Garfield Heights vs Shaker Heights

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

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

Garfield Heights has the higher population (29,369 vs 29,004 in Shaker Heights). Shaker Heights has the higher median household income ($97,721 vs $52,006 in Garfield Heights). Shaker Heights has the higher median home value ($288,000 vs $100,000 in Garfield Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Garfield Heights	Shaker Heights
Population	29,369	29,004
Median age	39.0 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,006	$97,721
Median home value	$100,000	$288,000
Median gross rent	$1,085	$1,149
Housing units	12,970	14,205
Homeownership rate	57.9%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	69.7%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garfield Heights	Shaker Heights
Population	27,814 → 29,369 (+5.6%)	27,387 → 29,004 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$43,971 → $52,006 (+18.3%)	$87,235 → $97,721 (+12.0%)
Median home value	$72,700 → $100,000 (+37.6%)	$229,500 → $288,000 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$932 → $1,085 (+16.4%)	$1,026 → $1,149 (+12.0%)

Garfield Heights

Population

27,81429,369

Median household income

$43,971$52,006

Median home value

$72,700$100,000

Median gross rent

$932$1,085

Shaker Heights

Population

27,38729,004

Median household income

$87,235$97,721

Median home value

$229,500$288,000

Median gross rent

$1,026$1,149

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garfield Heights	Shaker Heights
Under 5	7.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.8%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	14.3%
45 to 54	9.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	16.5%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.1%	12.8%
75 and over	6.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garfield Heights	Shaker Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	33.5%	54.2%
Black or African American	53.5%	33.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garfield Heights	Shaker Heights
No high school diploma	11.1%	1.5%
High school graduate	36.8%	8.6%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	41.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garfield Heights	Shaker Heights
Drove alone	81.4%	68.8%
Carpooled	7.5%	6.1%
Public transit	1.3%	4.3%
Walked	2.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	6.6%	18.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garfield Heights	Shaker Heights
1-unit, detached	73.6%	54.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	11.3%
20 or more units	4.1%	20.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garfield Heights	Shaker Heights
Poverty rate	21.4%	7.1%
Average household size	2.43	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1955	1944