Which ZIP code in Lorain County has the lowest median age?

44074 (Oberlin), at 37.0 (±3.7), among 19 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.

Why are some ZIP codes missing?

ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

Youngest ZIP codes in Lorain County, OH

These are the 19 ZIP codes in Lorain County with the lowest median age, out of 19 with at least 1,000 residents. 44074 (Oberlin, 37.0), 44052 (Lorain, 38.2) and 44055 (Lorain, 39.0) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Lorain County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Youngest ZIP codes in Lorain County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	44074	Oberlin	37.0 ±3.7	11,745	3,807	4,199
2	44052	Lorain	38.2 ±3.6	28,282	11,980	12,191
3	44055	Lorain	39.0 ±1.9	20,043	8,440	7,712
4	44035	Elyria	40.6 ±0.9	62,179	26,724	29,380
5	44011	Avon	41.0 ±1.5	25,317	9,502	9,491
6	44039	North Ridgeville	41.6 ±1.7	36,780	14,162	15,912
7	44851	New London	41.7 ±4.5	5,038	1,974	2,151
8	44090	Wellington	42.2 ±5.6	10,670	4,118	4,691
9	44053	Lorain	43.2 ±4.0	21,084	8,900	9,817
10	44253	Litchfield	43.9 ±6.5	3,552	1,298	1,391
11	44012	Avon Lake	44.3 ±1.9	25,752	10,896	11,215
12	44001	Amherst	45.0 ±1.7	21,448	8,194	9,114
13	44054	Sheffield Lake	45.1 ±1.6	12,806	5,858	5,762
14	44050	Lagrange	45.4 ±2.6	7,059	2,644	2,714
15	44889	Wakeman	46.2 ±4.1	7,500	2,752	2,670
16	44044	Grafton	46.3 ±2.7	14,721	4,262	5,189
17	44028	Columbia Station	46.4 ±4.1	9,671	3,983	4,701
18	44880	Sullivan	49.0 ±6.3	3,143	1,321	1,124
19	44089	Vermilion	52.3 ±3.4	15,654	7,076	7,662

How we ranked them

Ranked by median age of all residents, lowest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 19 of 20 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Younger ZIP codes skew toward renters, students and young families: fitness, quick-service food, apartments, entertainment and first-time-buyer offers.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 60,453 households, on 104 carrier routes with 62,973 residential mailboxes. Open any of them on the route map to see each carrier route's own figures before you choose.

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Frequently asked questions

Which ZIP code in Lorain County has the lowest median age?: 44074 (Oberlin), at 37.0 (±3.7), among 19 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median age of all residents, lowest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024).
Why are some ZIP codes missing?: ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

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