Cleveland vs South Cleveland

A side-by-side comparison of Cleveland and South Cleveland: population, income, housing, and more.

Cleveland and South Cleveland are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cleveland has the higher population (48,185 vs 7,748 in South Cleveland). South Cleveland has the higher median household income ($64,607 vs $55,904 in Cleveland). Cleveland has the higher median home value ($241,800 vs $195,700 in South Cleveland).

Population, income & housing

	Cleveland	South Cleveland
Population	48,185	7,748
Median age	36.1 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,904	$64,607
Median home value	$241,800	$195,700
Median gross rent	$966	$880
Housing units	19,908	3,341
Homeownership rate	50.3%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleveland	South Cleveland
Population	44,595 → 48,185 (+8.1%)	8,056 → 7,748 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$44,633 → $55,904 (+25.3%)	$53,942 → $64,607 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$171,500 → $241,800 (+41.0%)	$132,900 → $195,700 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $966 (+25.8%)	$811 → $880 (+8.5%)

Cleveland

Population

44,59548,185

Median household income

$44,633$55,904

Median home value

$171,500$241,800

Median gross rent

$768$966

South Cleveland

Population

8,0567,748

Median household income

$53,942$64,607

Median home value

$132,900$195,700

Median gross rent

$811$880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cleveland	South Cleveland
Under 5	6.9%	3.3%
5 to 17	15.3%	22.3%
18 to 24	13.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	17.7%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.6%	10.2%
65 to 74	10.1%	12.8%
75 and over	7.6%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleveland	South Cleveland
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	80.6%
Black or African American	7.6%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleveland	South Cleveland
No high school diploma	13.0%	9.3%
High school graduate	25.5%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleveland	South Cleveland
Drove alone	77.7%	83.1%
Carpooled	11.1%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	7.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleveland	South Cleveland
1-unit, detached	56.7%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	4.8%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	12.7%

Poverty & households

	Cleveland	South Cleveland
Poverty rate	17.4%	9.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1982	1984