
Lorain, Ohio
Mayor Chase Ritenauer
City Council President Joel Arredondo

General Info
Lorain is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 63,707 people and 21 constituent neighborhoods, Lorain is the tenth largest community in Ohio.
Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lorain is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lorain is a city of service providers, sales and office workers and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Lorain who work in office and administrative support (13.43%), sales jobs (9.11%) and food service (7.19%).
Lorain Information and Demographics
In Lorain, just 11.45% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Lorain in 2010 was $18,495, which is lower middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $73,980 for a family of four. However, Lorain contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lorain is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lorain home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lorain residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Lorain also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.24% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lorain include German, Irish, Italian, Polish, Hungarian and English.
The most common language spoken in Lorain is English. Some people also speak Spanish.
City Rating
Population: 63,707
Safety: 77
Education: 55
Roads w/ Sidewalks: 73.5%
Taxes (per $100,000): $2,010
Median Home Sale: $102,000
Below Poverty Level: 29.2%
Diversity (% minority): 45%
*Ratings provided by
2010 - present
2010 - present
Lorain City School District
The report card feature provides detailed information about district and school progress, such as student performance, enrollment, graduation rate, education funding and more.
Click on the image to open the Ohio School Report Card.
You may also download the information directly to your device using the .pdf link below.
The interactive map below, displays the individual schools in the district with information regarding the grades taught at each school, including the student-teacher ratio and the GreatSchools rating.