Best PlacesNorth Collinwood, Cleveland, OH Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood in and around North Collinwood, Cleveland, 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.

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North Collinwood, Cleveland ranks 5,360th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and health outcomes rank lowest.

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The best neighborhoods in North Collinwood, Cleveland

Map of the best neighborhoods in the North Collinwood, Cleveland area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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North Collinwood, Cleveland's strengths and weaknesses

Top 10%Low disaster risk
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare North Collinwood, Cleveland with other neighborhoods.

Where North Collinwood, Cleveland ranks high

  • Disaster safetyBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
  • Cheap car insuranceBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
  • BikingBetter than 67% of neighborhoods
  • WalkabilityBetter than 66% of neighborhoods
  • TransitBetter than 64% of neighborhoods

Where North Collinwood, Cleveland ranks low

  • Health outlookBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
  • Household income$40,650 median, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
  • Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
  • School gradeD−, better than only 9% of neighborhoods
  • Low property taxBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods

What it costs to buy a home in North Collinwood, Cleveland

A household needs to earn about $29,000 a year to comfortably buy the median North Collinwood, Cleveland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $40,650, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.

Income to buy the median home
$29,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$672
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $98,624 home
Median rent
$879
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$503
Property tax$137
Homeowners insurance$33

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 North Collinwood, Cleveland's effective rate of 1.66%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in North Collinwood, Cleveland

North Collinwood, Cleveland runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.

Median age
45
older than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
23%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
1.9
below the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1819%
18 to 3417%
35 to 4920%
50 to 6420%
65 and older23%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for North Collinwood, Cleveland.


Who works in North Collinwood, Cleveland, and how

Work in North Collinwood, Cleveland centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.

Work from home
10%
below the national average
Unemployment
4.9%
about the national average
Job growth
−11.5%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Health care & social19%
Manufacturing10%
Hospitality & food9%
Education9%
Retail trade9%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 76%
  • Work from home 10%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 14%

Life in North Collinwood, Cleveland

North Collinwood, Cleveland has more parkland per resident than 84% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of North Collinwood, Cleveland and thins out in others, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
79
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 48.0 per 10,000 residents, more than 64% of neighborhoods
Parkland
153 acres
about 9.3 acres per 1,000 residents, more than 84% of neighborhoods

What the weather is like in North Collinwood, Cleveland, month by month

North Collinwood, Cleveland sees roughly 81 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.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January36°30°24°
April59°50°41°
July82°75°66°
October64°57°49°

Flying in and out of North Collinwood, Cleveland

Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 19 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.9 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.

Nearest airport
CLE
Cleveland-Hopkins International, about 19 miles
Airport size
Medium hub
46th-busiest in the US, 72 nonstop destinations
Average drive
27 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around North Collinwood, Cleveland

Schools across North Collinwood, Cleveland average a D−, better than 9% of neighborhoods.

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Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every North Collinwood, Cleveland school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


North Collinwood, Cleveland 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 North Collinwood, Cleveland against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.


Common questions about living in North Collinwood, Cleveland

Is North Collinwood, Cleveland a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, North Collinwood, Cleveland ranks 5,360th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on low disaster risk, cheap car insurance, and biking, and lowest on health outcomes and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is North Collinwood, Cleveland expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $98,624. The overall cost of living runs about 23% below the national average. Set against a $40,650 median income, cost of living beats 21% of neighborhoods.

Is North Collinwood, Cleveland safe?

North Collinwood, Cleveland is safer than 5% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $920 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to North Collinwood, Cleveland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in North Collinwood, Cleveland 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.

North Collinwood, Cleveland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for North Collinwood, Cleveland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in North Collinwood, Cleveland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of North Collinwood, Cleveland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in North Collinwood, Cleveland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

North Collinwood, Cleveland detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.