City safety & data profile

AvonOH

Avon, OH is a 23K-resident city in Lorain County with a median household income of $135,915.

Lorain County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Avon, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Avon has a population larger than 50% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $395,900, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

23K
Population (place)
Top 50%
By size
$135,915
Median income (place)
$395,900
Median home (place)
3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Avon

Avon posts a median household income higher than 89% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Avon area.

Top 11%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Avon

Where Avon income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$135,915 Top 11% higher than 89% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Avon $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in OH

Population among 185 OH places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Columbus is the largest OH city on this list; Powell leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in OH

Median household income among the same 185-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Powell posts the highest place-level median income in OH; Columbus is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Avon, OH beyond the headline numbers

Avon sits inside Lorain County, Ohio, at roughly 41.45°N, -82.04°W. Population 22,544, $135,915 median household income. Median home value $395,900, median rent $1,796. Poverty rate 3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Avon, 5/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Hardship is low by national standards: 3% of Avon, OH residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Avon runs about 2.9 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

23.2% of Avon workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 4.7% in Avon, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Avon workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Avon from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
22,544
Avon · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$135,915
+52% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$395,900
-4% vs avg
Median Age (place)
41
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Lorain County): Avon's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
317K+5%
Median Income
$73,347+42%
Median Home Value
$223,200+59%
Poverty Rate
12.1%-17%
Unemployment
4.3%-58%

Economics

Economics indicators for Avon, OH
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,796/mo
Poverty Rate
3% -76% vs avg
Unemployment 1.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 58.6%
Work From Home 23.2%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 87.1%
African American 3.4%
Asian 4.5%
Two or More Ethnicities 0.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
34.5%
High Blood Pressure
33.4%
Obesity
31.6%
Physical Inactivity
20.3%
Binge Drinking
17.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
14.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
10.9%
Diabetes
10.4%
Current Asthma
10.2%
Current Smoking
9.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 74.7%
Annual Checkup 81%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
5.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
4.7%
Stroke
2.7%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
1
★★★★
0
★★★
0
★★
0
0
Average Rating
5/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
CLEVELAND CLINIC AVON HOSPITAL
AVON · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★★

What alerts and safety updates affect Avon?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Avon right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet OH-AVON-OH · Avon

Avon: 4 tagged alerts; lead category Environment Agency flood warning.

  • VOL-LIGHT 4 on record
  • MIX-LED 100% uk-floods
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Las Vegas

Tagged alert mix: Avon

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 4 tagged notices on record for Avon.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Las Vegas, NV (4 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Avon; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Ohio state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (4 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Avon, OH?
Avon, OH has a population of 22,544 people, located in Lorain County, Ohio.
What is the median household income in Avon?
The median household income in Avon, OH is $135,915 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 3%.
What is the median home value in Avon?
The median home value in Avon, OH is $395,900. Median rent is $1,796/month.
What are the top health concerns in Avon?
The top health indicators in Avon include Short Sleep Duration (34.5%), High Blood Pressure (33.4%), Obesity (31.6%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Avon?
Avon has 1 hospital with an average rating of 5/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Avon?
The median age in Avon, OH is 41 years. 58.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Avon, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (3% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($135,915 here).

Compare Avon with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Avon's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Avon area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Lorain County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.