ZIP code 44053: Lorain
Lorain County · 20,735 residents
Tap water here comes from Lake Erie, treated at Lorain Water Purification Plant. The water here
44053 in 10 facts
The 10 things that stand out about this ZIP against the other 1,232 in Ohio, each with its source.
- Where the water comes from Where the water here comes from: Lake Erie, drawn from an intake crib about 26.5 feet deep and 2,800 feet offshore outside the breakwall, west of the Black River harbor. Source: EPA SDWIS
- Local history 1834 The town here was settled around 1834, later than 81% of the Ohio ZIPs with a researched town. Source: Ohio History Connection
- Bridges 25% Bridges here need more work than most: 25% rated poor, more than 98% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: FHWA bridge inventory
- Power plants 2.8 mi This ZIP sits close to a large power plant: the nearest 100+ MW plant is 2.8 miles away, closer than 96% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: EIA-860
- Air 9.8 µg/m³ Air quality runs worse here: PM2.5 at the nearest monitor averages 9.8 µg/m³, higher than 94% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: EPA air data files
- Groundwater 77 Groundwater here is less vulnerable than most: a DRASTIC index of 77, lower than 92% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: ODNR Geological Survey
- School ratings 2.5 stars The main school district here earns 2.5 stars on the Ohio Report Card, lower than 90% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: Ohio school report cards
- Social vulnerability 74 Social vulnerability runs high here: an average tract rank of 74 out of 100 on the CDC index, higher than 91% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: CDC/ATSDR SVI
- Hospitals 1.4 mi This ZIP sits close to a hospital: the nearest general or critical-access hospital is 1.4 miles away, closer than 89% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: CMS Care Compare data
- Crime 5.8 per 1,000 residents Violent crime runs high for this ZIP's police agency: 5.8 violent offenses per 1,000 residents of its territory in 2024, more than 88% of Ohio ZIPs with a reporting agency. Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Local events in 44053
9 events in the next 90 days from 1 public calendar. All local events in 44053
Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.
Your ballot
Who represents 44053, and what is on its ballot for the November 3, 2026 general election.
| Chamber | District | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. House | District 5 | — | — |
| Ohio Senate | District 13 | — | R |
| Ohio House | District 53 | Joseph A. Miller III | D |
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:
- Attorney General of Ohio: Keith Faber (Republican) · John Kulewicz (Democratic)
- Auditor of State of Ohio: Annette Blackwell (Democratic) · Frank LaRose (Republican)
- Governor of Ohio: Amy Acton (Democratic) · Don Kissick (Libertarian) · Vivek Ramaswamy (Republican)
- Secretary of State of Ohio: Tom Pruss (Libertarian) · Allison Russo (Democratic) · Robert Sprague (Republican)
- Justice of the Supreme Court (Full term commencing 1-1-2027): Dan Hawkins (Republican) · Marilyn Zayas (Democratic)
- Justice of the Supreme Court (Full term commencing 1-2-2027): Jennifer L. Brunner (Democratic) · Colleen O'Donnell (Republican)
- Treasurer of State of Ohio: Jay Edwards (Republican) · Seth Walsh (Democratic)
- U.S. Senator from Ohio: Sherrod Brown (Democratic) · Jon Husted (Republican) · Greg Levy (Other-party candidate) · Bill Redpath (Libertarian)
44053's district races:
- Ohio State Representative, District 53: Bradley Lacko (Republican) · Matt Lundy (Democratic)
- Ohio State Senator, District 13: Gayle Manning (Republican) · Joe Miller (Democratic)
- U.S. Representative, Ohio's 5th District: Bob Latta (Republican) · Brian Shaver (Democratic) · Michael Veloff (Libertarian)
| Jurisdiction | Type | Question |
|---|---|---|
| Lorain County | Tax 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: Amherst Township, Amherst Township Township, Lorain, Lorain City.
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.
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 ErieLake Erie, drawn from an intake crib about 26.5 feet deep and 2,800 feet offshore outside the breakwall, west of the Black River harborLorain Water Purification Plant · Lorain City
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 568–755 ft, averaging 626 ft · Lorain 572–735 ft, averaging 621 · Lorain County 567–1,124 ft (USGS 3DEP)
Lorain City is owned by a local government, with 26,519 service connections serving 64,152 people; it has substantially implemented source water protection under Ohio's program. Office: 440-204-2280 (SDWIS).
