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Columbia Township and Columbia Station

Lorain County · 8,931 residents · Columbia Station post office; 83% of residents live in the township of Columbia Township

Tap water here comes from Lake Erie, treated at Avon Lake Regional Water - Water Filtration Plant. The water here

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44028 in 10 facts

The 10 things that stand out about this ZIP against the other 1,232 in Ohio, each with its source.

  1. Where the water comes from Where the water here comes from: Lake Erie, drawn through two separate offshore intakes serving the Lake Road filtration plant. Source: EPA SDWIS
  2. Local history 1807 The town here was settled around 1807, earlier than 57% of the Ohio ZIPs with a researched town. Source: Ohio History Connection
  3. Building permits 168.3 units per 1,000 residents New housing has grown fast here: 168.3 units permitted per 1,000 residents from 2016 through 2025, more than 99% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: Census building permits
  4. Air 12.7 µg/m³ Air quality runs worse here: PM2.5 at the nearest monitor averages 12.7 µg/m³, higher than 98% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: EPA air data files
  5. Pipelines 0.1 mi This ZIP sits close to a gas transmission line: the nearest is 0.1 miles away, closer than 94% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: EIA U.S. Energy Atlas
  6. Social vulnerability 13 Social vulnerability runs low here: an average tract rank of 13 out of 100 on the CDC index, lower than 94% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI
  7. Airports and Amtrak 7.3 mi This ZIP sits close to a scheduled-service airport: the nearest is 7.3 miles away, closer than 93% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: BTS transportation atlas
  8. Homes and income $331,700 Home values run high here: a median of $331,700, more than 92% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: Census ACS
  9. Climate 64 in Winters run snowy here: 64 inches of snow a year on average, more than 91% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: NOAA climate normals
  10. Wetlands 5.1% This ZIP has a lot of mapped wetland: 5.1% of the land, more than 87% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: USFWS wetlands inventory

Local events in 44028

27 events in the next 90 days from 2 public calendars. All local events in 44028

  1. Kids Cook: Sweet Potato Fries

    4 to 5 p.m. · Columbia Branch · From Lorain Public Library

  2. Evening Book Discussion

    6:30 to 7:30 p.m. · Columbia Branch · From Lorain Public Library

  3. Lego Engineers

    6:30 to 7:30 p.m. · Columbia Branch · From Lorain Public Library

Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.

Your ballot

Who represents 44028, and what is on its ballot for the November 3, 2026 general election.

Locator: Lorain County and Lorain's U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House districtsLocator: Lorain County and Lorain's U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House districts.Lorain CountyU.S. House district 5: Bob Latta (R)Ohio Senate district 13: vacant (R)Ohio House district 54: Kellie Deeter (R)
Lorain County and 44028's U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House districts.
ChamberDistrictMemberParty
U.S. HouseDistrict 5——
Ohio SenateDistrict 13—R
Ohio HouseDistrict 54Kellie DeeterR

U.S. House districts were redrawn for 2026 (Ohio Redistricting Commission, October 31, 2025). The district shown is the one on the November 3, 2026 ballot, which may differ from the district of your current representative.

Statewide races:

44028's district races:

Local questions and issues on 44028's 2026 ballot
JurisdictionTypeQuestion
Columbia TownshipTax Levy (Renewal)Renews a 1-mill property tax levy for the streets, roads & bridges of Columbia Township for 5 years, beginning in 2026.
Lorain CountyTax Levy (Additional)Authorizes an additional 0.45-mill property tax levy for the care & placement of children & children services of Lorain County for 5 years, beginning in 2026.

Matched to this ZIP by jurisdiction name: Columbia Township, Columbia Township Township, Eaton Township, Eaton Township Township, Grafton Township, Grafton Township Township.

Last day of early in-person voting — 2026-11-01. Early in-person voting at county boards of elections ends on Sunday, November 1; the hours that day are 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the table above. By October 29, nearly 1.3 million Ohioans had already voted early in person or returned absentee ballots (Journal-News; Signal Ohio's counts from the Secretary of State's daily absentee file add to 1,289,090). The 2022 midterm saw 1.47 million early votes, then a record.

What's on my ballot in 44028 · Election 2026

Where does the tap water come from?

Where the tap water comes from and what is in it: the lake, river, reservoir or aquifer behind every tap, the plant that treats it, and what the compliance record and the lab results say about it.

Where the water comes from

Lake Erie

Lake Erie, drawn through two separate offshore intakes serving the Lake Road filtration plantAvon Lake Regional Water - Water Filtration Plant · Rural Lorain Co. Water A

Source: U.S. EPA SDWIS and Community Water System Service Area Boundaries (v3, 2026), Ohio EPA primacy data, 2020 census blocks: the system serving most residents, traced through purchases to the treating utility; Ohio EPA 2023 Sewer and Water… · EPA SDWIS · EPA service area boundaries · Ohio EPA drinking water · Ohio EPA rate survey

Elevation 741–940 ft, averaging 813 ft · Lorain County 567–1,124 ft (USGS 3DEP)

Lake Erie
Lake Erie · via Rural Lorain Co. Water A
Drawn from: Lake Erie, drawn through two separate offshore intakes serving the Lake Road filtration plant
Treated at Avon Lake Regional Water - Water Filtration Plant, 33370 Lake Rd, Avon Lake, OH 44012 · plant boundary estimated
  • intakeLake Erie 54-inch intake · Lake Erie
    One of two separate offshore intake pipes serving the Avon Lake filtration plant on Lake Road
  • intakeLake Erie 36-inch intake · Lake Erie
    The other of two separate offshore intake pipes serving the Avon Lake filtration plant on Lake Road
Show everything served from this plant

Rural Lorain Co. Water A as a whole draws on: Mostly Lake Erie (bought from Avon Lake); some New London Reservoir and Ashland wells.

Rural Lorain Co. Water A buys its water from Avon Lake City. Avon Lake City treats water from Lake Erie.

Also connected to New London Village (Buck Creek, impounded in New London's upground reservoir), Ashland City (Jerome Fork Basin sand-and-gravel aquifer (wells)), used as a secondary or emergency supply.

Rural Lorain Co. Water A is owned by a local government, with 23,200 service connections serving 73,125 people. Office: 440-355-5121 (SDWIS).

Bills, 2023: a household using 5,000 gallons a month paid about $672 a year for water ($56 a month; $398 at 2,500 gallons, $934 at 8,000) (Ohio EPA rate survey, inside-city rates).

Ohio EPA loans since 2016 for projects inside this ZIP: $1.9 million across 2 projects (stream and wetland restoration $1.9M); largest: Rocky River/Black River Headwaters Restoration (Lorain County Metro Parks, 2020, $1.6M); Rocky River/Black River Headwaters Restoration (Lorain County Metro Parks, 2022, $277K).

Water bodies
Lake Erie
Raw intakes
Avon Lake Lake Erie
Serves
23,659 people · Lorain County
EPA ID
OH4700311
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About this area's water

The Vermilion River near Lake Erie in Vermilion, Ohio; the New London Reservoir is filled from Buck Creek, a branch of this river
The Vermilion River near Lake Erie in Vermilion, Ohio; the New London Reservoir is filled from Buck Creek, a branch of this riverPhoto: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Did you know
  • RLCWA doesn't treat a drop of its own water -- every gallon is purchased pre-treated from three separate utilities and blended before it reaches a customer's tap.
  • The New London Reservoir covers 220 acres and holds 1.4 billion gallons when full, fed by Buck Creek, a branch of the Vermilion River.
  • Ashland's 12 supply wells tap the Jerome Fork basin at depths ranging from just 70 feet down to 300 feet.
  • In 2023 RLCWA delivered an average of 5,744,491 gallons of drinking water a day -- all of it bought from someone else.
History5
  • 2014City of Ashland's radium sample (0.189 pCi/L) collected -- the oldest result still carried forward in RLCWA's 2023 CCR table.
  • 2016The federal Revised Total Coliform Rule took effect on April 1, changing how RLCWA and its sellers monitor for coliform bacteria.
  • 2018Last radium and alpha-emitter samples on record for the New London source: radium 1.04 pCi/L and alpha emitters 5.4 pCi/L, both under their MCLs.
  • 2020New London and Ashland were sampled for six PFAS compounds under Ohio's statewide PFAS initiative; none were detected in finished water.
  • 2023RLCWA failed to collect corrosion-control water quality parameter samples at the Ohio EPA-required frequency in July-December, triggering a public notice.
Treatment & pressure

How it is treated

RLCWA operates no treatment plant; it blends finished water from three sellers: Avon Lake Regional Water (Lake Erie), the Village of New London (New London Reservoir, fed by Buck Creek) and the City of Ashland (12 Jerome Fork wells). All three filter and disinfect.

