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Cleveland, OH

385,552 Population
77.7 square miles 4,962.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area: 41.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 39.3 ±0.1

Economics

$19,401 ±$585 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area: $31,900 ±$562
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $30,038 ±$224
$28,974 ±$1,602 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area: $52,489 ±$832
  • about half the amount in Ohio: $54,021 ±$411

33.1% ±1.8% (124,234  ±6,905) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area: 14.8% 297,449 (±0.6% / ±12,014)
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 14% 1,582,931 (±0.3% / ±31,003)

23 minutes ±0.7 (3,500,445  ±157,062) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area: 24.5 22,815,075 (±0.3 / ±353,862)
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 23.6 123,498,455 (±0.2 / ±988,614)

Families

171,717 ±3,269 Number of households
  • the Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area: 862,586 ±5,146
  • Ohio: 4,667,192 ±13,650
2.2 ±0 (372,805  ±2,073) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area: 2.3 2,014,522 (±0 / ±2,894)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,341,139 (±0)

5.9% ±1.2% (5,583  ±1,140) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area: 4.7% † 21,879 (±0.5% / ±2,204)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 5.7% 151,068 (±0.3% / ±6,588)

Housing

212,726 ±3,703 Number of housing units
  • the Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area: 962,092 ±1,320
  • Ohio: 5,201,701 ±535

$70,200 ±$2,567 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area: $150,400 ±$1,813
  • about half the amount in Ohio: $144,200 ±$1,015

20% ±2.1% (76,160  ±7,876.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area: 13.9% 283,948 (±0.7% / ±14,235.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ohio: 14.7% 1,697,262 (±0.3% / ±32,144.1)

Social

81.1% ±2.3% (210,254  ±6,945.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area: 90.5% 1,306,962 (±1.1% / ±16,006)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 90.3% 7,204,197 (±0.5% / ±36,432.5)
17% ±1.1% (44,081  ±2,969.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area: 30.8% 445,166 (±0.6% / ±8,769.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 28% 2,231,350 (±0.3% / ±19,985.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

5.7% ±0.9% (21,992  ±3,569) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area: 5.8% 119,096 (±0.3% / ±6,345)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 4.5% 528,291 (±0.2% / ±18,004)

5.5% ±0.7% (16,418  ±2,041) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area: 6.9% 112,218 (±0.3% / ±4,260)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 7.9% 714,647 (±0.1% / ±11,136)
16,418 Total veterans ±2,041 15,484 Male ±1,997 934 Female ±390

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