Ohio EPA loans since 2016 for projects inside this ZIP: $25.7 million across 7 projects, $4.0 million of it forgiven (wastewater $22.8M, drinking water $2.9M); largest: Jaeger Road Pump Station Improvements (Lorain, 2025, $11.8M); PQM WWTP Improvements (Lorain, 2024, $9.6M); Elyria Interconnect HAB (Avon Lake, 2018, $2.2M).
- Water bodies
- Lake Erie
- Raw intakes
- Lorain Lake Erie
- Serves
- 64,152 people · Lorain County
- EPA ID
- OH4700711
About this area's water
Did you know
- Lorain claims the first plant in the United States built expressly to filter all of a city's water for bacteria, authorized in 1896 after a deadly typhoid epidemic in 1893.
- Potassium permanganate is dosed right at the Lake Erie intake, not for people but to stop invasive zebra mussels from clogging it.
- Lorain has fed orthophosphate for corrosion control since 2010 and has pulled out about 1,500 lead service lines with nearly $2.5 million in Ohio EPA money.
- Lorain's emergency backups are Vermilion, Amherst and Sheffield Lake - all Lake Erie systems supplied by Elyria and Avon Lake. None sent Lorain any water in 2024.
History4
- 1884Lorain's first municipal water plant and distribution system began operating on untreated Black River water.
- 1893A typhoid epidemic struck Lorain, attributed to the lack of filtration.
- 1896A filtration plant was authorized; the city claims it as the first US plant built expressly to filter all of a city's water for bacteria.
- 2010The plant began feeding orthophosphate for corrosion control to keep lead from leaching out of service lines.
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Potassium permanganate at the Lake Erie intake for zebra mussels, debris screening, chlorine at plant entry, alum coagulation, flocculation with caustic soda and powdered carbon, sedimentation, then GAC/sand/gravel filters; fluoride, chlorine and orthophosphate last.
Water pressure
Not published in the sources found.
What it costs
Not retrieved. The city's rates page returns 404 and neither water quality report lists rates, so no per-1,000-gallon figure could be confirmed.
Water quality & impurities8
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM (total trihalomethanes) Range 20.1-62.4 ppb; chlorination byproduct, no violation. | 51.4 ppb | 80 ppb | 2024 |
| HAA5 (haloacetic acids) Range 7-24.9 ppb; chlorination byproduct, no violation. | 24.3 ppb | 60 ppb | 2024 |
| Lead (90th percentile) Latest round. One site (LC235) hit 34 ppb, but 1 of 30 above the AL is not a violation. | ND ppb | 15 ppb (AL) | 2022 |
| Copper (90th percentile) 0 of 30 sites exceeded the action level. | 0.067 ppm | 1.3 ppm (AL) | 2022 |
| Nitrate Range ND-1.35; well below the limit. | 1.35 ppm | 10 ppm | 2024 |
| Fluoride Range 0.6-1.14; dental-health additive plus natural erosion. | 1.01 ppm | 4 ppm | 2024 |
| Turbidity Highest single reading; 100% of monthly samples met the limit. | 0.26 NTU | 0.3 NTU in 95%… | 2024 |
| E. coli All repeat samples were negative; not a violation. No such detection in the 2024 report. | 1 positive of… n/a | MCL not… | 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.
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).
Projects & plans1
Recent and current work
- Lead Service Line Replacement Program · $2.5 million · under construction
Nearly $2.5 million in Ohio EPA principal forgiveness has funded removal of about 1,500 lead service lines to date.
Supply stress
Lake Erie supplies ample raw water with no quantity limit. The 2024 source water assessment names the nearby Black River, commercial shipping and boating spills, industrial and farm runoff, river dredging, urban stormwater, sewage discharges and combined sewer overflows as risks.
Sewers
Sanitary
Lorain Utilities runs water and sanitary sewer service, overseen by the city's Sewer and Water Advisory Board. The 2024 source water assessment names municipal and home sewage treatment discharges and combined sewer overflows in the Black River watershed as risks to the drinking water intake.
Storm
Neither the water quality report nor the city's water pages state how much of the system is separate versus combined, and we found no dedicated stormwater fee.
Sourcesverified
Compiled from the utility's own reports and public records, then independently re-checked against primary sources.
