East Cleveland vs Lyndhurst

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

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

Lyndhurst has the higher population (13,854 vs 13,666 in East Cleveland). Lyndhurst has the higher median household income ($88,701 vs $22,883 in East Cleveland). Lyndhurst has the higher median home value ($198,900 vs $68,900 in East Cleveland).

Population, income & housing

	East Cleveland	Lyndhurst
Population	13,666	13,854
Median age	39.1 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$22,883	$88,701
Median home value	$68,900	$198,900
Median gross rent	$761	$1,327
Housing units	9,548	7,373
Homeownership rate	33.7%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	57.5%
Unemployment rate	17.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Cleveland	Lyndhurst
Population	17,200 → 13,666 (-20.5%)	13,533 → 13,854 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$20,743 → $22,883 (+10.3%)	$73,164 → $88,701 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$58,100 → $68,900 (+18.6%)	$143,600 → $198,900 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $761 (+19.3%)	$1,257 → $1,327 (+5.6%)

East Cleveland

Population

17,20013,666

Median household income

$20,743$22,883

Median home value

$58,100$68,900

Median gross rent

$638$761

Lyndhurst

Population

13,53313,854

Median household income

$73,164$88,701

Median home value

$143,600$198,900

Median gross rent

$1,257$1,327

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Cleveland	Lyndhurst
Under 5	7.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.0%	8.8%
18 to 24	9.4%	4.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	15.5%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	9.8%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.7%	14.8%
75 and over	9.6%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Cleveland	Lyndhurst
White (non-Hispanic)	7.4%	77.9%
Black or African American	87.7%	12.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Cleveland	Lyndhurst
No high school diploma	15.1%	2.8%
High school graduate	33.3%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Cleveland	Lyndhurst
Drove alone	62.7%	75.0%
Carpooled	10.7%	4.6%
Public transit	16.4%	0.6%
Walked	1.7%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	19.1%
Other means	2.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Cleveland	Lyndhurst
1-unit, detached	31.7%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	19.4%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	5.9%
20 or more units	31.4%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Cleveland	Lyndhurst
Poverty rate	44.3%	3.2%
Average household size	1.97	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1938	1957