Best PlacesParma Heights, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Parma 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.
Parma Heights ranks 12,235th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Parma 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.
Parma Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Parma Heights ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of towns
Where Parma Heights ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 13% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 18% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Parma Heights
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Parma Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,662, 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 Parma Heights' effective rate of 1.90%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Parma Heights
Parma 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 Parma Heights.
Who works in Parma Heights, and how
Work in Parma Heights centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Parma Heights
Parma Heights has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of towns and more parkland per resident than 84% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Parma Heights and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Parma Heights, month by month
Parma Heights sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 86° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 69° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Parma Heights
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 5 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 Parma Heights
Schools across Parma Heights average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Renwood Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Parma Park Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Greenbriar Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Valley Forge High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Parma Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Parma 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 Parma Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Parma Heights suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 15% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Parma Heights
Is Parma Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Parma Heights ranks 12,235th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, biking, and walkability, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Parma Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $183,017. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $66,662 median income, cost of living beats 48% of towns.
Is Parma Heights safe?
Parma Heights is safer than 31% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $340 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Parma Heights?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 38 with lows near 23. That works out to about 63 pleasant days a year, more than 13% of towns.
Is Parma Heights good for families?
Schools beat 65% of towns, crime safety beats 31%, and childcare runs $1,273 a month.
Compare Parma Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Parma Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Parma 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.
Parma Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Parma Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Parma Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Parma Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Parma Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Parma 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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