Water systems in this ZIP
- Lorain City96% of residentsLake Erie
3% of residents live outside every mapped system, most likely on private 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
Infrastructure in this ZIP
10.2 mi of highway (US 6, SR 58, SR 611) · 11.6 mi of railroad (Norfolk Southern) · 1.67 mi of gas transmission pipeline (Columbia Gas Transmission (TC Energy)) · 30.6 mi of electric transmission line (ATSI) · 44.2 mi of large water mains mapped (City of Lorain, City of Elyria, City of Amherst) · 9.18 mi of interceptor sewer mapped (City of Lorain) · 1 sewage plant (Philip Q Maiorana WWTP) · 1 power plant (West Lorain) · 5 substations · 4 grade crossings (Norfolk Southern) · 1 registered tower · 1 public EV charger listing · 2 landfills or waste sites, open and closed (Rathlin Soils Llc, Alvarado Landscaping, Inc.) · 2 hospitals (Mercy Health - Regional Medical Center, Llc, Clearvista Health and Wellness) · 1 fire or EMS station · 1 water tower or tank in OpenStreetMap · 1 water works or pumping station in OpenStreetMap · 1 transit stop · 12 bridges and culverts in the inventory · 9 sites with underground fuel tanks in use · 3 open leaking-tank releases · 1 other permitted discharger (West Lorain Power Plant) · 1 hazardous waste handler · 2 source water protection zones (Elyria Water Department) · 6 stormwater (MS4) permit areas (City of Amherst, City of Lorain, City of Vermilion) · 2 brownfield or cleanup sites · 2 tire or battery drop-off sites.
Draw them27 layers on the mapIntakes and plants
Lake ErieLake Erie, drawn from an intake crib about 26.5 feet deep and 2,800 feet offshore outside the breakwall, west of the Black River harborLorain Water Purification Plant · Lorain City
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 2015No health-based violations since 2015Lorain City · lead 0 ppb (2025) · 1 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
20 to 40TTHM 38 µg/L (2019)Lorain City · HAA5 20 · worst year 48
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 detectedNo PFAS detectedLorain City · UCMR 5, 7 samples · Ohio EPA 2020
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 detectedNo lead at the 90th-percentile tapLorain City · period ending 2025-12 · 0 of 20,084 service lines lead or galvanized, 8,159 unknown
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
FluoridatedFluoridatedLorain 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 waterRaw water up to 0.529 µg/L microcystinLorain City · 2016-09
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
DRASTIC index under 100DRASTIC 77 · Shale59 well logs · median 47 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
85% or more91% 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 quartersPhilip Q Maiorana Wwtp · 2.1 mi8 of 12 quarters in violation · 5.4 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 more98% of the land drains to streams failing aquatic lifeQuarry Creek-Frontal Lake Erie · bacteria (pathogens), altered hydrology
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 ErieBlack-Rocky subbasinQuarry Creek-Frontal Lake Erie · 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
$175,000 to $250,000Median home $206,300household income $67,484 · rent $898 · 67% 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
1960 to 1979Median year built 19776,927 homes · $197K 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
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Building permits
15 to 301,071 housing units permitted 2016 to 2025Lorain · 16.8 per 1,000 residents · 47 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%+96% in ten years+61% in five · +8% 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 mills26.7 effective school millsLorain City · about $1,870 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 EdisonOhio 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 OhioColumbia Gas of OhioPUCO-regulated utility · 66% 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
A 100 MW+ plant under 5 milesWest Lorain · 2.8 migas, 500 MW · 2 plants within 10 miles
Power plants within 10 miles
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West Lorain 100 MW or moreNatural gas · 500 MW · 2.8 mi
- Capacity
- 500 MW
- By fuel
- natural gas 400 MW, oil 101 MW
- Main source
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine; Petroleum Liquids;
- Operator
- Vermillion Power LLC
- Sector
- IPP Non-CHP
- Where
- Lorain, Lorain County
- Generating units
- 7
- Built
- 1973 (first unit); newest unit 2001
- EIA plant code
- 2869
EIA plant page ↗ EIA-860 (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oberlin Spear Point Solar OneSolar · 2 MW · 8.9 mi
- Capacity
- 2 MW
- Main source
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Oberlin College
- Sector
- Commercial Non-CHP
- Where
- Oberlin, Lorain County
- Generating units
- 1
- Built
- 2012
- EIA plant code
- 58134
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
1 to 3 milesNearest transmission line 1.7 miColumbia Gas Trans Co (interstate) · 1.7 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
Brightspeed (formerly CenturyLink)Brightspeed NorthcentralIncumbent telephone company
