Parma Heights vs Rocky River

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

Parma 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 20,616 in Parma Heights). Rocky River has the higher median household income ($93,956 vs $59,218 in Parma Heights). Rocky River has the higher median home value ($327,600 vs $165,800 in Parma Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Parma Heights	Rocky River
Population	20,616	21,490
Median age	40.7 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,218	$93,956
Median home value	$165,800	$327,600
Median gross rent	$1,072	$1,155
Housing units	9,599	10,447
Homeownership rate	58.1%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	64.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parma Heights	Rocky River
Population	20,045 → 20,616 (+2.8%)	20,198 → 21,490 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$52,068 → $59,218 (+13.7%)	$74,950 → $93,956 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$116,500 → $165,800 (+42.3%)	$245,800 → $327,600 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $1,072 (+27.9%)	$924 → $1,155 (+25.0%)

Parma Heights

Population

20,04520,616

Median household income

$52,068$59,218

Median home value

$116,500$165,800

Median gross rent

$838$1,072

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)

	Parma Heights	Rocky River
Under 5	5.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	14.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	5.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.9%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	13.1%
75 and over	7.3%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parma Heights	Rocky River
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	91.0%
Black or African American	14.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	2.1%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parma Heights	Rocky River
No high school diploma	9.8%	2.6%
High school graduate	33.1%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	34.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	29.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parma Heights	Rocky River
Drove alone	74.9%	72.6%
Carpooled	6.6%	5.6%
Public transit	1.6%	1.7%
Walked	1.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.7%	18.1%
Other means	2.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parma Heights	Rocky River
1-unit, detached	62.3%	57.9%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	9.4%
20 or more units	20.3%	21.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Parma Heights	Rocky River
Poverty rate	16.1%	4.9%
Average household size	2.22	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1959	1961