Water pressure

Not published; no service pressure or pressure-zone figures appear in the 2023 CCR.

What it costs

RLCWA's 2023 CCR does not publish a residential rate schedule.

Water quality & impurities8
ContaminantLevelLimitYear
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)
Range 19.2-79.8 ppb across the blended distribution system; no violation.		59.825 ppb80 ppb (MCL)2023
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Range 7-48.6 ppb; byproduct of disinfection.		38 ppb60 ppb (MCL)2023
Lead (90th percentile)
Zero of 32 samples exceeded the action level.		<2.0 ppb15 ppb action…2023
Copper (90th percentile)
Zero of 32 samples exceeded the action level.		0.0559 ppm1.3 ppm action…2023
Turbidity (New London source)
Range 0.05-0.36 NTU from soil runoff; 100% of samples met the standard, no violation.		0.36 NTUTT: 0.3 NTU in…2023
Radium (combined 226/228, New London)
Well under the limit; most recent New London sample on record.		1.04 pCi/L5 pCi/L (MCL)2018
PFBA (unregulated, UCMR5)
PFAS breakdown product, just over the 0.005 ppb minimum reporting level.		0.0051 ppbno MCL…2023
Nitrate
Highest of the three sources (Avon Lake); range 0.134-0.96 ppm, well below the limit.		0.96 ppm10 ppm (MCL)2023

EPA compliance record

Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).

EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.

3 violations of any kind logged since 2020: 3 for required testing that was missed or reported late.

EPA compliance record · Avon Lake City (treats the water)

Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).

EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.

1 violation of any kind logged since 2020: 1 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records).

Supply stress

No source of its own -- RLCWA depends entirely on three sellers. Ohio EPA found no direct pollution source for Avon Lake's Lake Erie intake; New London's reservoir sees soil-runoff turbidity; and Ashland's Jerome Fork wellfield is rated 'high susceptibility' for thin clay cover and a shallow water table.

Sewers

Sanitary

RLCWA is a water-only authority distributing purchased water across rural Lorain and Huron county communities; its materials describe no sewer service.

Sourcesverified
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Compiled from the utility's own reports and public records, then independently re-checked against primary sources.

Water systems in this ZIP

  • Rural Lorain Co. Water A99% of residentsMostly Lake Erie (bought from Avon Lake); some New London Reservoir and Ashland wells

Source: U.S. EPA SDWIS and Community Water System Service Area Boundaries (v3, 2026), Ohio EPA primacy data, 2020 census blocks: the system serving most residents, traced through purchases to the treating utility; Ohio EPA 2023 Sewer and Water Rate Survey (Ohio State, May 2025) for household bills; Ohio EPA DEFA loan awards since 2016 for the loans paragraph · EPA SDWIS · EPA service area boundaries · Ohio EPA drinking water · Ohio EPA rate survey

Violationsnone since 2015, lead 0 ppbRadon3.7 pCi/L avg, 31% above 4Stream health100% of land drains to streams failing aquatic lifeNearest sewage plantMedina County Sd 500 Liverpool Wwtp, 3.4 mi, 10/12 quarters in violationGroundwaterDRASTIC 107, 628 well logsElectricOhio EdisonGas pipelinenearest transmission line 0.1 mi, 24.6 mi in the ZIPNearest power plantWest Lorain 19 mi, 500 MW gasGasColumbia Gas of Ohio, 73% on gasSchool districtColumbia LocalSocial vulnerability13th percentile in OhioUpward mobilityrank 44 for low-income childrenPeople29.9% with a degree, 4.5% born abroadJobs2K jobs hereSchool tax29.4 mills, ~$2,060 on a $200K homePhoneWindstream OhioFlood8.9% in floodplainInternet100% served, fiber 57%Hazard risk26, above 26% of US tractsOil and gas wells378 in the ZIP, 92 producingSoilsMahoning, septic very limitedAbandoned minesnone mappedSpills6 reported since 2021, mostly unidentified material or sheenDisasters6 tornado tracks within 5 mi, 22 FEMA declarationsDams2 high-hazard within 10 mi, nearest 8.5 miTraffic12K a day on SR 82Bridges1 of 16 rated poorRail crossings8 public crossings, up to 35 trains a dayTransit0% within half a mile of a stopWalkability5.9 of 20, below averageAirportCLE 7.3 mi, Amtrak 9.4 miClimate64" snow, 52°F averageAlgal toxinsraw water up to 0.72 µg/L at Avon Lake CityPFASnone detected at the Avon Lake Regional Water Filtration Plant (purchased supply)Leadnone at the 90th-percentile tap, no lead lines foundByproductsTTHM 47 µg/L (2019)Fluoridefluoridated, 6 treatment steps at Avon Lake CityWatershedBlack-Rocky, Cossett Creek-West Branch Rocky RiverLocal governmentColumbia TownshipCell signal5G on 100% of landU.S. HouseOH-5 Bob Latta (R)Life expectancy78.4 yearsHealth17% fair or poor health, obesity 34%Nearest hospitalSouthwest Gen. Health Center, 6.1 mi, 4★Toxic sitesSuperfund 10.1 mi away, 2 TRIToxic releasesno TRI reporterAirPM2.5 12.7 µg/m³, monitor 16.3 miFire/EMSColumbia Township Fire Department, 0.5 miLibraryColumbia, 0.5 miGroceries94% over 1 mi from a supermarketEV chargersfast charger 4.8 mi, 0 stations hereHistorysettled 1807Historic places2 listed, incl. Columbia Baptist ChurchWetlands5.1% of land, 1,104 acresLand cover25% developed, 28% tree canopyParks8.5% public land, Findley State Park 18.7 miNursing homeRIVERVIEW POINTE CARE CENTER, 3.2 mi, 5★PoliceOlmsted Falls Police Department, 3.8 miCrime0.8 violent per 1,000, Lorain County SheriffAquifer55% sensitive settingCollegeBrown Aveda Institute-Strongsville, 5.3 miSchool ratings4.5 stars, Columbia LocalHome prices$405K typical, +88% in ten yearsBuilding permits1,277 units 2016 to 2025 in Columbia townshipHomes and income$332K home, $88K incomeHousesbuilt 1981, 4,332 homes

Infrastructure in this ZIP

11.0 mi of highway (SR 252, SR 82) · 5.13 mi of railroad (CSX) · 24.6 mi of gas transmission pipeline (Columbia Gas Transmission (TC Energy), North Coast Gas Transmission, Dominion/Enbridge East Ohio) · 13.0 mi of oil, fuel or NGL pipeline (Buckeye Partners) · 3.45 mi of electric transmission line · 25.1 mi of large water mains mapped (Rural Lorain County Water Authority) · 2 airfields or heliports (Columbia, Mole) · 1 dam (Hickory Nut Golf Course Lake Dam) · 1 substation · 1 wind turbine · 9 grade crossings (CSX) · 6 registered towers · 4 landfills or waste sites, open and closed (Columbia High School, M&b Trucking Express Corp, Morton's Landscape Development Co) · 1 fire or EMS station · 1 post office · 2 USGS stream gauges (West Branch Rocky River at West View OH, Baker Creek at Olmsted Falls OH) · 1 water tower or tank in OpenStreetMap · 16 bridges and culverts in the inventory · 1 site with underground fuel tanks in use · 2 open leaking-tank releases · 19 other permitted dischargers (Alomega Builders, Columbia Beverage & Deli, Columbia Library System) · 1 hazardous waste handler · 6 stormwater (MS4) permit areas (City of North Ridgeville, City of Olmsted Falls, City of Strongsville) · 2 biosolids application fields (sludge from Rocky River WWTP, Three Creek Bioenergy) · 3 broadcast transmitters (WNWV, WNCR, W262DM) · 4 traffic signals.

