Brook Park vs Parma Heights

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

Brook Park 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 18,359 in Brook Park). Brook Park has the higher median household income ($67,178 vs $59,218 in Parma Heights). Parma Heights has the higher median home value ($165,800 vs $158,300 in Brook Park).

Population, income & housing

	Brook Park	Parma Heights
Population	18,359	20,616
Median age	44.4 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,178	$59,218
Median home value	$158,300	$165,800
Median gross rent	$1,090	$1,072
Housing units	8,302	9,599
Homeownership rate	81.9%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brook Park	Parma Heights
Population	18,617 → 18,359 (-1.4%)	20,045 → 20,616 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$53,390 → $67,178 (+25.8%)	$52,068 → $59,218 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$118,400 → $158,300 (+33.7%)	$116,500 → $165,800 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$863 → $1,090 (+26.3%)	$838 → $1,072 (+27.9%)

Brook Park

Population

18,61718,359

Median household income

$53,390$67,178

Median home value

$118,400$158,300

Median gross rent

$863$1,090

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)

	Brook Park	Parma Heights
Under 5	7.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	11.3%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	14.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	17.1%	11.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.9%
75 and over	9.8%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brook Park	Parma Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	74.3%
Black or African American	5.8%	14.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.6%
Asian	2.1%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brook Park	Parma Heights
No high school diploma	10.1%	9.8%
High school graduate	41.8%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brook Park	Parma Heights
Drove alone	80.3%	74.9%
Carpooled	9.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.5%	1.6%
Walked	1.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.6%	12.7%
Other means	1.8%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brook Park	Parma Heights
1-unit, detached	85.7%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	12.1%
20 or more units	3.9%	20.3%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Brook Park	Parma Heights
Poverty rate	9.0%	16.1%
Average household size	2.28	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1961	1959