/1k
2025	11.0/1k	16.6/1k

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