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Intakes and plants

Lake Erie

Lake Erie, drawn through two separate offshore intakes serving the Lake Road filtration plantAvon Lake Regional Water - Water Filtration Plant · Rural Lorain Co. Water A

Source: U.S. EPA SDWIS and Community Water System Service Area Boundaries (v3, 2026), Ohio EPA primacy data, 2020 census blocks: the system serving most residents, traced through purchases to the treating utility; Ohio EPA 2023 Sewer and Water… · EPA SDWIS · Ohio EPA source water protection

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Violations

No health-based violations since 2015

No health-based violations since 2015Rural Lorain Co. Water A · lead 0 ppb (2025) · 3 of any kind since 2020

Source: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled September 2026): health-based violations since 2015, all violations since 2020, lead and copper 90th-percentile results, for the system serving most of the ZIP · EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts) · EPA ECHO

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Disinfection byproducts

40 to 60

TTHM 47 µg/L (2019)Rural Lorain Co. Water A · HAA5 24 · worst year 53

Source: EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019: total trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids (HAA5) sampled in the distribution system, nitrate, arsenic, combined radium, gross alpha and uranium at entry points; yearly means…

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PFAS

No PFAS detected

No PFAS detectedRural Lorain Co. Water A · Avon Lake Regional Water Filtration Plant (purchased supply) · UCMR 5, 25 samples

Source: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data (final release, August 2026: 29 PFAS and lithium at 347 Ohio systems) and Ohio EPA statewide PFAS sampling 2019 to 2021 (1,479 systems), for the system serving most of each ZIP; Ohio EPA water treatment plant… · Ohio EPA PFAS

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Lead

No lead detected

No lead at the 90th-percentile tapRural Lorain Co. Water A · period ending 2025-12 · 0 of 24,908 service lines lead or galvanized

Source: SDWIS lead and copper 90th-percentile tap results (Envirofacts) and EPA's service line inventory dashboard (2026 Q2 submissions), for the system serving most of each ZIP; Ohio Department of Health high-risk ZIP code list for childhood… · ODH childhood lead testing · ODH high-risk ZIP list (CCBH PDF) · Ohio EPA lead and copper · H2Ohio

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Fluoride and treatment

Fluoridated

FluoridatedRural Lorain Co. Water A via Avon Lake City · corrosion control, coagulation and settling, chlorine disinfection, iron and manganese removal

Source: CDC My Water's Fluoride (fluoridation status of each system as reported by the Ohio Department of Health, fetched 2026-09-10); SDWIS treatment table (Envirofacts): each system's registered treatment steps, inherited from the supplier for… · EPA SDWIS search

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Algal toxins

Under 5 µg/L in raw water

Raw water up to 0.72 µg/L microcystinAvon Lake City (supplies Rural Lorain Co. Water A) · 2016-10

Source: Ohio EPA public water system harmful algal bloom monitoring (geo.epa.ohio.gov DrinkingWater/HAB): microcystin results in raw and treated water since 2016 for surface-water systems, for the system serving most of each ZIP · Ohio EPA HAB information for public water systems

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Groundwater

100 to 120

DRASTIC 107 · Interbedded Sandstone and Shale628 well logs · median 75 ft deep

Source: ODNR Division of Geological Survey: DRASTIC groundwater vulnerability polygon at each ZIP's population center, mapped karst features, and the state water well log inventory (about 655,000 logs) counted inside each ZIP; ODNR glacial… · ODNR Geological Survey · Ohio EPA GIS services · USGS water data

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Aquifer

30 to 60%

55% sensitive geologic settingunder 0.5% wellhead protection

Source: Ohio EPA Sensitive Geologic Settings (geology/Geology layer 0) intersected with ZCTA polygons; ODNR karst geology at the ZIP center (layer 7, point query) and karst and spring points (layer 5); Ohio EPA source water protection areas… · Ohio EPA geology layers · Ohio EPA source water protection (SWAP) · ODNR Geological Survey

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Sewage plants

8 to 11 quarters

Medina County Sd 500 Liverpool Wwtp · 3.4 mi10 of 12 quarters in violation · 15 MGD

Source: EPA ECHO Clean Water Act facilities, Ohio NPDES permits with a publicly owned treatment works component, plants of 0.1 MGD or more or designated major: nearest plant, design flow, significant-noncompliance status, quarters in… · EPA ECHO · EPA CSO inventory · Ohio EPA GIS services · EPA Facility Finder

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Stream health

Three quarters or more

100% of the land drains to streams failing aquatic lifeCossett Creek-West Branch Rocky River · bacteria (pathogens), habitat damage

Source: EPA ATTAINS, Ohio 2024 Integrated Report assessment units (1,545 watershed polygons) overlaid on ZCTAs in Albers equal-area with the Lake Erie units clipped out: share of land in units not supporting aquatic life, recreation, fish… · EPA ATTAINS · Ohio integrated report · Ohio sport fish advisory · Ohio EPA advisory map

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Watershed

Drains to Lake Erie

Black-Rocky subbasinCossett Creek-West Branch Rocky River · drains to Lake Erie

Source: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset: HUC-8 subbasins by resident share (2020 census blocks) and the HUC-12 subwatershed at each ZIP's population-weighted center with its downstream chain; USGS county water use 2015 (Dieter and others 2018) for… · USGS watershed boundaries · EPA EnviroAtlas · Ohio EPA 401 map · ODNR Water Withdrawal Atlas (archived copy) · USGS county water use 2015 · ODNR H2Ohio projects · ODNR Lake Erie Coastal Management Area · Ohio EPA source water protection (SWAP) · Ohio EPA nine-element plans · Ohio EPA 319, GLRI and SWIF project lists · Ohio EPA chloride reduction grants · NOAA Lake Erie water levels

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Home

The houses themselves and what they cost: who lives in them, what a typical one looks like down to the parcel record, how much new housing has gone up, and what a household pays in property tax.

Homes and income

$250,000 to $350,000

Median home $331,700household income $87,595 · rent $1,264 · 93% own

Source: Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year by ZCTA: median home value, median gross rent, median household income, owner share, median year built; Eviction Lab tract estimates 2016 to 2018 (Gromis and others 2022), population-weighted to ZIPs; HUD fiscal… · Census ACS · Eviction Lab · HUD data · IRS ZIP statistics · Mapping Inequality · HUD eGIS open data · FDIC BankFind · NCUA call report data

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House by house

1980 to 1999

Median year built 19814,332 homes · $336K median appraised

Source: Residential parcels (Ohio land-use classes 500 to 599, apartments 401 to 403, farmhouses) placed in ZIPs by scripts/join_parcels.py on 2026-09-15, the houses loading on demand; county auditors' appraisal records, house by house (year… · Lorain County Auditor · Medina County Auditor

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Building permits

60 or more

1,277 housing units permitted 2016 to 2025Columbia township · 168.3 per 1,000 residents · 257 in 2025

Source: Census Bureau Building Permits Survey, annual place files 2016 to 2025: new privately owned housing units, buildings and construction value authorized by each Ohio permit office, given to each ZIP through the jurisdiction where most of its… · Census building permits

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Home prices

75 to 100%

+88% in ten years+49% in five · +4% in 2025

Source: FHFA House Price Index, annual five-digit ZIP all-transactions series (repeat sales and refinance appraisals of conforming-mortgage homes, developmental, not seasonally adjusted): ten-, five- and one-year changes and the level against… · FHFA house price index · Zillow research data · Realtor.com data

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School tax

25 to 30 mills

29.4 effective school millsColumbia Local · about $2,060 a year on a $200,000 home

Source: Ohio Department of Taxation, Aggregate Property Tax Rates by School District, tax year 2025 (DTE 515), joined by IRN and weighted by each ZIP's residents in every district; school levies only; Ohio Department of Taxation The Finder rate… · Ohio tax data series · The Finder

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Utilities and getting around

The companies and networks that keep a house running and a resident moving: electric, gas, phone and internet service, and the roads, transit, rail and airports around it.

