The median home value in Amherst, OH is $285,724 as of 2026-06-30, up 5.33% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$285,724
Year-over-Year
+5.33%
Population
12,996
Amherst ranks #76 of 212 Ohio cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 14.5% above the state's city median of $249,438. It sits in Lorain County, where the county-wide median is $266,313.
Amherst police recorded a violent crime rate of 238 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,000 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Amherst is $285,724. That's up 5.33% from a year earlier. That is about 14.5% above the typical county in Ohio.
Homes in Amherst are more expensive than Lorain County as a whole, where the median is $266,313 — a difference of about 7.3%.
Amherst police reported 238 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 12,996. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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