City safety & data profile

ClevelandTN

Cleveland, TN is a 44K-resident city in Bradley County with a median household income of $58,559.

Bradley County, Tennessee. 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 76% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $272,200, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

44K
Population (place)
Top 24%
By size
$58,559
Median income (place)
$272,200
Median home (place)
16.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Cleveland

Cleveland posts a median household income higher than 20% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Cleveland area.

Bottom 21%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Cleveland

Where Cleveland income ranks nationally

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

$58,559 Bottom 20% higher than 20% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Cleveland $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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

Largest cities in TN

Population among 58 TN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Memphis is the largest TN city on this list; Brentwood leads median income.

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

Highest median incomes in TN

Median household income among the same 58-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Brentwood posts the highest place-level median income in TN; Memphis is largest by headcount.

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

The quick read

Reading Cleveland, TN beyond the headline numbers

Cleveland sits inside Bradley County, Tennessee, at roughly 35.16°N, -84.88°W. Population 43,898, $58,559 median household income. Median home value $272,200, median rent $1,034. Poverty rate 16.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Cleveland, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

16.7% of Cleveland, TN 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.

A median home in Cleveland runs about 4.6 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Remote work covers 9.7% of Cleveland workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 20.9% in Cleveland, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Cleveland workers, a smaller 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)
43,898
Cleveland · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$58,559
-34% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$272,200
-34% vs avg
Median Age (place)
36.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Bradley 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
111K+11%
Median Income
$66,552+62%
Median Home Value
$261,900+89%
Poverty Rate
12.7%-36%
Unemployment
6.6%-45%

Economics

Economics indicators for Cleveland, TN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,034/mo
Poverty Rate
16.7% +35% vs avg
Unemployment 6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 30.2%
Work From Home 9.7%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 77.1%
African American 7.3%
Asian 2.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
41.4%
High Blood Pressure
39.3%
Short Sleep Duration
39.1%
Physical Inactivity
27.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.9%
Current Smoking
17.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.6%
Binge Drinking
14.7%
Lack of Health Insurance
13.7%
Diabetes
13.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 55.8%
Annual Checkup 76.7%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
7%
Stroke
3.7%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
AFFILIATE OF VITRUVIAN HEALTH
CLEVELAND · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Cleveland?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Cleveland right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet TN-CLEVELAND-TN · Cleveland

Cleveland: 7 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 7 on record
  • WX-LED 57% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dallas

Tagged alert mix: Cleveland

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 7 tagged notices on record for Cleveland.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Dallas, TX (7 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Cleveland; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Tennessee state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (7 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Dallas, TX 7 alerts Leicester, MA 7 alerts Central, LA 8 alerts Detroit, MI 6 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Cleveland, TN? ▼
Cleveland, TN has a population of 43,898 people, located in Bradley County, Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Cleveland? ▼
The median household income in Cleveland, TN is $58,559 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 16.7%.
What is the median home value in Cleveland? ▼
The median home value in Cleveland, TN is $272,200. Median rent is $1,034/month.
What are the top health concerns in Cleveland? ▼
The top health indicators in Cleveland include Obesity (41.4%), High Blood Pressure (39.3%), Short Sleep Duration (39.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Cleveland? ▼
Cleveland has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Cleveland? ▼
The median age in Cleveland, TN is 36.4 years. 30.2% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Cleveland, both outside Tennessee so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TN (16.7% here).

Dallas, TX 16.7% Elyria, OH 16.7% Stonecrest, GA 16.7% Sumter, SC 16.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TN ($58,559 here).

Radcliff, KY $58,559 New Philadelphia, OH $58,547 Iowa City, IA $58,546 Salisbury, MD $58,576

Compare Cleveland with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Collegedale, TN 11K Middle Valley, TN 13K East Brainerd, TN 15K Soddy-Daisy, TN 13K East Chattanooga, TN 154K Dalton, GA 34K Athens, TN 14K East Ridge, TN 21K
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Using Cleveland's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Cleveland area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Cleveland against Tennessee peers on any ranking lens. Explore Tennessee

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Bradley County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.