Beachwood vs Brecksville

A side-by-side comparison of Beachwood and Brecksville: population, income, housing, and more.

Beachwood and Brecksville are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Beachwood has the higher population (13,850 vs 13,656 in Brecksville). Brecksville has the higher median household income ($126,888 vs $102,798 in Beachwood). Beachwood has the higher median home value ($381,600 vs $360,100 in Brecksville).

Population, income & housing

	Beachwood	Brecksville
Population	13,850	13,656
Median age	49.3 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$102,798	$126,888
Median home value	$381,600	$360,100
Median gross rent	$1,941	$1,448
Housing units	6,908	5,922
Homeownership rate	55.3%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.5%	57.8%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beachwood	Brecksville
Population	11,663 → 13,850 (+18.8%)	13,537 → 13,656 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$89,190 → $102,798 (+15.3%)	$108,606 → $126,888 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$302,500 → $381,600 (+26.1%)	$283,000 → $360,100 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,734 → $1,941 (+11.9%)	$1,582 → $1,448 (-8.5%)

Beachwood

Population

11,66313,850

Median household income

$89,190$102,798

Median home value

$302,500$381,600

Median gross rent

$1,734$1,941

Brecksville

Population

13,53713,656

Median household income

$108,606$126,888

Median home value

$283,000$360,100

Median gross rent

$1,582$1,448

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beachwood	Brecksville
Under 5	4.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.1%	15.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.1%	7.3%
35 to 44	9.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	17.6%
65 to 74	13.8%	13.7%
75 and over	15.4%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beachwood	Brecksville
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	85.9%
Black or African American	9.9%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.3%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beachwood	Brecksville
No high school diploma	3.0%	2.1%
High school graduate	13.4%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	37.5%	27.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beachwood	Brecksville
Drove alone	65.1%	73.1%
Carpooled	10.3%	4.8%
Public transit	1.5%	0.5%
Walked	3.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	18.5%	20.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beachwood	Brecksville
1-unit, detached	45.5%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	3.2%
20 or more units	43.1%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Beachwood	Brecksville
Poverty rate	3.5%	3.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1975	1973