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Sheffield, Ohio: commercial real estate data.
Sheffield is a Census village of 4,380 people across 10.74 square miles of land, in Lorain County. Median household income is $107,837, 71.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 11 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.5 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Sheffield
What Sheffield is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area10.74 sq mi
- Water area0.1 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land408
- County holding the largest share of its areaLorain County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sheffield
How many people live in Sheffield
- Population4,380
- Median age48.3
- Population under 18594 plus or minus 145
- Share under 1813.6 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Population 65 and over1,183
- Share 65 and over27.0 percent
- Households1,733
- Family households1,272
- Share of households that are families73.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sheffield
Income and work in Sheffield
- Median household income$107,837
- Per capita income$50,420
- Civilian labor force2,320
- Employed2,256
- Unemployed64 plus or minus 38
- Unemployment rate2.8 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Adults 25 and over3,371
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher42.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree15.2 percent plus or minus 4.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sheffield
Housing in Sheffield
- Housing units1,776
- Occupied units1,733
- Vacant units43 plus or minus 47
- Vacancy rate2.4 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Owner occupied1,238
- Renter occupied495
- Ownership rate71.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$292,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,806
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.1 percent
- Single family units1,462
- Share single family82.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more314 plus or minus 95
- Share in buildings of two or more17.7 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1996
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sheffield
How Sheffield gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,841
- Commuting under 15 minutes486 plus or minus 140
- Share commuting under 15 minutes26.4 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more654 plus or minus 192
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.5 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Drove alone76.9 percent
- Carpooled4.9 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home18.1 percent plus or minus 6.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sheffield
SBA loans in Sheffield (7(a))
- Approvals11
- Gross approval$1,532,000
- Average approval$139,273
- Median approval$50,000
- Largest approval$614,600
- Jobs supported29
- Jobs per approval2.6
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises9.1 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS9
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sheffield, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 2 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Sheffield
Flood risk in Sheffield
- NFIP communityVillage of Sheffield
- NFIP community number390354
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date03/09/21
The Village of Sheffield participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 390354 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Lorain County, not Sheffield
Lorain County context, not Sheffield figures
- Establishments in Lorain County5,664
- Covered employment, Lorain County98,291
- Average annual pay, Lorain County$55,721
- Housing units permitted, Lorain County1,331
Every figure in this section is published for Lorain County as a whole and is not a measurement of Sheffield.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Sheffield questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Sheffield, Ohio?
4,380, in 1,733 households. Sheffield village covers 10.74 square miles of land, which is 408 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Sheffield in?
Lorain County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Sheffield?
$107,837. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $292,700. Median gross rent is $1,806 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Sheffield businesses?
11 7(a) approvals totaling $1.5 m since FY2020, across 3 lenders, median approval $50,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sheffield, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Sheffield borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Sheffield. Only 2 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Sheffield in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Sheffield appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Sheffield, village of, community 390354, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Sheffield figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lorain County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Sheffield.
Is zoning published for Sheffield?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.