PlainZIP

Amherst, OH

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Amherst, OH: 1 USPS ZIP, population 20,769. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet AMHERST-OH · Amherst, OH 1 ZIPs · 20,769 pop · #6380/25278 · Lorain County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $90,139
  • RANK-UPPER #6380/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Grafton
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 88% owners
  • POP-TOWN 20,769
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $234,500

Nearest income peer: Grafton, OH ( $1,806 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Amherst

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Amherst on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Amherst, OH sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 25%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
20,769
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$90,139
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $90,139 and home value $234,500 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 29.3%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (87.5%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Ohio, Centerburg is the closest lower-income city and New Riegel the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Amherst.

Population concentration

Amherst reads through its lone ZIP, 44001

20,769 ACS residents, one ZIP: 44001 is not the leading code inside Amherst, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Amherst's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 451 establishments, 6,858 employees , annual payroll $254,445k (~22 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 44001 (451 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (81) · also Other services (except public administration) · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Amherst, OH

These ZIP codes sit in Lorain County, which covers 15 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Amherst. See the Lorain County roll-up →

Amherst lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Lorain County: North Ridgeville, Avon Lake and Avon earn more and Lorain, Elyria and Sheffield Lake earn less. Avon marks the far end of that range at $135,915, 51% above Amherst.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
44001 20,769 $90,139 451 234
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Amherst roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Amherst, .