Berea vs Parma Heights

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

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

Parma Heights has the higher population (20,616 vs 18,330 in Berea). Berea has the higher median household income ($71,896 vs $59,218 in Parma Heights). Berea has the higher median home value ($187,600 vs $165,800 in Parma Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Berea	Parma Heights
Population	18,330	20,616
Median age	35.5 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,896	$59,218
Median home value	$187,600	$165,800
Median gross rent	$981	$1,072
Housing units	7,345	9,599
Homeownership rate	73.1%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berea	Parma Heights
Population	18,788 → 18,330 (-2.4%)	20,045 → 20,616 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$59,511 → $71,896 (+20.8%)	$52,068 → $59,218 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$138,200 → $187,600 (+35.7%)	$116,500 → $165,800 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $981 (+15.8%)	$838 → $1,072 (+27.9%)

Berea

Population

18,78818,330

Median household income

$59,511$71,896

Median home value

$138,200$187,600

Median gross rent

$847$981

Parma Heights

Population

20,04520,616

Median household income

$52,068$59,218

Median home value

$116,500$165,800

Median gross rent

$838$1,072

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berea	Parma Heights
Under 5	3.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.3%	14.6%
18 to 24	17.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	8.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.5%	12.9%
75 and over	7.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berea	Parma Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	79.0%	74.3%
Black or African American	8.5%	14.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	1.7%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	1.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berea	Parma Heights
No high school diploma	3.9%	9.8%
High school graduate	26.5%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berea	Parma Heights
Drove alone	71.1%	74.9%
Carpooled	5.5%	6.6%
Public transit	0.5%	1.6%
Walked	6.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.5%	12.7%
Other means	0.3%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berea	Parma Heights
1-unit, detached	74.5%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	12.1%
20 or more units	9.3%	20.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Berea	Parma Heights
Poverty rate	9.4%	16.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1960	1959