Cleveland vs Cleveland Heights

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

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

Cleveland has the higher population (367,523 vs 44,694 in Cleveland Heights). Cleveland Heights has the higher median household income ($72,302 vs $39,187 in Cleveland). Cleveland Heights has the higher median home value ($176,700 vs $94,100 in Cleveland).

Population, income & housing

	Cleveland	Cleveland Heights
Population	367,523	44,694
Median age	36.3 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$39,187	$72,302
Median home value	$94,100	$176,700
Median gross rent	$894	$1,139
Housing units	200,542	21,902
Homeownership rate	41.2%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	57.5%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleveland	Cleveland Heights
Population	385,282 → 367,523 (-4.6%)	44,571 → 44,694 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$30,907 → $39,187 (+26.8%)	$57,768 → $72,302 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$69,600 → $94,100 (+35.2%)	$128,700 → $176,700 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $894 (+24.3%)	$965 → $1,139 (+18.0%)

Cleveland

Population

385,282367,523

Median household income

$30,907$39,187

Median home value

$69,600$94,100

Median gross rent

$719$894

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

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cleveland	Cleveland Heights
Under 5	5.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.6%	16.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.9%
25 to 34	17.4%	16.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	9.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	10.7%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.3%
75 and over	5.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleveland	Cleveland Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	33.8%	47.9%
Black or African American	46.0%	39.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleveland	Cleveland Heights
No high school diploma	16.5%	3.8%
High school graduate	33.5%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	31.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleveland	Cleveland Heights
Drove alone	65.4%	66.8%
Carpooled	10.0%	6.9%
Public transit	6.9%	3.0%
Walked	5.3%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	1.1%
Worked from home	10.1%	16.4%
Other means	1.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleveland	Cleveland Heights
1-unit, detached	46.6%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	21.0%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	12.2%
20 or more units	17.0%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Cleveland	Cleveland Heights
Poverty rate	30.8%	14.7%
Average household size	2.11	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1940	1938