Electric

Ohio Edison

Ohio EdisonInvestor-owned utility

Source: PUCO certified electric territories via ODOT plus HIFLD municipal systems (EIA-861) with ODOT corporate limits; EIA-861 reliability (outages), sales to ultimate customers (residential prices and bills), net metering and advanced meters by… · PUCO electricity · ODOT territories service · EIA-861 · DOE LEAD Tool · HIFLD retail service territories

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Gas

Columbia Gas of Ohio

Columbia Gas of OhioPUCO-regulated utility · 73% of homes heat with utility gas

Source: PUCO 2026 county map of gas distribution companies, HIFLD/EIA-176 territory polygons, ACS 2020-2024 heating fuel · PUCO natural gas · HIFLD

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Power plants

10 to 20 miles

West Lorain · 19 migas, 500 MW · 0 plants within 10 miles

The nearest power plant

  1. Cuyahoga County LandfillSolar · 4 MW · 12.5 mi
    Capacity
    4 MW
    Main source
    Solar
    Technology
    Solar Photovoltaic
    Operator
    Madison Energy Holdings LLC
    Sector
    IPP Non-CHP
    Where
    Brooklyn, Cuyahoga County
    Generating units
    1
    Built
    2018
    EIA plant code
    62041

    EIA plant page ↗ EIA-860 (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: EIA-860 power plant inventory via HIFLD (February 2025), with plant codes, units and years from EIA-860 2025. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Source: EIA-860 power plant inventory via HIFLD (202 Ohio plants, February 2025): nearest plant, nearest plant of 100 MW or more, plants and capacity by fuel within 10 miles; USGS U.S. Wind Turbine Database (June 2026) and U.S. Large-Scale Solar… · EIA-860 · HIFLD · USGS wind turbines · USGS solar · NRC emergency planning zones

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Pipelines

Transmission line under half a mile

Nearest transmission line 0.1 miColumbia Gas Trans Co (interstate) · 24.6 mi of pipe in the ZIP

Source: EIA natural gas interstate and intrastate transmission pipelines via Esri's Federal User Community copy on ArcGIS Online (data last updated July 2025; 1,239 segments in and around Ohio): miles inside each ZIP by operator, distance from the… · EIA U.S. Energy Atlas · ArcGIS Online item

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Phone

Windstream

Windstream OhioIncumbent telephone company · 78% of residents, then Frontier North

Source: PUCO Telecom map service, layer 7 ILEC Company Service Area (incumbent local exchange carriers, fetched 2026-09-08) by resident share of 2020 census blocks · PUCO telephone

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Internet

Under 2% lack 100/20 service

100% can get 100/20 Mbpsfiber 57% · cable 99% · 4,410 locations

Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection, June 2024, fixed availability by H3 hexagon (Esri Living Atlas, Ohio subset); Census ACS 2020-2024 table B28002 internet subscriptions; Ookla Open Data fixed speed tests 2025 Q2 by tile, averaged inside the… · FCC broadband map · Ookla open data · Census ACS

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Cell signal

5G nearly everywhere

5G on 100% of the land4G or better 100% · AT&T 99% · T-Mobile 100% · Verizon 100%

Source: FCC Mobile Broadband Data Collection, carrier-reported 4G LTE and 5G coverage by H3 hexagon (Esri Living Atlas layer last updated 24 November 2025, most likely the June 30, 2025 filing round), fetched 2026-09-08; FCC Antenna Structure… · FCC broadband map · FCC antenna registration · Ookla open data

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EV chargers

2 to 5 miles

Fast charger 4.8 mi: Ganley Buick GMC0 public stations in the ZIP (0 Level 2, 0 DC fast ports) · 4 within 5 miles of its center

None inside the ZIP; the nearest public charging sites

  1. HUNTINGTON STRONGSVILLE1 Level 2 · Strongsville · 4.8 mi
    Address
    13866 Pearl Rd, Strongsville, OH 44136
    Ports
    1 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    ChargePoint Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-758-4389

    Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Ganley Buick GMC DC fast2 DC fast · 1 Level 2 · STRONGSVILLE · 4.8 mi
    Address
    14000 PEARL RD, STRONGSVILLE, OH 44136
    Ports
    2 DC fast · 1 Level 2
    Plugs
    CCS, J1772
    Network
    EV Connect
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    866-816-7584

    Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center station list (May 2026), public and open stations, the posts at one address counted as one site. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.

Source: NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center station list as of May 29, 2026 (USDOT BTS copy: 2,136 Ohio electric stations, of which the 1,850 public and open are used, NREL restricted-access records such as dealer-service and hotel-guest chargers… · Alternative Fuels Data Center · BTS Alternative Fueling Stations (NTAD)

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Transit

No transit stop within half a mile of anyone

0% within half a mile of a stop0 stops in the ZIP

None inside the ZIP; the nearest station or terminal

  1. Strongsville Park-N-RideRail transit stop · Greater Cleveland RTA · 5.4 mi
    What it is
    Rail transit stop
    Operator
    Greater Cleveland RTA
    Coordinates
    41.33901, -81.82699

    BTS National Transit Map (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: BTS Intermodal Passenger Connectivity Database and National Transit Map (2025). Bus stops are counted on the card and drawn on the full map. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.

Source: USDOT BTS National Transit Map stops (National Transportation Atlas Database, 2025 vintage, fetched September 2026), plus the Springfield, Lancaster-Fairfield, Knox County Transit, WayGo and BGSU Shuttle GTFS feeds: share of residents… · BTS National Transit Map · BTS transportation atlas · Springfield City Area Transit GTFS feed · Lancaster-Fairfield Public Transit GTFS feed · Knox County Transit GTFS feed · WayGo GTFS feed · BGSU Shuttle GTFS feed

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Walkability

Below average (5.76 to 10.5)

Walkability 5.9 of 204 intersections per square mile · 0% near transit

Source: EPA National Walkability Index (Smart Location Database 3.0, 2021) by block group, population-weighted to ZIPs through 2020 census block points; car-free household share from Census ACS 2020 to 2024 table B25044, or where missing the Smart… · EPA walkability index · Smart Location Database · Census ACS

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Rail crossings

4 to 10

8 public crossings8 gated · up to 35 trains a day · CSX

Source: FRA Grade Crossing Inventory (current records, Ohio): open at-grade crossings inside each ZIP, gates, trains a day at the busiest, timetable speed, railroads; nearest crossing to the population-weighted center; FRA highway-rail grade… · FRA crossing inventory (Form 71, current) · FRA crossing incidents (Form 57) · FRA rail equipment accidents (Form 54) · FRA safety data · DOT open data

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Bridges

5 to 10%

16 bridges, 1 rated poortypical build year 1989 · busiest Sprague Road CR 67, 10,000 vehicles a day

Bridges rated poor inside ZIP 44028

  1. Sprague Road Cr 67 over Baker CreekPoor · built 1959 · 2.6 mi
    Condition
    Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
    What it is
    Bridge
    Built
    1959
    Length
    18 ft
    Owner
    County
    Vehicles a day
    10,000
    Coordinates
    41.35077, -81.90062

    National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory 2025. "Poor" means one major part rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale; it calls for repair, not closing, unless the state posts or closes the bridge. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory 2025 (26,713 Ohio structures; 26,616 fall inside a ZIP area and are counted, the other 97 land outside every ZIP polygon): bridges inside each ZIP, poor-condition ratings, ages, traffic · FHWA bridge inventory · ODOT TIMS bridge inventory (live)

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Traffic

5,000 to 20,000

12,288 vehicles a day on SR 82815 trucks · 183K vehicle-miles a day inside the ZIP

Source: ODOT traffic count segments (2025 annual average daily traffic by road segment, ODOT Transportation Information Mapping System): segments assigned to the ZIP holding their midpoint; NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System 2020 to 2024… · ODOT TIMS traffic count segments · NHTSA FARS

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Airports and Amtrak

Airline airport under 15 miles

CLE · 7.3 miCleveland-Hopkins International · Amtrak at Elyria 9.4 mi

Source: FAA airport facilities (NASR landing-facility record) and Amtrak stations via USDOT BTS National Transportation Atlas Database, fetched September 2026: nearest airport with scheduled airline service (Part 139 class I), nearest public-use… · BTS transportation atlas

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Land, air and risk

The ground itself and what can go wrong on it: radon, flood risk, air quality, old mines and wells, and the parks, wetlands and open land still left.