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 service100% can get 100/20 Mbpsfiber 86% · cable 99% · 7,402 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 everywhere5G on 100% of the land4G or better 100% · AT&T 99% · T-Mobile 96% · 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 milesFast charger 4.9 mi: ELYRIA HYUNDAI SHOWROOM1 public station in the ZIP (6 Level 2, 0 DC fast ports) · 4 within 5 miles of its center
Public EV charging inside ZIP 44053, and the nearest outside it
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Amherst Family Health Center6 Level 2 · Lorain · 0.7 mi
- Address
- 5172 Leavitt Rd, Lorain, OH 44053
- Ports
- 6 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- Blink Network
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 888-998-2546
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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GATEWAYZ NORTH BAY1 Level 2 · Amherst · 1.7 mi
- Address
- 47190 Cooper Foster Park Rd, Amherst, OH 44001
- 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 ↗
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
Under 10% of residents4% within half a mile of a stop1 stop in the ZIP · Lorain County Transit
None inside the ZIP; the nearest station or terminal
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Lorain County Transportation and Community CenterIntercity bus stop · Greyhound Lines · 7.0 mi
- What it is
- Intercity bus stop
- Operator
- Greyhound Lines
- City
- Elyria
- Coordinates
- 41.36857, -82.10391
BTS Intermodal Passenger Connectivity Database (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 6.6 of 2047 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
1 to 3 crossings1 public crossing1 gated · up to 6 trains a day · Norfolk Southern
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
20% or more rated poor12 bridges, 3 rated poortypical build year 1956 · busiest SR 2, 29,571 vehicles a day
Bridges rated poor inside ZIP 44053
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SR 58 over Branch of Beaver CreekPoor · built 1965 · 0.6 mi
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1965
- Length
- 24 ft
- Owner
- State
- Vehicles a day
- 19,498
- Coordinates
- 41.42216, -82.20880
National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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SR 611 over Martins RunPoor · built 1956 · 1.3 mi
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Culvert
- Built
- 1956
- Length
- 9 ft
- Owner
- State
- Vehicles a day
- 2,417
- Coordinates
- 41.44715, -82.22267
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Usr 6 over Martins RunPoor · built 1956 · 1.3 mi
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Culvert
- Built
- 1956
- Length
- 9 ft
- Owner
- State
- Vehicles a day
- 7,584
- Coordinates
- 41.44761, -82.22277
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
50,000 to 100,00062,830 vehicles a day on SR 23,079 trucks · 321K 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
15 to 30 milesCLE · 18.5 miCleveland-Hopkins International · Amtrak at Elyria 7.3 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/L4.0 pCi/L average radon642 tests · 33% above 4 pCi/L · median 2.3
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%5.1% of residents in the 1% floodplain7% of the land is floodplain, 1% more in the 0.2% zone · zone AE
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 40Risk score 22 · higher than about 22% of US tractsIce storm 77 · Hail 71
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
30 to 45 inches44" of snow a year · 50.2°F averageJanuary low 20° · July high 82° · 37" 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
9 to 10PM2.5 9.8 µg/m³ at St Theodosius, 27.6 miozone 66 ppb at Sheffield · 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
3 to 8 milesNearest NPL site 7.1 mi: Republic Steel Corp. Quarry5 toxic-release reporters · 1 Superfund program site in the ZIP
Superfund sites inside ZIP 44053
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Lakeview Mercury SpillSuperfund program · Lorain · 1.8 mi
- Address
- 1336 Lakeview Ave, Lorain, OH 44053
- County
- Lorain County
- Status
- Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
- EPA program ID
- OHN000507847
- EPA registry ID
- 110070158075
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
Under 1,000 lb a year24 lb released on site in 20241 facility · Materion Brush Performance Alloys
Facilities reporting toxic releases inside ZIP 44053
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City of Elyria Water WorksToxics Release Inventory · Lorain · 1.5 mi
- Address
- 3628 W Erie Ave, Lorain, OH 44053
- County
- Lorain County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44053LYRWT3628W
- EPA registry ID
- 110009652483
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West LorainToxics Release Inventory · Lorain · 2.7 mi
- Address
- 7101 West Erie Ave, Lorain, OH 44053
- County
- Lorain County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44053FRSTN7107W
- EPA registry ID
- 110004588875
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Ford Motor Co - Lorain Assembly PlantToxics Release Inventory · Lorain · 3.7 mi
- Address
- 5401 Baumhart Rd., Lorain, OH 44053
- County
- Lorain County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44053FRDMT5401B
- EPA registry ID
- 110000385636
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Materion Brush IncToxics Release Inventory · Lorain · 3.8 mi
