City safety & data profile

VermilionOH

Vermilion, OH is a 10K-resident city in Lorain County with a median household income of $69,701.

Lorain County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Vermilion, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Vermilion has a population larger than 3% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $183,600.

Data updated 2026-09-03

10K
Population (place)
Bottom 4%
By size
$69,701
Median income (place)
$183,600
Median home (place)
6.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Vermilion

Vermilion posts a median household income higher than 36% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 37%
by median income, US cities

Where Vermilion income ranks nationally

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

$69,701 Bottom 36% higher than 36% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Vermilion $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 Vermilion, OH beyond the headline numbers

Vermilion sits inside Lorain County, Ohio, at roughly 41.42°N, -82.36°W. Population 10,434, $69,701 median household income. Median home value $183,600, median rent $1,099. Poverty rate 6.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

At 6.7%, poverty in Vermilion, OH runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Vermilion runs about 2.6 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 7% of Vermilion workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 8% in Vermilion, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

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

At 50.6 years, Vermilion's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Vermilion 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)
10,434
Vermilion · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$69,701
-22% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$183,600
-56% vs avg
Median Age (place)
50.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Lorain County): Vermilion'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 Vermilion, OH
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,099/mo
Poverty Rate
6.7% -46% vs avg
Unemployment 4.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 32.3%
Work From Home 7%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 94.9%
African American 0.1%
Asian 0.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
39.6%
Obesity
36.2%
Short Sleep Duration
35.3%
Physical Inactivity
26.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.3%
Binge Drinking
16.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
14%
Current Smoking
14%
Diabetes
13.5%
Current Asthma
10.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 67.7%
Annual Checkup 81.5%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
8%
Lack of Health Insurance
6.6%
Stroke
3.8%

What alerts and safety updates affect Vermilion?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet OH-VERMILION · Vermilion

Vermilion: 13 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-ACTIVE 13 on record
  • WX-LED 85% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Victoria

Tagged alert mix: Vermilion

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 13 tagged notices on record for Vermilion.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Victoria, TX (13 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Vermilion; 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 (13 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Vermilion, OH?
Vermilion, OH has a population of 10,434 people, located in Lorain County, Ohio.
What is the median household income in Vermilion?
The median household income in Vermilion, OH is $69,701 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 6.7%.
What is the median home value in Vermilion?
The median home value in Vermilion, OH is $183,600. Median rent is $1,099/month.
What are the top health concerns in Vermilion?
The top health indicators in Vermilion include High Blood Pressure (39.6%), Obesity (36.2%), Short Sleep Duration (35.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Vermilion?
The median age in Vermilion, OH is 50.6 years. 32.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (6.7% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($69,701 here).

Compare Vermilion with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Vermilion'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 Vermilion area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Vermilion against Ohio peers on any ranking lens. Explore Ohio

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.