Cleveland

52 cities and suburbs across Cleveland, each scored out of 100 on the same national scales. The metro's median home is $215,400 and its mean commute 24.2 min. Rocky River scores highest overall at 72. Bay Village leads on schools, Ashtabula leads on cost of living.

Places

Median score

Poll responses

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Coverage

52 places
in Cleveland

One of 50 metros graded so far, on the same national scales.

10 mi

20 mi

30 mi

Downtown Cleveland

Rocky River

Westlake

Solon

Mentor

Avon Lake

Strongsville

Brunswick

Wadsworth

Medina

Willoughby

North Olmsted

Cleveland Heights

Parma

Berea

Vermilion

Elyria

Painesville

Lorain

Richmond Heights

Conneaut

Euclid

Ashtabula

Garfield Heights

Dot size = overall scoreA B C D Positions plotted from place centroids · rings measured from Downtown Cleveland

Every suburb of Cleveland, ranked

#	Place	Score	Hous	Scho	Cost	Comm	Amen	Empl	Resi
1	Rocky River	72 B−	C+	A−	C−	B−	B	B−	—
2	Beachwood	71 B−	B	A−	F	A−	B	C+	—
3	Westlake	70 B−	B	A−	D+	C+	B−	B−	—
4	Bay Village	70 B−	B−	A	D+	B−	C−	B+	—
5	Avon	69 B−	A−	B	F	C	C+	A−	—
6	Solon	69 B−	A−	B+	F	C+	C−	B+	—
7	Mentor	68 B−	B−	B−	B−	B−	C+	C+	—
8	Avon Lake	68 B−	B+	B+	D+	D+	C+	B+	—
9	Strongsville	67 C+	B−	B	C−	C−	B−	B−	—
10	Lakewood	66 C+	D+	B−	C	B	A−	C	—
11	Brecksville	65 C+	A−	B	D	C	D+	B−	—
12	Brunswick	64 C+	C+	B−	C+	D	C+	B	—
13	Wadsworth	64 C+	C	B	B−	C	D+	B−	—
14	University Heights	63 C+	C	D	D	A−	A−	C+	—
15	Shaker Heights	63 C+	C	C−	D	B+	B+	B−	—
16	Medina	63 C+	C−	B	B−	C−	B−	D+	—
17	Fairview Park	63 C+	C−	C+	C−	B−	B−	C+	—
18	Broadview Heights	62 C	B−	B	D+	C−	D	B	—
19	Willowick	62 C	C−	D+	C+	B−	B+	C	—
20	Mayfield Heights	62 C	D	B−	C+	B−	B	D+	—
21	Lyndhurst	62 C	C	D−	C	B	B	B	—
22	Willoughby	61 C	C−	C−	B−	C+	B	C−	—
23	Amherst	61 C	C	C+	B−	C−	C	C	—
24	Wickliffe	61 C	C	D+	C	C+	B+	C	—
25	Middleburg Heights	61 C	C	D	C+	C+	B−	C+	—
26	North Olmsted	60 C	C	D+	C	C+	C+	C+	—
27	Seven Hills	60 C	B	D	D+	C+	C	B−	—
28	North Ridgeville	60 C	B−	C−	C	D+	D+	B−	—
29	North Royalton	59 C	C+	B−	C	D+	D	C	—
30	Brooklyn	59 C	D	D+	C+	B−	B+	C−	—
31	Eastlake	57 C−	D	D+	B−	C	B−	D+	—
32	Brook Park	57 C−	C−	D	B−	C+	C−	C−	—
33	South Euclid	57 C−	C−	D	D	C+	B+	C−	—
34	Cleveland Heights	57 C−	D	D	D+	B−	A−	D+	—
35	Parma	55 C−	D+	D	C+	C	B−	D	—
36	Berea	55 C−	C−	D	C	C+	C	D+	—
37	Parma Heights	54 C−	D	D	C	C−	B	D+	—
38	Vermilion	53 C−	C−	C−	C+	D+	F	D+	—
39	Elyria	51 D+	D−	D−	B−	C	C+	D−	—
40	Bedford	49 D+	F	F	B−	B−	C−	F	—
41	Painesville	49 D+	F	F	C+	B−	C−	F	—
42	Bedford Heights	47 D	F	D−	B−	C	C−	F	—
43	Lorain	47 D	F	F	B−	C−	C+	F	—
44	Richmond Heights	45 D	D+	F	C−	D+	C−	F	—
45	Warrensville Heights	45 D	F	D−	C+	C	C+	F	—
46	Conneaut	45 D	F	D−	B+	C−	D	F	—
47	Cleveland	45 D	F	F	C+	B−	A−	F	—
48	Maple Heights	45 D	F	D−	D	C+	C+	F	—
49	Euclid	45 D	F	F	C	C−	B	F	—
50	Ashtabula	43 D	F	F	B+	C+	C	F	—
51	Garfield Heights	43 D	F	F	D+	C+	C+	F	—
52	East Cleveland	39 D−	F	F	C+	C	B+	F	—

— for Residents: fewer than 8 poll responses, so the category is not yet counted. Those places' overall scores are computed on the other six categories, re-normalised to 100%. 52 of 52 are currently below the threshold.

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8 head-to-heads

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5 guides

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