- Address
- 7375 Industrial Pkwy, Lorain, OH 44053
- County
- Lorain County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (open)
- EPA program ID
- 44053BRSHW7375I
- EPA registry ID
- 110004723292
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Atlas Technical Finishes IncToxics Release Inventory · Lorain · 3.8 mi
- Address
- 7469 Industrial Pky., Lorain, OH 44053
- County
- Lorain County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44052GLDBN1901H
- EPA registry ID
- 110002110279
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 21 high-hazard dam within 10 milesNearest: Willoway Upground No. 5 Dam, 8.4 mi, condition satisfactory
High-hazard dams within 10 miles
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Willoway Upground No. 5 DamSlater Ditch · condition: satisfactory · 8.4 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 106 tornado tracks within 5 miles since 19502 rated F2/EF2+ · 22 federal declarations for Lorain County · 1 quake 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 1411 spills reported since 2021mostly oils and hydraulic fluid · 5 reached water
Spills reported since 2021 inside ZIP 44053
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2023-08-15 · Lorain · 0.4 mi
- Reported
- 2023-08-15
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 50 gallons
- Where
- Lorain, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2308EPA0001412
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Oil Transformer Non Pcb2026-06-11 · Lorain · 0.9 mi
- Reported
- 2026-06-11
- What spilled
- Oil Transformer Non Pcb
- Largest amount reported
- 15 gallons
- Where
- Lorain, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2606EPA0001032
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Sewage Human2024-12-14 · Lorain · 1.1 mi
- Reported
- 2024-12-14
- What spilled
- Sewage Human
- Where
- Lorain, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2412EPA0002013
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Oil Transformer Non Pcb2024-11-22 · Lorain · 1.4 mi
- Reported
- 2024-11-22
- What spilled
- Oil Transformer Non Pcb
- Largest amount reported
- 25 gallons
- Where
- Lorain, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2411EPA0001921
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Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85) Reached water2025-07-29 · Lorain · 1.8 mi
- Reported
- 2025-07-29
- What spilled
- Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)
- Reached a waterway
- 47 - Beaver Creek
- Where
- Lorain, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2507EPA0001272
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Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon2025-06-05 · Lorain · 1.9 mi
- Reported
- 2025-06-05
- What spilled
- Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon
- Where
- Lorain, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2506EPA0000919
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Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85) Reached water2021-05-18 · Lorain · 1.9 mi
- Reported
- 2021-05-18
- What spilled
- Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)
- Reached a waterway
- 99 - Unnamed
- Where
- Lorain, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2105EPA0000696
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Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2026-03-18 · Lorain · 1.9 mi
- Reported
- 2026-03-18
- What spilled
- Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
- Largest amount reported
- 3 gallons
- Where
- Lorain, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2603EPA0000427
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Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos) Reached water2026-03-06 · Lorain · 1.9 mi
- Reported
- 2026-03-06
- What spilled
- Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos)
- Reached a waterway
- 47 - Lake Erie
- Where
- Lorain, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2603EPA0000313
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Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon Reached water2022-09-17 · Lorain · 2.0 mi
- Reported
- 2022-09-17
- What spilled
- Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon
- Reached a waterway
- 47 - Beaver Creek
- Where
- Lorain, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2209EPA0001426
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Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon Reached water2022-03-08 · Lorain · 2.7 mi
- Reported
- 2022-03-08
- What spilled
- Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon
- Reached a waterway
- 99 - Unnamed
- Where
- Lorain, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2203EPA0000294
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
1 to 10 wells9 wells in the ZIP1 producing · 0 shale · 3 orphan · nearest 0.31 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 mineNo mapped minenearest mapped non-coal mine 31.5 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 limitedMahoning-Tiro silt loams, 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
2 to 5%3.7% public land · 276 acresFox Creek Golf and Racquet Club · Findley State Park 20.2 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
1 to 3%1.3% wetland · 87 acresforested/shrub wetland 53 · pond 33 · emergent wetland 1
