What is the population of Elyria city?

Elyria city has 52,833 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #14 of 1,265 in Ohio.

What is the median household income in Elyria city?

Median household income in Elyria city is $53,204 a year, 32.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Elyria city?

Median gross rent is $859 a month and the median home value is $142,800, so rent absorbs about 19.4% of median household income.

Is Elyria city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Elyria city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Elyria, OH population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Elyria, Ohio (Elyria, OH — Census place “Elyria city”) is 52,833 residents, ranking #14 of 1265 places in Ohio. Median household income is $53,204, the median home is worth $142,800 and median gross rent runs $859 a month. Looking for the Elyria Ohio ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Elyria, OH: 44035.

Population: 52,833Elyria city residents
Median household income: $53,204Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $142,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $859Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 60.1%Owner-occupied households

Elyria ZIP codes (Ohio)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Elyria.

The Elyria OH ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

44035

What the numbers mean in Elyria city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Elyria city median would spend about 19.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.5% of residents and 60.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Elyria city, OH in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Elyria city is a small city in Ohio, with 52,833 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #14 of 1,265 ranked by population — larger than 98% of them. The median age here is 39.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Elyria city earn a median of $53,204 a year, 32.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 20% below the $66,250 median for the 689 Ohio cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 17.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Elyria city is valued at $142,800, 52.9% below the national figure and 15% below the $168,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $859 a month, 38.9% below the national figure, or roughly $10,308 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 60.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Elyria city?: Elyria city has 52,833 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #14 of 1,265 in Ohio.
What is the median household income in Elyria city?: Median household income in Elyria city is $53,204 a year, 32.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Elyria city?: Median gross rent is $859 a month and the median home value is $142,800, so rent absorbs about 19.4% of median household income.
Is Elyria city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Elyria city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Elyria city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.