Cleveland is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Cleveland enrolled in college, Cleveland has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
Being a small city, Cleveland does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Cleveland rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.75% of adults 25 and older in Cleveland have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Cleveland in 2022 was $24,086, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,344 for a family of four. However, Cleveland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Cleveland also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.64% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Cleveland is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cleveland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cleveland residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Cleveland include Irish, English, German, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Cleveland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