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
40% to 75%66% developed · 23% tree canopyforest 19% · water 7% · pasture 3%
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
15 to 25%21.9% bachelor's or higher65.3% white · 12.3% Black · 17.2% Hispanic · 0.6% Asian · 1.6% 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
0.6 to 17,832 jobs · 9,344 employed residentsHealth care and social assistance leads · residents mostly work in Elyria (44035)
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 ErieLake Erie, drawn from an intake crib about 26.5 feet deep and 2,800 feet offshore outside the breakwall, west of the Black River harborLorain Water Purification Plant · Lorain City
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
35th to 40thPercentile rank 38.7income rank at 35 for children of low-income parents · 3.74% 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
60th to 80th74th percentile of Ohio tractssocioeconomic 51 · household 75 · minority status 75 · housing and transport 74
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
20 to 25%22.6% in fair or poor healthobesity 39.1% · diabetes 16.4% · smoking 16% · depression 25%
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 7976.8 years life expectancy10 tracts, from 71.1 to 82.3
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
Under 3 milesMercy Health - Regional Medical Center, Llc · 1.4 miLorain · 331 beds · 3 within 10 miles
Hospitals within 5 miles
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Mercy Health - Regional Medical Center, LlcGeneral hospital · Lorain · 1.4 mi
- What it is
- General hospital
- Address
- 3700 Kolbe Road, Lorain, OH 44053
- County
- Lorain County
- Beds
- 331
- Helipad
- Yes
- Ownership
- Non-profit
- Medicare overall rating
- 2 of 5 stars
- Emergency department (Medicare)
- Yes
- Medicare reports it as
- Mercy Regional Medical Center
- Phone
- (440) 960-4000
- Medicare ID
- 360172
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Clearvista Health and WellnessPsychiatric hospital · Lorain · 1.4 mi
- What it is
- Psychiatric hospital
- Address
- 3364 Kolbe Road, Lorain, OH 44053
- County
- Lorain County
- Beds
- 52
- Ownership
- Proprietary
- Medicare overall rating
- not rated
- Emergency department (Medicare)
- No
- Medicare reports it as
- Clear Vista Health & Wellness
- Phone
- (440) 960-7960
- Medicare ID
- 364052
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Specialty Hosp. of Lorain Trauma level IIISpecialty hospital · Amherst · 2.3 mi
- What it is
- Specialty hospital
- Address
- 254 Cleveland Ave, Amherst, OH 44001
- County
- Lorain County
- Beds
- 30
- Trauma center
- Level IIi
- Helipad
- Yes
- Ownership
- Non-profit
- Phone
- (440) 988-6260
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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.
Community health centers within 3 miles, and the nearest beyond
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Lorain County Health & DentistryHealth center · Lorain · 2.9 mi
- Run by
- a federally qualified health center
- Setting
- Clinic
- City
- Lorain
- Coordinates
- 41.46052, -82.17021
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Lorain County Health and DentistryHealth center · Lorain · 4.8 mi
- Run by
- a federally qualified health center
- Setting
- Clinic
- City
- Lorain
- Coordinates
- 41.43647, -82.11885
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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.
Dialysis centers within 5 miles
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Davita Amherst DialysisDialysis · Lorain · 0.9 mi
- Address
- 3200 Cooper Foster Park Rd. W., Lorain, OH 44053
- Dialysis stations
- 19
- Medicare star rating
- 3 of 5 stars
- Services
- in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, home hemodialysis training
- Ownership
- for profit
- Chain
- DaVita
- Medicare certified since
- 2011-01-19
- Phone
- (440) 989-1410
- Medicare ID
- 362766
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Fmc - Elyria Renal Care Group - AmherstDialysis · Amherst · 3.0 mi
- Address
- 100 Cooper Foster Park Rd., Amherst, OH 44001
- Dialysis stations
- 22
- Medicare star rating
- 2 of 5 stars
- Services
- in-center hemodialysis
- Ownership
- for profit
- Chain
- Fresenius Medical Care
- Medicare certified since
- 2001-09-26
- Phone
- (440) 985-2280
- Medicare ID
- 362636
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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
1 to 3 milesLAKE POINTE HEALTH CARE · 1.4 mi5 of 5 stars · 99 beds · 5 within 5 miles
Nursing homes within 3 miles
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Lake Pointe Health Care5 of 5 stars · Lorain · 1.4 mi
- Address
- 3364 Kolbe Rd, Lorain, OH 44053
- Certified beds
- 99
- Residents on an average day
- 91
- 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
- 1 fine totalling $8,021 (latest 2024-09-17)
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- COMMUNICARE HEALTH
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (440) 282-2244
- Medicare ID
- 365623
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Autumn Aegis Nursing Home4 of 5 stars · Lorain · 1.5 mi
- Address
- 1130 Tower Blvd, Lorain, OH 44052
- Certified beds
- 99
- Residents on an average day
- 80
- Medicare overall rating
