Best PlacesMayfield Heights, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mayfield Heights, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Mayfield Heights ranks 4,170th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mayfield 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.
Mayfield Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Mayfield Heights ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
Where Mayfield Heights ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mayfield Heights
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mayfield Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $71,559; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Mayfield Heights' effective rate of 1.76%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mayfield Heights
Mayfield Heights runs older 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 Mayfield Heights.
Who works in Mayfield Heights, and how
Work in Mayfield Heights centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Mayfield Heights
Mayfield Heights has more restaurants and bars per resident than 80% of towns and more parkland per resident than 89% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Mayfield Heights and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mayfield Heights, month by month
Mayfield Heights sees roughly 93 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 Mayfield Heights
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 22 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 Mayfield Heights
Schools across Mayfield Heights average an A, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Millridge Elementary SchoolA · 71% proficient
- Mayfield Center Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Lander ElementaryA− · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mayfield Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Mayfield High SchoolA− · 64% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mayfield Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mayfield 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 Mayfield Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Mayfield Heights suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 20% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 62% of towns and health care access beats 74%.
Common questions about living in Mayfield Heights
Is Mayfield Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mayfield Heights ranks 4,170th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, transit, and low disaster risk, and lowest on property taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mayfield Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $244,250. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $71,559 median income, cost of living beats 61% of towns.
Is Mayfield Heights safe?
Mayfield Heights is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $323 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Mayfield Heights?
July highs average about 82 degrees, and January highs near 36 with lows near 24. That works out to about 93 pleasant days a year, more than 62% of towns.
Is Mayfield Heights good for families?
Schools beat 90% of towns, crime safety beats 35%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Compare Mayfield Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mayfield Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mayfield 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.
Mayfield Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mayfield Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mayfield Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mayfield Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mayfield Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mayfield 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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