Lake County, Ohio

Lake County has a population of 232,216 and has shrunk 0.1% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $214,100, about 2.6 times the county's median household income of $80,925.

Home price
$214,100
Income
$80,925
Population
232,216
Unemployment
3.9%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$214,100county
Median gross rent$1,113county
Median year homes here were built1972county
Share of homes built before 198062.8%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile1.9%county
Share of homes that are vacant4.9%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented24.2%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.5%county
Typical monthly rent$1,403county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,279county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,058county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,646county
Home insurance / yr$2,118(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living94.3(statewide)
Median household income$80,925county
Family health premium / yr$22,618(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$17,071(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.907(statewide)
Poverty rate8.3%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home13.6%county
Unemployment rate3.9%county
Share of adults in the labor force65.8%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.4%county
Share of workers employed by government11.0%county
Share of workers in the largest industry21.8%county
Economic output per resident$67,681county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.62%county
Top state income tax2.75%(statewide)
Capital gains tax2.75%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.29%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time23.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service34 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport4950345county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.6 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station23 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.1%county
Traffic deaths9.0county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-4.4(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher31.6%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher94.4%county
Public schools in the county54county
Public school enrollment27757county
Students per full-time teacher17.4county
Free lunch eligible39.3%county
Elementary schools27county
Middle schools10county
High schools10county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above2county
Share of local colleges that are public75.0%county
Two-year institutions2county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution4.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians41county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter6.2 µgcounty
Without health insurance4.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year10.7%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year8.4%county
Frequent mental distress17.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity26.7%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.7%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population232,216county
Land area in square miles229county
People per square mile of land1012.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores42county
Convenience stores41county
Share living far from a food store26.7%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract4.2%county
Population change since 2020-0.1%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age44.1 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1819.3%county
Share of residents 65 and over21.7%county
Share of households that are one person32.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States5.4%county
Second languages8.3%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls47.6%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents69county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents2county
Households that moved in5,109county
Households that moved away4,892county
Average income of arriving households$62,760county
Average income of departing households$63,728county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes4county
Housing units authorised in the latest year426county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings4.0%county
Violent crime rate294(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature50.5°Fcounty
Annual precipitation38.9 incounty
Annual snowfall37.3 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.73 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F8 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing122 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days204 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 19county
Average first fall frostNov 9county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$94county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh14.8¢county
Household electricity use639 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.46(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity16.1%county
Homes heated by utility gas80.3%county
Homes heated by propane1.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.9%county
Homes heated by wood0.3%county
Households with broadband92.8%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk86.1county
Coastal flood risk38.6county
Drought risk0.0county
Landslide risk19.8county
Hail risk77.7county
Earthquake risk60.9county
Tornado risk75.2county
Tropical cyclone risk49.5county
Extreme heat risk67.1county
Winter weather risk95.0county
Strong wind risk85.1county
Wildfire risk28.9county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams1county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Lake County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Ohio figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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