- 4 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 3 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 3 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 5 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- none
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- SPRENGER HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
- Continuing care retirement community
- Yes
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (440) 282-6768
- Medicare ID
- 365940
Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Anchor Lodge Nursing Home Inc3 of 5 stars · Lorain · 1.5 mi
- Address
- 3756 W Erie Ave, Lorain, OH 44053
- Certified beds
- 110
- Residents on an average day
- 94
- Medicare overall rating
- 3 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 3 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 2 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 4 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- 1 fine totalling $20,678 (latest 2024-03-19)
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- SPRENGER HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
- Continuing care retirement community
- Yes
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (440) 244-2019
- Medicare ID
- 365969
Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oak Hills Nursing Center3 of 5 stars · Lorain · 1.7 mi
- Address
- 3650 Beavercrest Drive, Lorain, OH 44053
- Certified beds
- 80
- Residents on an average day
- 62
- Medicare overall rating
- 3 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 3 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 1 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 5 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- 1 payment denial (latest 2025-06-05)
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- EMBASSY HEALTHCARE
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (440) 282-9171
- Medicare ID
- 365550
Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Amherst Manor Nursing Home2 of 5 stars · Amherst · 2.6 mi
- Address
- 175 N Lake Street, Amherst, OH 44001
- Certified beds
- 114
- Residents on an average day
- 97
- Medicare overall rating
- 2 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 3 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 1 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 4 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- none
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- SPRENGER HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (440) 988-4415
- Medicare ID
- 365924
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
5 to 105.8 violent offenses per 1,000Lorain Police · 16.0 property per 1,000 · 12 months · 58% 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 milesAmherst Police Department · 2.2 mi1 station within 3 miles · post office 1.4 mi
Police stations within 3 miles, and the nearest beyond
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Amherst Police DepartmentAmherst · 2.2 mi
- Address
- 911 North Lake Street, Amherst, OH 44001
- Coordinates
- 41.40675, -82.23813
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Lorain Police DepartmentLorain · 3.1 mi
- Address
- 100 West Erie Avenue, Lorain, OH 44052
- Coordinates
- 41.46856, -82.17916
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
1 to 2 milesLorain Fire Department Station 7 · 1.2 mi4 stations within 3 miles, 17 within 8
Fire and EMS stations within 3 miles
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Lorain Fire Department Station 7Lorain · 1.2 mi
- Address
- 2111 West Park Drive, Lorain, OH 44053
- Coordinates
- 41.44909, -82.21196
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Sheffield Township Fire Department Station 1Lorain · 2.5 mi
- Address
- 4600 Broadway Avenue, Lorain, OH 44052
- Coordinates
- 41.42692, -82.16327
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Amherst Fire DepartmentAmherst · 2.5 mi
- Address
- 414 Church Street, Amherst, OH 44001
- Coordinates
- 41.39627, -82.22558
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Lorain Fire Department Central StationLorain · 2.9 mi
- Address
- 1350 Broadway Avenue, Lorain, OH 44052
- Coordinates
- 41.45888, -82.16960
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
2 to 4 milesAmherst Public Library · 2.4 mi2 within 3 miles, 7 within 8
Public libraries within 3 miles
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Amherst Public LibraryCentral library · Amherst · 2.4 mi
- Address
- 221 Spring St, Amherst, OH 44001
- What it is
- Central library
- Library system
- Amherst Public Library
- Open
- 3,120 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 20,293 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 64,532
- System's loans, FY2024
- 193,029
- People the system serves
- 31,302
- Phone
- (440) 988-4230
IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Lorain Public LibraryCentral library · Lorain · 2.9 mi
- Address
- 351 W. Sixth St., Lorain, OH 44052
- What it is
- Central library
- Library system
- Lorain Public Library
- Open
- 3,067 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 60,900 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 450,372
- System's loans, FY2024
- 1,343,185
- People the system serves
- 145,206
- Phone
- (440) 244-1192
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.
