North Olmsted vs Shaker Heights

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

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

North Olmsted has the higher population (32,031 vs 29,004 in Shaker Heights). Shaker Heights has the higher median household income ($97,721 vs $85,435 in North Olmsted). Shaker Heights has the higher median home value ($288,000 vs $202,400 in North Olmsted).

Population, income & housing

	North Olmsted	Shaker Heights
Population	32,031	29,004
Median age	44.5 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$85,435	$97,721
Median home value	$202,400	$288,000
Median gross rent	$1,092	$1,149
Housing units	13,953	14,205
Homeownership rate	77.4%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	69.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Olmsted	Shaker Heights
Population	31,710 → 32,031 (+1.0%)	27,387 → 29,004 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$64,236 → $85,435 (+33.0%)	$87,235 → $97,721 (+12.0%)
Median home value	$156,400 → $202,400 (+29.4%)	$229,500 → $288,000 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$902 → $1,092 (+21.1%)	$1,026 → $1,149 (+12.0%)

North Olmsted

Population

31,71032,031

Median household income

$64,236$85,435

Median home value

$156,400$202,400

Median gross rent

$902$1,092

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)

	North Olmsted	Shaker Heights
Under 5	4.7%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.2%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.1%
65 to 74	12.2%	12.8%
75 and over	9.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Olmsted	Shaker Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	54.2%
Black or African American	2.0%	33.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.7%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Olmsted	Shaker Heights
No high school diploma	4.7%	1.5%
High school graduate	28.8%	8.6%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	41.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Olmsted	Shaker Heights
Drove alone	77.1%	68.8%
Carpooled	5.6%	6.1%
Public transit	0.4%	4.3%
Walked	1.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	15.1%	18.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Olmsted	Shaker Heights
1-unit, detached	70.8%	54.5%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	11.3%
20 or more units	11.4%	20.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Olmsted	Shaker Heights
Poverty rate	10.1%	7.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1965	1944