Radon

2 to 4 pCi/L

3.7 pCi/L average radon408 tests · 31% above 4 pCi/L · median 2.8

Source: Ohio Department of Health radon test results by ZIP code since 2010 (pre-mitigation), ZIPs with five or more tests · ODH radon program

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Flood

5 to 10%

8.9% of residents in the 1% floodplain12% of the land is floodplain, 2% more in the 0.2% zone · zone A

Source: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, flood hazard zones, fetched 2026-09-08; OpenFEMA NFIP redacted claims for Ohio (frozen June 2026), by reported ZIP; USGS NWIS annual peak flows for the nearest active stream gauge; NOAA Atlas 14… · FEMA flood hazard layer · FEMA Map Service Center · OpenFEMA · NOAA Atlas 14 · USGS stream gauges

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Hazard risk

20 to 40

Risk score 26 · higher than about 26% of US tractsIce storm 81 · Wildfire 74

Source: FEMA National Risk Index, census tracts, December 2025 release, population-weighted to ZIPs · FEMA National Risk Index · NRI census tract layer (ArcGIS)

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Climate

45 to 70 inches

64" of snow a year · 52.4°F averageJanuary low 22° · July high 84° · 41" of precipitation

Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals, annual and monthly, 261 Ohio stations; each ZIP takes the nearest station reporting each element from its population-weighted center; U.S. Drought Monitor weekly county statistics 2000 to 2026… · NOAA climate normals · NOAA climate at a glance · U.S. Drought Monitor

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Air

10 µg/m³ and up

PM2.5 12.7 µg/m³ at Harvard Yards, 16.3 miozone 68 ppb at Berea BOE · Lorain County median AQI 39

Source: EPA Air Quality System 2025 annual summaries: nearest PM2.5 and ozone monitors from each ZIP's population-weighted center, county AQI day counts; EPA ECHO Clean Air Act permitted sources in Ohio (air_rest_services, September 2026); EPA… · EPA air data files · EPA AirToxScreen · EPA Green Book · EPA ECHO

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Toxic sites

8 to 15 miles

Nearest NPL site 10.1 mi: Republic Steel Corp. Quarry2 toxic-release reporters · 1 Superfund program site in the ZIP

Superfund sites inside ZIP 44028

  1. Dove ManufacturingSuperfund program · Columbia Station · 1.5 mi
    Address
    27114 Royalton Road, Columbia Station, OH 44028
    County
    Lorain County
    Status
    Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
    EPA program ID
    OHN000508202
    EPA registry ID
    110071101475

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Superfund (SEMS) and National Priorities List sites. Many program sites were assessed and needed no cleanup. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.

Source: EPA Facility Registry Service: Superfund NPL and SEMS sites, Toxics Release Inventory reporters (EPA geoplatform), fetched 2026-09-08; the nearest NPL site also considers sites in PA, WV, KY, IN and MI within about 20 miles of the border… · EPA Facility Registry · EPA Superfund sites · Ohio EPA cleanup sites · EPA UST Finder · EPA ECHO

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Toxic releases

No data

No TRI-reporting facility

Facilities reporting toxic releases inside ZIP 44028

  1. Columbia Container IncToxics Release Inventory · Columbia Station · 1.0 mi
    Address
    13676 N. Station Rd., Columbia Station, OH 44028
    County
    Lorain County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44028CLMBC13676
    EPA registry ID
    110002110117

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Chippewa Marble Co IncToxics Release Inventory · Columbia Station · 1.9 mi
    Address
    27500 Royalton Rd., Columbia Station, OH 44028
    County
    Lorain County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44028CHPPW27500
    EPA registry ID
    110002110108

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Toxics Release Inventory reporters. Reporting a release is required of large users of listed chemicals; it is not by itself a violation. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.

Source: EPA Toxics Release Inventory basic data files, Ohio, reporting years 2020 to 2024 (2024 shown, 2020 for the trend); facilities placed in the ZCTA holding their coordinates; dioxin rows reported in grams left out of pound totals · EPA TRI data files

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Dams

1 or 2

2 high-hazard dams within 10 milesNearest: Lake Brunswick Dam, 8.5 mi, condition satisfactory

High-hazard dams within 10 miles

  1. Lake Brunswick DamPlum Creek · condition: satisfactory · 8.5 mi
    Hazard class
    High: a failure would probably cost a life
    Condition
    Satisfactory (assessed 09/02/2024)
    River or stream
    Plum Creek
    Purpose
    Recreation
    Type
    Earth
    Height
    16 ft
    Storage
    133 acre-feet
    Completed
    1930
    Owner type
    Local Government
    County
    Medina County
    Nearest town (NID)
    Brunswick
    Last inspection
    11/21/2023
    Emergency action plan
    Yes
    NID ID
    OH00623

    National Inventory of Dams record ↗ National Inventory of Dams (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Willoway Upground No. 5 DamSlater Ditch · condition: satisfactory · 9.3 mi
    Hazard class
    High: a failure would probably cost a life
    Condition
    Satisfactory (assessed 08/22/2024)
    River or stream
    Slater Ditch
    Purpose
    Water Supply
    Type
    Earth
    Height
    12 ft
    Storage
    71 acre-feet
    Completed
    1999
    Owner type
    Private
    County
    Lorain County
    Nearest town (NID)
    Avon
    Last inspection
    11/29/2023
    Emergency action plan
    Yes
    NID ID
    OH02990

    National Inventory of Dams record ↗ National Inventory of Dams (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, August 2026. "High hazard" rates what a failure would cost downstream, not how likely one is; the condition is the state's assessment. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams (1,376 Ohio dams, August 2026; 26 Corps levees and dikes counted with their parent dam): high-hazard dams near each ZIP's population-weighted center, with the state's condition… · National Inventory of Dams

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Disasters

6 to 10

6 tornado tracks within 5 miles since 19501 rated F2/EF2+ · 22 federal declarations for Lorain County · 4 quakes M2+ within 25 mi

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database 1950-2025 (tracks within 5 miles of each ZIP's population-weighted center), OpenFEMA disaster declarations by county since 1956, USGS earthquake catalog M2+ since 1970 within 25 miles… · NOAA SPC tornado data · OpenFEMA · USGS earthquakes · NOAA storm events · IEM warning archive

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Spills

5 to 14

6 spills reported since 2021mostly unidentified material or sheen · 3 reached water

Spills reported since 2021 inside ZIP 44028

  1. Material Red Reached water2024-01-09 · Columbia Twp · 1.1 mi
    Reported
    2024-01-09
    What spilled
    Material Red
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Columbia Twp, Lorain County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2401EPA0000046

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Material Unknown2021-06-30 · Columbia Twp · 1.4 mi
    Reported
    2021-06-30
    What spilled
    Material Unknown
    Where
    Columbia Twp, Lorain County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2106EPA0000969

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Material Undetermined / Other Reached water2021-09-30 · Columbia Twp · 1.7 mi
    Reported
    2021-09-30
    What spilled
    Material Undetermined / Other
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Columbia Twp, Lorain County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2109EPA0001548

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  4. Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc2022-07-11 · Columbia Twp · 1.8 mi
    Reported
    2022-07-11
    What spilled
    Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
    Where
    Columbia Twp, Lorain County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2207EPA0001050

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  5. Bentonite / Drilling Mud2022-08-09 · Columbia Twp · 2.4 mi
    Reported
    2022-08-09
    What spilled
    Bentonite / Drilling Mud
    Largest amount reported
    90 gallons
    Where
    Columbia Twp, Lorain County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2208EPA0001203

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  6. Flammable Liquid (Nos) Reached water2024-04-08 · Eaton Twp · 2.7 mi
    Reported
    2024-04-08
    What spilled
    Flammable Liquid (Nos)
    Largest amount reported
    50 gallons
    Reached a waterway
    47 - Willow Creek
    Where
    Eaton Twp, Lorain County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2404EPA0000564

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports, 2021 to September 2026, one point per case where Ohio EPA placed it. A report is what the caller or responder recorded; amounts are often blank or estimated. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.

Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports (geo.epa.ohio.gov EmergResponse/Spills2_OpenData): cases with a location inside each ZIP, 2021 to date · Ohio EPA spills data · Ohio EPA Office of Emergency Response

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Oil and gas wells

More than 200 wells

378 wells in the ZIP92 producing · 0 shale · 71 orphan · nearest 0.21 mi

Source: ODNR Division of Oil and Gas Resources public well inventory (242,324 well heads, fetched 2026-09-08): wells inside each ZIP by status, horizontal shale wells, injection wells, orphan-program wells · ODNR oil and gas · ODNR GIS services

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Abandoned mines

No mapped underground mine

No mapped minenearest mapped coal mine 19.7 mi

Source: ODNR Mines of Ohio: abandoned underground coal and industrial-mineral mines mapped before 1977 (5,116 polygons), overlaid on ZCTAs in Albers equal-area: share of each ZCTA's total area (land plus inland water) over a mapped mine; ODNR… · ODNR mines of Ohio · ODNR Geological Survey

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Soils

Very limited

Mahoning silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesseptic very limited · somewhat poorly drained

Source: USDA NRCS SSURGO via Soil Data Access: the soil map unit under each ZIP's population-weighted center with its dominant component, drainage, hydric and farmland class, flooding, and the Ohio septic and basement interpretation ratings… · USDA Soil Data Access · Web Soil Survey · Open-Meteo elevation

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Parks

5 to 15%

8.5% public land · 1,847 acresEmerald Woods Golf Course · Findley State Park 18.7 mi

Source: USGS Protected Areas Database 4.1 (Ohio state package, flattened combined layer, open-access fee, designation and easement polygons plus the six ODNR state parks PAD-US codes closed by default: Buckeye Lake, Forked Run, Hueston Woods, Lake… · USGS PAD-US · ODNR GIS services

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Wetlands

3 to 7%

5.1% wetland · 1,104 acresforested/shrub wetland 723 · pond 329 · emergent wetland 52

Source: USFWS National Wetlands Inventory, Ohio geodatabase (imagery mostly 2004 to 2007, Lake Erie basin 2021), freshwater wetlands and ponds clipped to each ZIP (lakes and rivers excluded); Ohio EPA potential high-quality vernal pools… · USFWS wetlands inventory · Ohio EPA GIS services

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Land cover

15% to 40%

25% developed · 28% tree canopyforest 28% · pasture 21% · cropland 15%

Source: National Land Cover Database, 2021 edition (USGS and the MRLC consortium; MRLC has since published Annual NLCD and annual tree canopy through 2025, not yet pulled here): land cover, percent impervious surface and tree canopy at 30 m… · NLCD · USDA Cropland Data Layer · ODNR pre-settlement vegetation

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People and health

Who lives here and how well: education, jobs, health and life expectancy, and how far the nearest hospital, police station or grocery store sits.

People

25 to 40%

29.9% bachelor's or higher91.5% white · 0% Black · 1.5% Hispanic · 3.2% Asian · 4.5% foreign-born

Source: Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year by ZCTA: educational attainment (B15003), race and Hispanic origin (B03002), nativity (B05002), veterans (B21001); IRS Statistics of Income county migration flows 2022 to 2023 for the county; Census Bureau… · Census ACS · Census population estimates · IRS migration data · USDA ERS county codes · USDA ERS commuting area codes · 2020 Census redistricting data · Census SAIPE · IRS exempt organizations

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Jobs

0.25 to 0.6

2,443 jobs · 4,962 employed residentsConstruction leads

Source: Census LEHD LODES 8, 2023, all jobs: workplace and residence counts by census block summed into ZCTAs (workplace-only blocks by block-group or tract majority), origin-destination flows for where residents work; Census ZIP Code Business… · Census LEHD · BLS local unemployment · BLS QCEW · BEA county GDP · USAspending · OSHA enforcement data · Census ZIP Business Patterns · Census ACS · USDA ERS county typology · CDFI Fund Opportunity Zones

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Economic history

Lake Erie

Lake Erie, drawn through two separate offshore intakes serving the Lake Road filtration plantAvon Lake Regional Water - Water Filtration Plant · Rural Lorain Co. Water A

Source: Historical economic data: Census Bureau historical county population via the NBER mirror (1900) and Census Bureau population estimates (current and peak), Census County Business Patterns, USDA Census of Agriculture, FHFA House Price Index… · FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) · Census County Business Patterns · USDA Census of Agriculture · FHFA House Price Index · BEA GDP by county · Census American Community Survey · IPUMS NHGIS historical census · Zillow Home Value Index

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Upward mobility

40th to 45th

Percentile rank 44income rank at 35 for children of low-income parents · 0.25% incarcerated in 2010

Source: Opportunity Atlas (Chetty, Friedman, Hendren, Jones and Porter, Census Bureau): tract outcomes for children born 1978 to 1983, population-weighted to ZIPs through 2020 census blocks · Opportunity Atlas · Opportunity Insights data

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Social vulnerability

Average tract rank in Ohio's least vulnerable fifth

13th percentile of Ohio tractssocioeconomic 31 · household 19 · minority status 26 · housing and transport 10

Source: CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 by census tract (percentile ranks among Ohio tracts), population-weighted to ZIPs through 2020 census blocks · CDC/ATSDR SVI

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Health

16 to 20%

16.7% in fair or poor healthobesity 34.2% · diabetes 12.8% · smoking 13.8% · depression 25.1%

Source: CDC PLACES 2025 release, ZCTA model-based estimates of adult health (BRFSS 2023, ACS): fair or poor health, obesity, diabetes, smoking, depression, lack of health insurance among adults 18-64 and more; County Health Rankings 2025… · CDC PLACES · County Health Rankings · CDC overdose data · NCI cancer profiles · HRSA data

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Life expectancy

76 to 79

78.4 years life expectancy3 tracts, from 75.5 to 79.5

Source: CDC/NCHS U.S. Small-area Life Expectancy Estimates Project (USALEEP, deaths 2010-2015, 2010 census tracts) weighted into ZIPs by 2020 block population · CDC USALEEP

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Hospitals

6 to 10 miles

Southwest Gen. Health Center · 6.1 miMiddleburg Hts · 352 beds · Level III trauma · 4 within 10 miles

The nearest hospitals

  1. Southwest Gen. Health Center Trauma level IIIGeneral hospital · Middleburg Hts · 6.1 mi
    What it is
    General hospital
    Address
    18697 Bagley Road, Middleburg Hts, OH 44130
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Beds
    352
    Trauma center
    Level IIi
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Non-profit
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    Yes
    Medicare reports it as
    Southwest General Health Center
    Phone
    (440) 816-6702
    Medicare ID
    360155

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ Where HIFLD got this record ↗ HIFLD hospitals (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Regency Hospital of Cleveland WestLong-term acute care hospital · Middleburg Heights · 6.6 mi
    What it is
    Long-term acute care hospital
    Address
    6990 Engle Road, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Beds
    43
    Ownership
    Proprietary
    Phone
    (717) 975-4503

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  3. Uh St. John Medical CenterGeneral hospital · Westlake · 8.0 mi
    What it is
    General hospital
    Address
    29000 Center Ridge Road, Westlake, OH 44145
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Beds
    143
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Non-profit
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    Yes
    Medicare reports it as
    Uh St John Medical Center
    Phone
    (440) 835-8000
    Medicare ID
    360123

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Source: HIFLD hospitals inventory via FEMA (closed hospitals it still lists left out, hospitals opened since added), with Medicare Care Compare ratings matched by name and address. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

The nearest health centers

  1. LCHD North RidgevilleHealth center · North Ridgeville · 6.6 mi
    Run by
    a federally qualified health center
    Setting
    Clinic
    City
    North Ridgeville
    Coordinates
    41.39094, -82.01340

    Find a Health Center (HRSA) ↗ HRSA data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Wilkes Villa Public HousingHealth center · Elyria · 9.1 mi
    Run by
    a federally qualified health center
    Setting
    Clinic
    City
    Elyria
    Coordinates
    41.34470, -82.10038

    Find a Health Center (HRSA) ↗ HRSA data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: HRSA health center service delivery sites, active, September 2026 (school-based sites left out). Health centers see patients whether or not they have insurance, with fees on a sliding scale. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

The nearest dialysis center

  1. Center For Dialysis Care Middleburg HeightsDialysis · Middleburg Heights · 6.1 mi
    Address
    6749 Eastland Road, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130
    Dialysis stations
    20
    Medicare star rating
    2 of 5 stars
    Services
    in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis
    Ownership
    for profit
    Chain
    Centers for Dialysis Care
    Medicare certified since
    2018-08-16
    Phone
    (440) 234-3916
    Medicare ID
    362878

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS dialysis facility list (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: CMS dialysis facility list, September 2026, geocoded with the Census Bureau batch geocoder (an address it could not place sits at its ZIP center). Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Source: Nearest hospital: miles from each ZIP's population-weighted center to the nearest open general or critical-access hospital in Ohio, or, within 40 miles of the state line in Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Michigan, the… · CMS Care Compare data · HIFLD · HRSA data · CMS NPI files

