Berea vs Broadview Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Berea and Broadview Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Broadview Heights has the higher population (19,768 vs 18,330 in Berea). Broadview Heights has the higher median household income ($99,431 vs $71,896 in Berea). Broadview Heights has the higher median home value ($292,500 vs $187,600 in Berea).

Population, income & housing

	Berea	Broadview Heights
Population	18,330	19,768
Median age	35.5 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,896	$99,431
Median home value	$187,600	$292,500
Median gross rent	$981	$1,075
Housing units	7,345	8,841
Homeownership rate	73.1%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	53.8%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berea	Broadview Heights
Population	18,788 → 18,330 (-2.4%)	19,195 → 19,768 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$59,511 → $71,896 (+20.8%)	$89,224 → $99,431 (+11.4%)
Median home value	$138,200 → $187,600 (+35.7%)	$228,500 → $292,500 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $981 (+15.8%)	$885 → $1,075 (+21.5%)

Berea

Population

18,78818,330

Median household income

$59,511$71,896

Median home value

$138,200$187,600

Median gross rent

$847$981

Broadview Heights

Population

19,19519,768

Median household income

$89,224$99,431

Median home value

$228,500$292,500

Median gross rent

$885$1,075

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berea	Broadview Heights
Under 5	3.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.3%	13.8%
18 to 24	17.5%	7.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	8.5%	15.6%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	13.0%
75 and over	7.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berea	Broadview Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	79.0%	85.7%
Black or African American	8.5%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berea	Broadview Heights
No high school diploma	3.9%	2.4%
High school graduate	26.5%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berea	Broadview Heights
Drove alone	71.1%	77.0%
Carpooled	5.5%	3.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.3%
Walked	6.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	15.5%
Other means	0.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berea	Broadview Heights
1-unit, detached	74.5%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	16.2%
20 or more units	9.3%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Berea	Broadview Heights
Poverty rate	9.4%	3.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1960	1984