The median home value in Oberlin, OH is $250,234 as of 2026-06-30, up 2.5% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$250,234
Year-over-Year
+2.5%
Population
7,438
Oberlin ranks #104 of 212 Ohio cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 0.3% above the state's city median of $249,438. It sits in Lorain County, where the county-wide median is $266,313.
Oberlin police recorded a violent crime rate of 161 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,358 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 Oberlin is $250,234. That's up 2.5% from a year earlier. That is about 0.3% above the typical county in Ohio.
Homes in Oberlin are cheaper than Lorain County as a whole, where the median is $266,313 — a difference of about 6.0%.
Oberlin police reported 161 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 7,438. 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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