Cleveland Heights vs North Olmsted

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

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

Cleveland Heights has the higher population (44,694 vs 32,031 in North Olmsted). North Olmsted has the higher median household income ($85,435 vs $72,302 in Cleveland Heights). North Olmsted has the higher median home value ($202,400 vs $176,700 in Cleveland Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Cleveland Heights	North Olmsted
Population	44,694	32,031
Median age	36.4 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,302	$85,435
Median home value	$176,700	$202,400
Median gross rent	$1,139	$1,092
Housing units	21,902	13,953
Homeownership rate	58.0%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.5%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleveland Heights	North Olmsted
Population	44,571 → 44,694 (+0.3%)	31,710 → 32,031 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$57,768 → $72,302 (+25.2%)	$64,236 → $85,435 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$128,700 → $176,700 (+37.3%)	$156,400 → $202,400 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$965 → $1,139 (+18.0%)	$902 → $1,092 (+21.1%)

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

North Olmsted

Population

31,71032,031

Median household income

$64,236$85,435

Median home value

$156,400$202,400

Median gross rent

$902$1,092

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cleveland Heights	North Olmsted
Under 5	4.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.2%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	16.2%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.3%	12.2%
75 and over	7.5%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleveland Heights	North Olmsted
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	84.7%
Black or African American	39.2%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleveland Heights	North Olmsted
No high school diploma	3.8%	4.7%
High school graduate	14.9%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	31.8%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleveland Heights	North Olmsted
Drove alone	66.8%	77.1%
Carpooled	6.9%	5.6%
Public transit	3.0%	0.4%
Walked	4.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	15.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleveland Heights	North Olmsted
1-unit, detached	61.3%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	8.3%
20 or more units	10.8%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Cleveland Heights	North Olmsted
Poverty rate	14.7%	10.1%
Average household size	2.23	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1938	1965