Brecksville vs East Cleveland

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

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

East Cleveland has the higher population (13,666 vs 13,656 in Brecksville). Brecksville has the higher median household income ($126,888 vs $22,883 in East Cleveland). Brecksville has the higher median home value ($360,100 vs $68,900 in East Cleveland).

Population, income & housing

	Brecksville	East Cleveland
Population	13,656	13,666
Median age	49.7 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$126,888	$22,883
Median home value	$360,100	$68,900
Median gross rent	$1,448	$761
Housing units	5,922	9,548
Homeownership rate	85.0%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.8%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	17.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brecksville	East Cleveland
Population	13,537 → 13,656 (+0.9%)	17,200 → 13,666 (-20.5%)
Median household income	$108,606 → $126,888 (+16.8%)	$20,743 → $22,883 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$283,000 → $360,100 (+27.2%)	$58,100 → $68,900 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,582 → $1,448 (-8.5%)	$638 → $761 (+19.3%)

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

East Cleveland

Population

17,20013,666

Median household income

$20,743$22,883

Median home value

$58,100$68,900

Median gross rent

$638$761

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brecksville	East Cleveland
Under 5	5.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	15.0%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	9.4%
25 to 34	7.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	9.8%
55 to 64	17.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	13.7%	11.7%
75 and over	9.7%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brecksville	East Cleveland
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	7.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	87.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	5.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brecksville	East Cleveland
No high school diploma	2.1%	15.1%
High school graduate	16.3%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	27.2%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brecksville	East Cleveland
Drove alone	73.1%	62.7%
Carpooled	4.8%	10.7%
Public transit	0.5%	16.4%
Walked	1.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	6.5%
Other means	0.5%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brecksville	East Cleveland
1-unit, detached	83.2%	31.7%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	19.4%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	9.3%
20 or more units	3.0%	31.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Brecksville	East Cleveland
Poverty rate	3.0%	44.3%
Average household size	2.48	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1973	1938