Mayfield Heights vs Rocky River

A side-by-side comparison of Mayfield Heights and Rocky River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rocky River has the higher population (21,490 vs 20,082 in Mayfield Heights). Rocky River has the higher median household income ($93,956 vs $62,511 in Mayfield Heights). Rocky River has the higher median home value ($327,600 vs $187,600 in Mayfield Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Mayfield Heights	Rocky River
Population	20,082	21,490
Median age	38.4 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,511	$93,956
Median home value	$187,600	$327,600
Median gross rent	$1,089	$1,155
Housing units	10,365	10,447
Homeownership rate	47.4%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mayfield Heights	Rocky River
Population	18,669 → 20,082 (+7.6%)	20,198 → 21,490 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$53,450 → $62,511 (+17.0%)	$74,950 → $93,956 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$145,400 → $187,600 (+29.0%)	$245,800 → $327,600 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $1,089 (+17.5%)	$924 → $1,155 (+25.0%)

Mayfield Heights

Population

18,66920,082

Median household income

$53,450$62,511

Median home value

$145,400$187,600

Median gross rent

$927$1,089

Rocky River

Population

20,19821,490

Median household income

$74,950$93,956

Median home value

$245,800$327,600

Median gross rent

$924$1,155

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mayfield Heights	Rocky River
Under 5	6.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	13.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.0%
25 to 34	16.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	15.7%	12.6%
45 to 54	8.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.7%	13.1%
75 and over	10.9%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mayfield Heights	Rocky River
White (non-Hispanic)	61.4%	91.0%
Black or African American	18.9%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	7.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mayfield Heights	Rocky River
No high school diploma	6.1%	2.6%
High school graduate	28.1%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	34.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	29.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mayfield Heights	Rocky River
Drove alone	70.9%	72.6%
Carpooled	8.6%	5.6%
Public transit	2.2%	1.7%
Walked	1.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.4%	18.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mayfield Heights	Rocky River
1-unit, detached	45.9%	57.9%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	9.4%
20 or more units	40.4%	21.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Mayfield Heights	Rocky River
Poverty rate	9.0%	4.9%
Average household size	1.99	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1964	1961