Cleveland Heights vs Lakewood

A side-by-side comparison of Cleveland Heights and Lakewood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lakewood has the higher population (50,229 vs 44,694 in Cleveland Heights). Cleveland Heights has the higher median household income ($72,302 vs $65,925 in Lakewood). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($241,500 vs $176,700 in Cleveland Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Cleveland Heights	Lakewood
Population	44,694	50,229
Median age	36.4 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,302	$65,925
Median home value	$176,700	$241,500
Median gross rent	$1,139	$1,013
Housing units	21,902	28,973
Homeownership rate	58.0%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.5%	53.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleveland Heights	Lakewood
Population	44,571 → 44,694 (+0.3%)	50,259 → 50,229 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$57,768 → $72,302 (+25.2%)	$53,290 → $65,925 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$128,700 → $176,700 (+37.3%)	$158,100 → $241,500 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$965 → $1,139 (+18.0%)	$797 → $1,013 (+27.1%)

Cleveland Heights

Population

44,57144,694

Median household income

$57,768$72,302

Median home value

$128,700$176,700

Median gross rent

$965$1,139

Lakewood

Population

50,25950,229

Median household income

$53,290$65,925

Median home value

$158,100$241,500

Median gross rent

$797$1,013

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cleveland Heights	Lakewood
Under 5	4.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	10.0%
18 to 24	9.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	16.2%	26.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.2%
55 to 64	10.7%	11.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.6%
75 and over	7.5%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleveland Heights	Lakewood
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	83.2%
Black or African American	39.2%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleveland Heights	Lakewood
No high school diploma	3.8%	4.6%
High school graduate	14.9%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	31.8%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleveland Heights	Lakewood
Drove alone	66.8%	69.0%
Carpooled	6.9%	5.7%
Public transit	3.0%	2.3%
Walked	4.4%	2.3%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	16.4%	19.0%
Other means	1.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleveland Heights	Lakewood
1-unit, detached	61.3%	36.1%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	21.6%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	12.4%
20 or more units	10.8%	25.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Cleveland Heights	Lakewood
Poverty rate	14.7%	10.8%
Average household size	2.23	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1938	1938