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Highland Heights city, Ohio: commercial real estate data.
Highland Heights city is a Census city of 8,623 people across 5.15 square miles of land, in Cuyahoga County. Median household income is $122,863, 95.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 8 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.8 m.
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Highland Heights
What Highland Heights is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.15 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,675
- 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.
Highland Heights
How many people live in Highland Heights
- Population8,623
- Median age44.9
- Population under 182,002
- Share under 1823.2 percent
- Population 65 and over2,323
- Share 65 and over26.9 percent
- Households3,566
- Family households2,488
- Share of households that are families69.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Highland Heights
- Median household income$122,863
- Per capita income$68,017
- Civilian labor force4,379
- Employed4,265
- Unemployed114 plus or minus 69
- Unemployment rate2.6 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Adults 25 and over6,336
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher59.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree31.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Highland Heights
- Housing units3,653
- Occupied units3,566
- Vacant units87 plus or minus 81
- Vacancy rate2.4 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Owner occupied3,418
- Renter occupied148 plus or minus 119
- Ownership rate95.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$371,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,836
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.9 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Single family units3,537
- Share single family96.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more116 plus or minus 106
- Share in buildings of two or more3.2 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1981
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Highland Heights gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,488
- Commuting under 15 minutes965 plus or minus 251
- Share commuting under 15 minutes27.7 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more923 plus or minus 267
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.5 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Drove alone71.7 percent
- Carpooled8.2 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.8 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Worked from home18.0 percent plus or minus 5.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Highland Heights
SBA loans in Highland Heights (7(a))
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$2,800,000
- Average approval$350,000
- Median approval$123,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,948,500
- Largest approval$1,948,500
- Jobs supported89
- Jobs per approval11.1
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises12.5 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS7
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 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.
Highland Heights
SBA loans in Highland Heights (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$351,000
- Average approval$351,000
- Median approval$351,000
- Largest approval$351,000
- Jobs supported6
- 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.
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Flood risk in Highland Heights
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number390110
- 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 Highland Heights
Cuyahoga County context, not Highland 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 Highland 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 Highland 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
Highland Heights questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Highland Heights, Ohio?
8,623, in 3,566 households. Highland Heights city covers 5.15 square miles of land, which is 1,675 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Highland 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 Highland Heights?
$122,863. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $371,400. Median gross rent is $1,836 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Highland Heights businesses?
8 7(a) approvals totalling $2.8 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $123,500, plus 1 504 approvals worth $351,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Highland Heights, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Highland Heights borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Highland Heights. only 3 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 Highland Heights in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Highland Heights appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 390110, 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 Highland 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 Highland Heights.
Is zoning published for Highland Heights?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.