Parma vs Strongsville

A side-by-side comparison of Parma and Strongsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Parma has the higher population (80,131 vs 46,022 in Strongsville). Strongsville has the higher median household income ($102,574 vs $67,425 in Parma). Strongsville has the higher median home value ($279,600 vs $157,600 in Parma).

Population, income & housing

	Parma	Strongsville
Population	80,131	46,022
Median age	43.2 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,425	$102,574
Median home value	$157,600	$279,600
Median gross rent	$1,053	$1,253
Housing units	36,478	19,596
Homeownership rate	72.8%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parma	Strongsville
Population	79,091 → 80,131 (+1.3%)	44,719 → 46,022 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$57,120 → $67,425 (+18.0%)	$88,176 → $102,574 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$115,500 → $157,600 (+36.5%)	$206,300 → $279,600 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$865 → $1,053 (+21.7%)	$1,025 → $1,253 (+22.2%)

Parma

Population

79,09180,131

Median household income

$57,120$67,425

Median home value

$115,500$157,600

Median gross rent

$865$1,053

Strongsville

Population

44,71946,022

Median household income

$88,176$102,574

Median home value

$206,300$279,600

Median gross rent

$1,025$1,253

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parma	Strongsville
Under 5	5.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	12.3%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	14.9%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	16.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	13.0%
75 and over	8.1%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parma	Strongsville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	85.1%
Black or African American	4.7%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parma	Strongsville
No high school diploma	7.9%	4.9%
High school graduate	35.9%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parma	Strongsville
Drove alone	79.0%	73.6%
Carpooled	6.1%	5.8%
Public transit	1.3%	1.1%
Walked	1.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.4%	17.7%
Other means	1.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parma	Strongsville
1-unit, detached	77.7%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	5.4%
20 or more units	7.6%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Parma	Strongsville
Poverty rate	9.8%	5.1%
Average household size	2.28	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1958	1981