Cleveland vs Parma

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

Cleveland and Parma 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 80,131 in Parma). Parma has the higher median household income ($67,425 vs $39,187 in Cleveland). Parma has the higher median home value ($157,600 vs $94,100 in Cleveland).

Population, income & housing

	Cleveland	Parma
Population	367,523	80,131
Median age	36.3 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$39,187	$67,425
Median home value	$94,100	$157,600
Median gross rent	$894	$1,053
Housing units	200,542	36,478
Homeownership rate	41.2%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleveland	Parma
Population	385,282 → 367,523 (-4.6%)	79,091 → 80,131 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$30,907 → $39,187 (+26.8%)	$57,120 → $67,425 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$69,600 → $94,100 (+35.2%)	$115,500 → $157,600 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $894 (+24.3%)	$865 → $1,053 (+21.7%)

Cleveland

Population

385,282367,523

Median household income

$30,907$39,187

Median home value

$69,600$94,100

Median gross rent

$719$894

Parma

Population

79,09180,131

Median household income

$57,120$67,425

Median home value

$115,500$157,600

Median gross rent

$865$1,053

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cleveland	Parma
Under 5	5.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	12.3%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	17.4%	14.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	12.0%
75 and over	5.8%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleveland	Parma
White (non-Hispanic)	33.8%	81.4%
Black or African American	46.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleveland	Parma
No high school diploma	16.5%	7.9%
High school graduate	33.5%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleveland	Parma
Drove alone	65.4%	79.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	6.1%
Public transit	6.9%	1.3%
Walked	5.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.1%	10.4%
Other means	1.8%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleveland	Parma
1-unit, detached	46.6%	77.7%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	21.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	7.8%
20 or more units	17.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Cleveland	Parma
Poverty rate	30.8%	9.8%
Average household size	2.11	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1940	1958