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Nursing homes

3 to 6 miles

RIVERVIEW POINTE CARE CENTER · 3.2 mi5 of 5 stars · 124 beds · 4 within 5 miles

The nearest nursing homes

  1. Riverview Pointe Care Center5 of 5 stars · Olmsted Falls · 3.2 mi
    Address
    9027 Columbia Road, Olmsted Falls, OH 44138
    Certified beds
    124
    Residents on an average day
    118
    Medicare overall rating
    5 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    4 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    2 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    FOUNDATIONS HEALTH SOLUTIONS
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (440) 427-8884
    Medicare ID
    366180

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Village of The Falls5 of 5 stars · Olmsted Falls · 4.1 mi
    Address
    25920 Elm Street, Olmsted Falls, OH 44138
    Certified beds
    36
    Residents on an average day
    33
    Medicare overall rating
    5 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    4 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    2 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    SPRENGER HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (440) 989-5200
    Medicare ID
    366476

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Falling Water Healthcare Center4 of 5 stars · Strongsville · 4.8 mi
    Address
    18840 Falling Water, Strongsville, OH 44136
    Certified beds
    135
    Residents on an average day
    102
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    3 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    2 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    1 fine totalling $10,839 (latest 2024-12-19)
    Ownership
    For profit - Limited Liability company
    Chain
    COMMUNICARE HEALTH
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (440) 238-1100
    Medicare ID
    366111

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider and penalties files; Medicare star ratings run 1 to 5. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider file (922 Ohio homes), addresses geocoded with the Census Bureau batch geocoder (67 unmatched placed at their ZIP center); CMS penalties file (fines and payment denials since 2023, matched by name and… · CMS Care Compare data

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Crime

Under 1 violent offense per 1,000

0.8 violent offenses per 1,000Lorain County Sheriff · 5.9 property per 1,000 · 11 months on file, annualized · 26% of violent cleared

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer NIBRS incident files for Ohio, 2024 (2023 file for the trend), as downloaded in September 2026; the FBI keeps accepting agency revisions after release, so an agency's live Explorer totals for the same year can… · FBI Crime Data Explorer · USGS structures service

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Police

2 to 4 miles

Olmsted Falls Police Department · 3.8 mi0 stations within 3 miles · post office 1 mi

The nearest police stations

  1. Olmsted Falls Police DepartmentOlmsted Falls · 3.8 mi
    Address
    26100 Bagley Road, Olmsted Falls, OH 44138
    Coordinates
    41.37314, -81.91056

    USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Olmsted Township Police DepartmentOlmsted Township · 4.3 mi
    Address
    26900 Cook Road, Olmsted Township, OH 44138
    Coordinates
    41.38247, -81.92200

    Where this record comes from ↗ USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: USGS National Map structures, police stations, corrected and completed by hand (September 2026). The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction, not by distance. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Source: USGS National Map structures: police stations (772 Ohio points: the inventory's 731 less 4 closed or duplicate records, with 4 wrong names corrected, plus 45 departments and sheriff's offices it lacks, placed from OpenStreetMap or the… · USGS structures service · OpenStreetMap · Census Bureau geocoder

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Fire and EMS

Under 1 mile

Columbia Township Fire Department · 0.5 mi2 stations within 3 miles, 22 within 8

Fire and EMS stations within 3 miles, and the nearest beyond

  1. Columbia Township Fire DepartmentColumbia Station · 0.5 mi
    Address
    25540 Royalton Road, Columbia Station, OH 44028
    Coordinates
    41.31302, -81.92627

    USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Olmsted Falls Fire DepartmentOlmsted Falls · 2.9 mi
    Address
    9274 Columbia Road, Olmsted Falls, OH 44138
    Coordinates
    41.35825, -81.90448

    USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Strongsville Fire and Emergency Services Station 3Strongsville · 3.3 mi
    Address
    22000 Albion Road, Strongsville, OH 44149
    Coordinates
    41.33137, -81.86775

    USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Source: USGS National Map structures inventory (fire and EMS stations; most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022): 1,772 Ohio stations after removing duplicate records and checking Columbus- and Cleveland-area stations against the cities'… · USGS structures service · Columbus fire stations · Cleveland fire stations

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Libraries

Under 1 mile

Columbia · 0.5 miLorain Public Library · 1 within 3 miles, 9 within 8

Public libraries within 3 miles, and the nearest beyond

  1. ColumbiaBranch · Columbia Station · 0.5 mi
    Address
    13824 W. River Rd. N., Columbia Station, OH 44011
    What it is
    Branch
    Library system
    Lorain Public Library
    Open
    3,067 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    7,753 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    450,372
    System's loans, FY2024
    1,343,185
    People the system serves
    145,206
    Phone
    (440) 236-8751

    IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Olmsted Falls Branch LibraryBranch · Olmsted Falls · 3.8 mi
    Address
    8100 Mapleway Drive, Olmsted Falls, OH 44138
    What it is
    Branch
    Library system
    Cuyahoga County Public Library
    Open
    3,489 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    6,000 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    3,917,784
    System's loans, FY2024
    11,584,178
    People the system serves
    626,288
    Phone
    (440) 235-1150

    IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 (outlets and their systems). Any Ohio resident can get a free card at any Ohio public library. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos inside ZIP 44028

  1. Columbia Historical SocietyHistorical society · Columbia Station · 0.3 mi
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    Columbia Station
    Coordinates
    41.31602, -81.92979

    Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

    The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.

Source: IMLS Museum Data Files, 2018. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.

Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 outlet and system files (720 open Ohio central libraries and branches of 251 systems, plus 62 bookmobiles); straight-line miles from each ZIP's population-weighted center to the nearest Ohio library… · IMLS Public Libraries Survey · IMLS Museum Data Files

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Groceries

No residents in a flagged tract

No residents in a low-income, low-access tract94% over 1 mile from a supermarket · 3% of households on SNAP (ACS)

Source: USDA Food Access Research Atlas 2019 Large Retailer Access Map (2010 tracts, ERS's name for the file since July 2026) weighted by 2020 block population: distance to the nearest supermarket and low-income low-access flags; Census ACS… · USDA ERS Large Retailer Access Map · USDA SNAP retailers · Census ACS

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History, schools and government

How the place began, who governs it now, and the schools that serve it, from the district boundary to its state report card.

Local history

1800 to 1814

Columbia Township · settled 1807first settled, platted or incorporated (earliest year recorded)

Source: Local history researched from Wikipedia, the 1880 county histories on archive.org, Ohio History Connection, National Register listings, Ohio historical markers, local historical societies and Wikimedia Commons, one file per municipality… · Ohio History Connection · Internet Archive (county histories) · Wikimedia Commons · Remarkable Ohio (historical markers)

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Historic places

1 or 2 listings

2 listed historic placesColumbia Baptist Church

  1. Columbia Baptist ChurchBuilding · Columbia Center · listed 1976
    Address
    25514 Royalton Rd.
    Where
    Columbia Center, Lorain County · ZIP 44028
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1976
    NRIS reference number
    76001466
    Coordinates
    41.31301, -81.92549

    National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map

  2. Columbia Town HallBuilding · Columbia Center · listed 1976
    Address
    25496 Royalton Rd.
    Where
    Columbia Center, Lorain County · ZIP 44028
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1976
    NRIS reference number
    76001468
    Coordinates
    41.31283, -81.92489

    National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places point file. The listing year is shown where NPS's certification date agrees with the listing's reference number. Listing recognizes significance; it does not restrict a private owner.

See them on the full map · every historic place in Lorain County

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places point file (3,286 points for 3,232 of Ohio's roughly 4,200 listings; listings without a point are not counted, and a listing with several points is counted once); listings inside… · National Register data · USGS GNIS

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Schools

369 local school districts

Columbia LocalLocal school district · 75% of residents, then Midview Local

Public schools inside ZIP 44028

  1. Copopa Elementary School3.5 of 5 stars · Columbia Station · 0.3 mi
    Address
    13644 W River Rd, Columbia Station, OH 44028
    School district
    Columbia Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    406
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    24
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    87.6%
    Ohio building IRN
    007336
    NCES school ID
    390481403125

    NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Columbia Middle School4.5 of 5 stars · Columbia Station · 0.3 mi
    Address
    13646 W River Rd, Columbia Station, OH 44028
    School district
    Columbia Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    308
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    22.28
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    85.1%
    Ohio building IRN
    007039
    NCES school ID
    390481403124

    NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Columbia High School4.5 of 5 stars · Columbia Station · 0.7 mi
    Address
    14168 W River Rd, Columbia Station, OH 44028
    School district
    Columbia Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    276
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    22.5
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    89.4%
    Four-year graduation rate
    97.2%
    Ohio building IRN
    007021
    NCES school ID
    390481403123

    NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.

