Elyria, Lorain County

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Owners in Elyria to mail, counted from the county's records today. The price is the whole list; you see the exact count and price again before you pay, and the file downloads when you pay.

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Home sales by month

664 home sales in Elyria from October 2025 to September 2026, at a median price of $189,950.

Source: Lorain County Auditor, sales it marks as real sales (not family transfers or estates), counted once per deed, by the month of the sale. Data as of October 22, 2026.

Property tax rates

Most homes in Elyria (15,382 of 17,285) are in taxing district 330, Elyria City-Elyria CSD. Its effective rate on homes is 54.15 mills, and the state estimates the yearly tax on a $100,000 owner-occupied home there at $1,689.

A mill is $1 of tax for every $1,000 of assessed value, and Ohio assesses a home at 35% of its appraised value. The effective rate is the voted rate after the state's reduction factors. The $100,000 figure is the state's own estimate for an owner-occupied home, after the owner-occupied credits.

Source: Ohio Department of Taxation, 2025 aggregate property tax rates by taxing district (tax year 2025, paid in 2026), published March 25, 2026. District for each parcel: Lorain County Auditor, October 22, 2026.

Schools

Public schools inside the city line

• Black River Career Prep High Schoolgrades 9 to 12, 182 students, Black River Career Prep High School districtNo Ohio report card rating
• Constellation Schools: Elyria Communitygrades K to 8, 409 students, Constellation Schools: Elyria Community districtOhio report card: 2 stars
• Eastern Heights Elementary Schoolgrades K to 4, 559 students, Elyria City Schools districtOhio report card: 2.5 stars
• Eastern Heights Middle Schoolgrades 5 to 8, 549 students, Elyria City Schools districtOhio report card: 3 stars
• Ely Elementary Schoolgrades K to 4, 462 students, Elyria City Schools districtOhio report card: 3 stars
• Elyria High Schoolgrades 9 to 12, 1,540 students, Elyria City Schools districtOhio report card: 2.5 stars
• Hamilton Elementary Schoolgrades PK to 4, 437 students, Elyria City Schools districtOhio report card: 1.5 stars
• Northwood Elementary Schoolgrades K to 4, 333 students, Elyria City Schools districtOhio report card: 3 stars
• Northwood Middle Schoolgrades 5 to 8, 599 students, Elyria City Schools districtOhio report card: 3 stars

Other schools in the Elyria City Schools district

• Elyria Early Childhood Centergrade PK, 302 students, ElyriaOhio report card: 1 star
• Westwood Elementary Schoolgrades K to 4, 441 students, ElyriaOhio report card: 3 stars
• Westwood Middle Schoolgrades 5 to 8, 480 students, ElyriaOhio report card: 3 stars

Private schools

• St. Jude Schoolgrades PK to 8, 513 students, Roman Catholic

Schools and students: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, fall 2024 count, and Private School Universe Survey, 2023-24. Ratings: Ohio Department of Education and Workforce, 2025-26 School Report Cards, the state's own overall star rating for each school. A school is listed here when its address sits inside the boundary.

Libraries

• Elyria Public Library211 Second St.Open about 60 hours a week
• South Branch1611 Middle Ave, part of the Elyria Public LibraryOpen about 48 hours a week
• West River Branch1194 W River St., part of the Elyria Public LibraryOpen about 60 hours a week

The Elyria Public Library (4 buildings and 1 bookmobile) had 193,232 visits and lent 684,711 books, movies and e-books in 2024, with 26,150 card holders.

Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024 (released June 2026). Figures are for the whole library system.

Crime reported to the FBI

Reported to the FBI by the Elyria Police Department, 2025: 99 violent crimes and 708 property crimes, for about 53,836 people. That is 1.84 violent and 13.15 property crimes per 1,000 people.

Most common offenses in the Elyria Police Department's 2025 incident reports: assault offenses 623, thefts 547, drug offenses 403.

Reporting varies from agency to agency and year to year, and these numbers are as reported to the FBI. A low count can mean an agency reported only part of the year; a year with no reports is left blank, never counted as zero. Violent crime means murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime means burglary, theft and vehicle theft. Paper Trail Ohio adds no score and does not compare places.

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A and NIBRS files for data years 2020 to 2025 (files dated August 14, 2026), Crime Data Explorer.

Official offices

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