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Cleveland Heights city, Ohio: commercial real estate data.
Cleveland Heights city is a Census city of 44,497 people across 8.07 square miles of land, in Cuyahoga County. Median household income is $72,826, 58.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 33 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $7.1 m.
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Cleveland Heights
What Cleveland Heights is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.07 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land5,517
- County holding the largest share of its areaCuyahoga County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cleveland Heights
How many people live in Cleveland Heights
- Population44,497
- Median age35.9
- Population under 189,635
- Share under 1821.7 percent
- Population 65 and over8,543
- Share 65 and over19.2 percent
- Households19,323
- Family households9,872
- Share of households that are families51.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cleveland Heights
Income and work in Cleveland Heights
- Median household income$72,826
- Per capita income$46,521
- Civilian labor force24,107
- Employed22,473
- Unemployed1,634 plus or minus 340
- Unemployment rate6.8 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Adults 25 and over29,982
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher58.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree32.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cleveland Heights
Housing in Cleveland Heights
- Housing units21,420
- Occupied units19,323
- Vacant units2,097
- Vacancy rate9.8 percent
- Owner occupied11,239
- Renter occupied8,084
- Ownership rate58.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$192,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,216
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.0 percent
- Single family units14,187
- Share single family66.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more7,210
- Share in buildings of two or more33.7 percent
- Mobile homes23 plus or minus 26
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Cleveland Heights gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute18,071
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,672
- Share commuting under 15 minutes25.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more5,069
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more28.1 percent
- Drove alone63.1 percent
- Carpooled7.7 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Public transport3.1 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Walked4.6 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Worked from home18.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cleveland Heights
SBA loans in Cleveland Heights (7(a))
- Approvals33
- Gross approval$7,085,600
- Average approval$214,715
- Median approval$89,600
- Ninetieth percentile approval$650,000
- Largest approval$1,473,000
- Jobs supported355
- Jobs per approval10.8
- Loans with a final outcome9
- Paid in full7
- Charged off2
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more12.1 percent
- Share to franchises6.1 percent
- Distinct lenders11
- Distinct industries by NAICS23
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 9 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Cleveland Heights
SBA loans in Cleveland Heights (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$269,000
- Average approval$269,000
- Median approval$269,000
- Largest approval$269,000
- Jobs supported5
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Cleveland Heights
Flood risk in Cleveland Heights
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number390105
- Currently effective map date12/03/10
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Cuyahoga County, not Cleveland Heights
Cuyahoga County context, not Cleveland Heights figures
These are Cuyahoga County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Cleveland Heights measurements.
- Establishments in Cuyahoga County31,496
- Employment at those establishments, Cuyahoga County681,543
- Covered employment, Cuyahoga County705,152
- Average annual pay, Cuyahoga County$75,134
- Average weekly wage, Cuyahoga County$1,445
- Housing units permitted, Cuyahoga County1,685
- Of those, single family, Cuyahoga County663
- County product, 2024, Cuyahoga County$135,913,887,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cuyahoga County5.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cuyahoga County$70,762
Every figure in this section is published for Cuyahoga County as a whole and is not a measurement of Cleveland Heights. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Cleveland Heights questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Cleveland Heights, Ohio?
44,497, in 19,323 households. Cleveland Heights city covers 8.07 square miles of land, which is 5,517 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Cleveland Heights in?
Cuyahoga County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Cleveland Heights?
$72,826. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $192,100. Median gross rent is $1,216 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Cleveland Heights businesses?
33 7(a) approvals totalling $7.1 m, across 11 lenders, median approval $89,600, plus 1 504 approvals worth $269,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Cleveland Heights, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Cleveland Heights borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Cleveland Heights. only 9 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Cleveland Heights in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Cleveland Heights appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 390105, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Cleveland Heights figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cuyahoga County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Cleveland Heights.
Is zoning published for Cleveland Heights?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.