Source: Ohio school district boundaries (U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line school districts, as of January 1, 2026) by resident share; NCES EDGE 2024-25 school buildings; NCES Private School Survey 2023-24 public-use file (schools inside the ZIP by… · ODOT GIS · NCES EDGE · NCES Common Core of Data · NCES private schools · Census SAIPE · Census school finances (F-33)

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School ratings

4.5 and 5 stars

4.5 stars overallColumbia Local · performance index 87.8% of the year's maximum · 97.2% graduate in four years

Source: Ohio School Report Cards 2024-2025 (Department of Education and Workforce): district overall and component star ratings, performance index, graduation rates, spending per pupil and teacher measures, for the district holding the largest… · Ohio school report cards

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Colleges

3 to 8 miles

Brown Aveda Institute-Strongsville · 5.3 miStrongsville · 6 campuses within 10 miles

The nearest colleges

  1. Brown Aveda Institute-StrongsvilleFor-profit two-year college · Strongsville · 5.3 mi
    What it is
    For-profit two-year college
    City
    Strongsville
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    235
    Graduation rate
    88% within three years (a class of 33)
    IPEDS unit ID
    450395

    College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Baldwin Wallace UniversityPrivate nonprofit college · Berea · 5.4 mi
    What it is
    Private nonprofit college
    City
    Berea
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    3,646
    Tuition and fees, in state
    $37,938
    Graduation rate
    69% of bachelor's students, within six years (a class of 685)
    IPEDS unit ID
    201195

    College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Polaris Career CenterPublic career school · Middleburg Heights · 5.9 mi
    What it is
    Public career school
    City
    Middleburg Heights
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    284
    IPEDS unit ID
    390905

    College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: NCES IPEDS 2024 directory, 2023-24 enrollment and tuition, graduation rates for the 2017 (four-year) and 2020 (two-year) entering classes. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Source: NCES IPEDS: 2024 institutional directory (269 active Ohio institutions with coordinates, less the administrative units and the colleges that have closed since; plus 145 in Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Michigan within… · NCES IPEDS

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Local government

1308 townships

Columbia Township, Lorain County83% of residents, then Eaton Township, Lorain County

Source: ODOT municipal corporation and township boundaries by resident share of 2020 census blocks; Ohio EPA grants awarded in 2025 (OEPA_Achievements, MapServer layer 8); Auditor of State unauditable entities list · ODOT GIS · Auditor of State · Ohio EPA grants (OEPA_Achievements)

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Representatives

OH-5 · Bob Latta (R)Senate 13 vacant · House 54 Kellie Deeter

Source: ODOT TIMS Boundaries US_House_District, Ohio_Senate_District and Ohio_House_District (fetched 2026-09-08) by resident share of 2020 census blocks; members from the U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House directories, September 2026 · U.S. House · Ohio Senate · Ohio House · ODOT GIS

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Rain and snow

How much has actually fallen on 44028 (Columbia Township and Columbia Station), day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.

rain, last 30 days
2.33 in
2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
rain so far in 2026
35.1 in
about normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
35.8 in
a normal year brings 55.4 in
a normal year
41.4 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 2.33 — 29
September 2026 3.14 — 30
August 2026 5.94 — 31
July 2026 3.29 — 31
June 2026 3.30 — 30
May 2026 4.37 — 31
April 2026 6.44 0.0 30
March 2026 3.43 1.1 31
February 2026 0.73 8.2 28
January 2026 2.12 26.4 31
December 2025 2.49 14.1 31
November 2025 1.92 4.2 30
On the record, 1893–2026
Wettest year2011 — 65.3 in
Driest year1963 — 17.8 in
Snowiest year1910 — 98.7 in
Wettest day on record27 August 1903 — 5.83 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day25 November 1950 — 14.30 in
Deepest snow on the ground21 January 1978 — 18.25 in

Estimated, not measured. No rain gauge has ever stood inside 44028 (Columbia Township and Columbia Station), so every figure here is worked out from the gauges around it - the nearest ones weighted most. Treat them as close estimates rather than readings.

48,369 days of records, 1893-01-01 to 2026-10-29. Source: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily, 3,240 gauges in and around Ohio. A day is "gauged" when a gauge standing inside the boundary reported it, and the value is the mean of those gauges. Otherwise it is interpolated by inverse distance from every gauge reporting within 50 miles. Nothing is carried forward, back-filled or smoothed. Against NOAA nClimDiv county monthly precipitation over 136,848 complete county-months (checked 2026-10-31): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-10-31 from the Cracked Buckeye precipitation archive. Snow is the softer number — snowfall is measured by hand with a ruler, no agency publishes a gridded county snowfall series, and blowing snow defeats every observer.

Environmental permits and filings

What Ohio EPA has on file for 44028 (Columbia Township and Columbia Station): permits, inspections, violations, cleanups and the state loans behind sewer and water work. Every line links to the agency's own document.

facilities and sites on file
45
those placed on the map inside 44028 (Columbia Township and Columbia Station)
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Wastewater and stormwater discharge20
Hazardous waste9
Air pollution6
Wetland and stream fill4
Composting3
Sewer and water-line construction2
Landfills1
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
ALOMEGA BUILDERS Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
RIVERSIDE TRAIL SUBDIVISION NO1 & NO2 Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
DEL WEBB HICKORY GREENS SUBDIVISION NO 7 Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
RIVERSIDE TRAIL SUBDIVISION NO1 & NO2 Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
ALOMEGA BUILDERS Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
LORAIN COUNTY STORM WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
RIVERSIDE TRAIL SUBDIVISION NO1 & NO2 Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
RIVERSIDE TRAIL SUBDIVISION NO1 & NO2 Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
RIVERSIDE TRAIL SUBDIVISION NO1 & NO2 Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
COLUMBIA HILLS GOLF AND SWING CLUB Sewer and water-line construction permit
KOKOSING MATERIALS INC Air pollution inspection
ROYALTON ROAD STORAGE Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
PREFERRED TRUCKING SERVICES INC DBA JDS TRUCKING Air pollution report
COLUMBIA CONTAINER INC Air pollution report
DEVAULT POND Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
COLUMBIA HILLS GOLF AND SWING CLUB Sewer and water-line construction permit
KOKOSING MATERIALS INC - PLANT NO 530 Air pollution permit
COLUMBIA EAGLES CLUB Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
HOME Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
MORTON'S LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT CO Composting report
MORTON'S LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT CO Composting inspection
Z MEN ENTERPRISES INC Composting inspection
Z MEN ENTERPRISES INC Composting report
MORTON'S LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT CO Composting inspection
DEL WEBB HICKORY GREENS SUBDIVISION NO 5 AND NO 6 Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit

Source: Ohio EPA eDocument portal (edocpub.epa.ohio.gov), indexed 2026-10-14. Facilities are placed on the map from Ohio EPA's own map layers, EPA's Facility Registry, coordinates written in the filings, or a geocoded street address. A permit filed under a private person's name (most are household septic systems) is counted but never named, placed or linked; licenses for individual workers and open-burning notices are left out entirely.

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Places in this ZIP

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ZIP codes next door

44039 North Ridgeville 44044 Grafton 44138 Olmsted Falls 44212 Brunswick 44280 Valley City

The county

Lorain County: 15 ZIP codes, 32 cities, villages and townships, 304,042 people. The county in numbers.

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Quick answers

What city is ZIP code 44028?

ZIP code 44028 is the Columbia Station, Ohio post office area in Lorain County, home to 8,931 residents. Of its residents, 83% live in Columbia Township and 15% in Eaton Township.

What county is ZIP code 44028 in?

ZIP code 44028 is in Lorain County, Ohio.

Where does the tap water in ZIP code 44028 come from?

Lake Erie, drawn through two separate offshore intakes serving the Lake Road filtration plant. Avon Lake Regional Water - Water Filtration Plant · Rural Lorain Co. Water A. Rural Lorain Co. Water A buys its water from Avon Lake City. Avon Lake City treats water from Lake Erie.

What school district is ZIP code 44028 in?

ZIP code 44028 is mostly in the Columbia Local School District; parts are in the Midview Local School District and the Olmsted Falls City School District and the Strongsville City School District.

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