None inside the ZIP; the nearest museum
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Lorain Sports Hall Of FameMuseum · Lorain · 1.3 mi
- What it is
- Museum
- City
- Lorain
- Coordinates
- 41.44498, -82.19302
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
10 to 33%13.6% in low-income, low-access tracts30% over 1 mile from a supermarket · 14% 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
1830 to 1849Lorain · settled 1834first 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
No listed place in the ZIP0 listed historic placesnearest: Amherst Town Hall, 2.4 mi
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
193 city school districtsLorain CityCity school district · 55% of residents, then Amherst Exempted Village
Public schools inside ZIP 44053
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Lorain Preparatory AcademyLorain · 0.5 mi
- Address
- 4119 Leavitt Rd, Lorain, OH 44053
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 457
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 10
- NCES school ID
- 390058705079
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Toni Wofford Morrison ES2.5 of 5 stars · Lorain · 0.8 mi
- Address
- 1830 40th St, Lorain, OH 44052
- School district
- Lorain City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 300
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 15.5
- Report card, 2025-26
- 2.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 60.5%
- Ohio building IRN
- 009221
- NCES school ID
- 390442605374
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
2.5 stars or fewer2.5 stars overallLorain City · performance index 49.1% of the year's maximum · 83.5% 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 milesNorthern Institute of Cosmetology · 3 miLorain · 5 campuses within 10 miles
Colleges within 5 miles, and the nearest beyond
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Northern Institute of CosmetologyFor-profit career school · Lorain · 3.0 mi
- What it is
- For-profit career school
- City
- Lorain
- Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
- 82
- IPEDS unit ID
- 204431
College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Ross Medical Education Center-ElyriaFor-profit career school · Elyria · 6.3 mi
- What it is
- For-profit career school
- City
- Elyria
- Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
- 101
- IPEDS unit ID
- 488952
College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Ohio Business College-SheffieldFor-profit two-year college · Sheffield Village · 7.1 mi
- What it is
- For-profit two-year college
- City
- Sheffield Village
- Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
- 381
- Tuition and fees, in state
- $9,385
- Graduation rate
- 71% within three years (a class of 38)
- IPEDS unit ID
- 203720
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
255 citiesLorain (city)Local government for nearly all residents
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 53 Joseph A. Miller III
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 44053 (Lorain), day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 2.20 in
- 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
- rain so far in 2026
- 34.6 in
- about normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 25.1 in
- a normal year brings 47.3 in
- a normal year
- 39.5 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 2.19 | — | 29 |
| September 2026 | 2.43 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 6.22 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 3.82 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 3.78 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 4.62 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 6.46 | — | 30 |
| March 2026 | 3.09 | 0.2 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 0.35 | 3.3 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 1.66 | 21.6 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 2.60 | 10.3 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 1.50 | 1.4 | 30 |
| Wettest year | 2011 — 59.9 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1963 — 17.5 in |
| Snowiest year | 2005 — 79.0 in |
| Wettest day on record | 7 September 1996 — 4.38 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 1 March 1954 — 15.07 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 5 February 2009 — 18.93 in |
Estimated, not measured. No rain gauge has ever stood inside 44053 (Lorain), 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.
48,349 days of records, 1893-04-01 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 44053 (Lorain): 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
- 48
- those placed on the map inside 44053 (Lorain)
Data centers, power and big tech here. Ohio EPA files that name a data-center company, a power plant or substation, or a large technology firm:
- WEST LORAIN POWER PLANT (air pollution, hazardous waste, contaminated-site cleanup, latest Oct 2, 2026)
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| Voluntary cleanup | 23 |
| Hazardous waste | 10 |
| Wastewater and stormwater discharge | 6 |
| Air pollution | 4 |
| Composting | 2 |
| Contaminated-site cleanup | 1 |
| Public drinking water | 1 |
| Site assessment | 1 |
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.
Around here
Places in this ZIP
- Loraincity99% of residents
- Amherst Townshiptownship1% of residents
School districts
ZIP codes next door
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 44053?
ZIP code 44053 is the Lorain, Ohio post office area in Lorain County, home to 20,735 residents. Of its residents, 99% live in the city of Lorain.
What county is ZIP code 44053 in?
ZIP code 44053 is in Lorain County, Ohio.
Where does the tap water in ZIP code 44053 come from?
Lake Erie, drawn from an intake crib about 26.5 feet deep and 2,800 feet offshore outside the breakwall, west of the Black River harbor. Lorain Water Purification Plant · Lorain City.
What school district is ZIP code 44053 in?
ZIP code 44053 is mostly in the Lorain City School District; parts are in the Amherst Exempted Village School District.
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