Best PlacesCleveland Heights, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cleveland Heights, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cleveland Heights ranks 1,138th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cleveland Heights
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Cleveland Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Cleveland Heights ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of cities
- TransitBetter than 92% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 92% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 90% of cities
- BikingBetter than 89% of cities
Where Cleveland Heights ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 19% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 20% of cities
- School gradeC, better than only 24% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Cleveland Heights
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cleveland Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,396, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Cleveland Heights' effective rate of 2.65%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cleveland Heights
Cleveland Heights runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cleveland Heights.
Who works in Cleveland Heights, and how
Work in Cleveland Heights centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Cleveland Heights
Cleveland Heights has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of cities and more parkland per resident than 92% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Cleveland Heights and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cleveland Heights, month by month
Cleveland Heights sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 30° | 24° |
| April | 59° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 82° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 64° | 57° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Cleveland Heights
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 17 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.9 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Cleveland Heights
Schools across Cleveland Heights average a C, better than 24% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Boulevard Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Roxboro Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Canterbury Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Woodbury Elementary SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Shaker Hts Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
- Roxboro Middle SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Shaker Hts High SchoolA− · 59% proficient
- Cleveland School Of The Arts High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Brush High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cleveland Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cleveland Heights measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Cleveland Heights against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Cleveland Heights suits
Common questions about living in Cleveland Heights
Is Cleveland Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cleveland Heights ranks 1,138th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low disaster risk, transit, and an educated workforce, and lowest on property taxes and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cleveland Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $218,117. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $80,396 median income, cost of living beats 58% of cities.
Is Cleveland Heights safe?
Cleveland Heights is safer than 1% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $630 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Cleveland Heights?
July highs average about 82 degrees, and January highs near 36 with lows near 24. That works out to about 84 pleasant days a year, more than 48% of cities.
Is Cleveland Heights good for families?
Schools beat 24% of cities, crime safety beats 1%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Compare Cleveland Heights with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cleveland Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cleveland Heights represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Cleveland Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cleveland Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cleveland Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cleveland Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cleveland Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cleveland Heights detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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