Cleveland Heights vs Strongsville

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

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

Strongsville has the higher population (46,022 vs 44,694 in Cleveland Heights). Strongsville has the higher median household income ($102,574 vs $72,302 in Cleveland Heights). Strongsville has the higher median home value ($279,600 vs $176,700 in Cleveland Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Cleveland Heights	Strongsville
Population	44,694	46,022
Median age	36.4 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,302	$102,574
Median home value	$176,700	$279,600
Median gross rent	$1,139	$1,253
Housing units	21,902	19,596
Homeownership rate	58.0%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.5%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleveland Heights	Strongsville
Population	44,571 → 44,694 (+0.3%)	44,719 → 46,022 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$57,768 → $72,302 (+25.2%)	$88,176 → $102,574 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$128,700 → $176,700 (+37.3%)	$206,300 → $279,600 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$965 → $1,139 (+18.0%)	$1,025 → $1,253 (+22.2%)

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

Strongsville

Population

44,71946,022

Median household income

$88,176$102,574

Median home value

$206,300$279,600

Median gross rent

$1,025$1,253

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cleveland Heights	Strongsville
Under 5	4.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.8%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	16.2%	9.8%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.6%	12.5%
55 to 64	10.7%	16.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	13.0%
75 and over	7.5%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleveland Heights	Strongsville
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	85.1%
Black or African American	39.2%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleveland Heights	Strongsville
No high school diploma	3.8%	4.9%
High school graduate	14.9%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	31.8%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleveland Heights	Strongsville
Drove alone	66.8%	73.6%
Carpooled	6.9%	5.8%
Public transit	3.0%	1.1%
Walked	4.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	16.4%	17.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleveland Heights	Strongsville
1-unit, detached	61.3%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	5.4%
20 or more units	10.8%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Cleveland Heights	Strongsville
Poverty rate	14.7%	5.1%
Average household size	2.23	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1938	1981