City safety & data profile

Parma HeightsOH

Parma Heights, OH is a 20K-resident city in Cuyahoga County with a median household income of $61,009.

Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Parma Heights, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Parma Heights has a population larger than 45% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $175,100.

Data updated 2026-09-03

20K
Population (place)
Bottom 46%
By size
$61,009
Median income (place)
$175,100
Median home (place)
13.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Parma Heights

Parma Heights posts a median household income higher than 24% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 25%
by median income, US cities

Where Parma Heights income ranks nationally

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

$61,009 Bottom 24% higher than 24% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Parma Heights $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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

Largest cities in OH

Population among 185 OH places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

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

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

Highest median incomes in OH

Median household income among the same 185-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

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

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

The quick read

Reading Parma Heights, OH beyond the headline numbers

Parma Heights sits inside Cuyahoga County, Ohio, at roughly 41.39°N, -81.76°W. Population 20,246, $61,009 median household income. Median home value $175,100, median rent $1,111. Poverty rate 13.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Parma Heights, OH stands at 13.9%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Parma Heights runs about 2.9 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

14.3% of Parma Heights workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 18.7% in Parma Heights, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Parma Heights 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)
20,246
Parma Heights · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$61,009
-32% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$175,100
-58% vs avg
Median Age (place)
40.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Cuyahoga County): Parma Heights'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 Parma Heights, OH
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,111/mo
Poverty Rate
13.9% +12% vs avg
Unemployment 4.1%
Bachelor's Degree+ 27.5%
Work From Home 14.3%
Public Transit 1.5%

Population

White 73%
African American 16.5%
Asian 3.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
36.9%
Short Sleep Duration
36.7%
Obesity
33.3%
Physical Inactivity
24.7%
Binge Drinking
18.7%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.6%
Current Smoking
16%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.4%
Diabetes
12.5%
Current Asthma
11.5%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 63.1%
Annual Checkup 78.9%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
8.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.5%
Stroke
3.9%

What alerts and safety updates affect Parma Heights?

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

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Sheet OH-PARMA-HEIGHTS · Parma Heights

Parma Heights: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Parma Heights, OH?
Parma Heights, OH has a population of 20,246 people, located in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
What is the median household income in Parma Heights?
The median household income in Parma Heights, OH is $61,009 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 13.9%.
What is the median home value in Parma Heights?
The median home value in Parma Heights, OH is $175,100. Median rent is $1,111/month.
What are the top health concerns in Parma Heights?
The top health indicators in Parma Heights include High Blood Pressure (36.9%), Short Sleep Duration (36.7%), Obesity (33.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Parma Heights?
The median age in Parma Heights, OH is 40.8 years. 27.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (13.9% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($61,009 here).

Compare Parma Heights with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Parma Heights's profile

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

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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 (Cuyahoga 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.