Cleveland Heights is a medium-sized city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 44,201 people and 20 associated neighborhoods, Cleveland Heights is the 26th largest community in Ohio. Cleveland Heights has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Cleveland Heights is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.19% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Cleveland Heights is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cleveland Heights who work in management occupations (11.28%), teaching (11.21%), and healthcare (10.55%). Also of interest is that Cleveland Heights has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.96% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. If knowledge is power, Cleveland Heights is a pretty powerful place. 56.54% of the adults in Cleveland Heights have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Cleveland Heights in 2022 was $43,721, which is wealthy relative to Ohio, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $174,884 for a family of four. However, Cleveland Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Cleveland Heights is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cleveland Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cleveland Heights residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Cleveland Heights include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Cleveland Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
