Cleveland vs Strongsville

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

Cleveland and Strongsville 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 46,022 in Strongsville). Strongsville has the higher median household income ($102,574 vs $39,187 in Cleveland). Strongsville has the higher median home value ($279,600 vs $94,100 in Cleveland).

Population, income & housing

	Cleveland	Strongsville
Population	367,523	46,022
Median age	36.3 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$39,187	$102,574
Median home value	$94,100	$279,600
Median gross rent	$894	$1,253
Housing units	200,542	19,596
Homeownership rate	41.2%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleveland	Strongsville
Population	385,282 → 367,523 (-4.6%)	44,719 → 46,022 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$30,907 → $39,187 (+26.8%)	$88,176 → $102,574 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$69,600 → $94,100 (+35.2%)	$206,300 → $279,600 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $894 (+24.3%)	$1,025 → $1,253 (+22.2%)

Cleveland

Population

385,282367,523

Median household income

$30,907$39,187

Median home value

$69,600$94,100

Median gross rent

$719$894

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	Strongsville
Under 5	5.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	17.4%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	16.0%
65 to 74	9.3%	13.0%
75 and over	5.8%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleveland	Strongsville
White (non-Hispanic)	33.8%	85.1%
Black or African American	46.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleveland	Strongsville
No high school diploma	16.5%	4.9%
High school graduate	33.5%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleveland	Strongsville
Drove alone	65.4%	73.6%
Carpooled	10.0%	5.8%
Public transit	6.9%	1.1%
Walked	5.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.1%	17.7%
Other means	1.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleveland	Strongsville
1-unit, detached	46.6%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	21.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	5.4%
20 or more units	17.0%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Cleveland	Strongsville
Poverty rate	30.8%	5.1%
Average household size	2.11	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1940	1981