DSCR Loans in Sheffield Lake, Ohio

Sheffield Lake is a city in Lorain County, Ohio. Here's what a DSCR lender's math looks like on a rental property here.

Sheffield Lake at a glance

County: Lorain County
Population: 8,957 (2020 Census)
Type: City

Home values and rent in Sheffield Lake

We don't have a Sheffield Lake-specific median home value. Countywide, Lorain County's figure is $223,200 (ACS 2020-2024 5yr) — treat this as a county-level baseline, not a Sheffield Lake number. On rent, we're again working from the county: Lorain County's median gross rent is $966/mo (ACS 2020-2024 5yr), not a Sheffield Lake-specific figure.

The county tax-drag math applies here

Lorain County's 1.22% effective tax rate applies to property in Sheffield Lake — below the 1.36% statewide average. The full worked PITIA and DSCR example, built on a property at the county's median value, is on the Lorain County page — here's the tax line specifically for a property at Sheffield Lake's own numbers:

Property value used: $223,200 (countywide)
Lorain County effective tax rate: 1.22%
Estimated monthly property tax: $227

That estimate uses an observed Ohio DSCR average of 7.20% (Q2 2026)¹ elsewhere in the full county example — this is a market observation, not an offer; your rate depends on your DSCR, credit, LTV and loan purpose, and is set by the lender, not by us.

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The figures above are city or county medians — your specific Sheffield Lake property will land somewhere else on the DSCR math. See where.

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Sources for this page

Wikipedia, "List of municipalities in Ohio" (population, 2020 Census) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Ohio
CostByCounty, "Cost of Living in Ohio by County" (Lorain County median home value, county-fallback) — https://costbycounty.com/ohio
Private Lender Link (Ohio DSCR rate average, Q2 2026) — https://privatelenderlink.com/region/usa/ohio/residential-long-term-rental-ohio-usa/

Last updated 2026-08-25. Figures are refreshed periodically from the sources above, each with its own as-of date.