City safety & data profile

ClevelandOH

Cleveland, OH is a 365K-resident city in Cuyahoga County with a median household income of $40,801.

Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Cleveland, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Cleveland has a population larger than 99% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $102,000, and 8 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Compiled by Areazine

Data updated 2026-09-03

365K
Population (place): Top 1%
By size: $40,801
Median income (place): $102,000
Median home (place): 30.6%
Poverty rate (place)

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The read on Cleveland

Cleveland posts a median household income higher than 2% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 8 hospitals serve the Cleveland area.

Bottom 3%
by median income, US cities: 8
hospitals in & near Cleveland

Where Cleveland income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$40,801 Bottom 2% higher than 2% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

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Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Columbus

913,175
Cleveland

365,379
Cincinnati

311,097
Toledo

265,638
Akron

197,542
Dayton

135,512
Parma

79,937
Canton

71,885
Youngstown

64,628
Lorain

63,647

What this shows Columbus is the largest OH city on this list; Powell leads median income.

Powell

$195,495
Hudson

$171,427
Dublin

$160,296
Bexley

$157,841
Upper Arling…

$155,167
Montgomery

$150,995
Solon

$139,089
Avon

$135,915
Brecksville

$135,000
Bay Village

$132,254

What this shows Powell posts the highest place-level median income in OH; Columbus is largest by headcount.

The quick read

Reading Cleveland, OH beyond the headline numbers

Cleveland sits inside Cuyahoga County, Ohio, at roughly 41.50°N, -81.70°W. Population 365,379, $40,801 median household income. Median home value $102,000, median rent $945. Poverty rate 30.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

8 hospitals in/around Cleveland, 3.7/5 avg rating, 6 with an ER.

30.6% of Cleveland, OH residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Cleveland runs about 2.5 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Remote work covers 11.5% of Cleveland workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 5.3% in Cleveland, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

6.5% of Cleveland workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Cleveland from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)

365,379

Cleveland · Census Place

Median Income (place)

$40,801

-54% vs avg

Median Home Value (place)

$102,000

-75% vs avg

Median Age (place)

36.3

years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Cuyahoga County): Cleveland's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024

Population

1.2M-2%

Median Income

$64,468+47%

Median Home Value

$195,400+55%

Poverty Rate

16.1%-12%

Unemployment

6.6%-45%

Economics

Economics indicators for Cleveland, OH
Indicator	Value
Median Rent	$945/mo
Poverty Rate	30.6% +147% vs avg
Unemployment	10.8%
Bachelor's Degree+	22.4%
Work From Home	11.5%
Public Transit	6.5%

Population

White 35.5%

African American 45.9%

Asian 2.6%

Two or More Ethnicities 2.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration

44.5%

High Blood Pressure

42.3%

Obesity

42.2%

Physical Inactivity

33.8%

Current Smoking

21.5%

Frequent Mental Distress

19.6%

Diabetes

17.7%

Frequent Physical Distress

16.9%

Binge Drinking

16.2%

Lack of Health Insurance

13.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 50.4%

Annual Checkup 79%

Other Measures

Current Asthma

13%

Coronary Heart Disease

7.9%

Stroke

5.3%

Hospitals 8 total

Rating Distribution

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Average Rating

3.7/5

Total Hospitals

With ER

FAIRVIEW HOSPITAL