Highland Heights, OH

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Highland Heights, Ohio

Introduction to Highland Heights, Ohio

Highland Heights, Ohio, in Cuyahoga county, is 3 miles SE of Euclid, Ohio (center to center) and 11 miles E of Cleveland, Ohio. The city has a population of approximately 8,082.

Highland Heights History

The city, formerly part of the Mayfield Township, was founded in 1920 and incorporated as the City of Highland Heights in 1967. This city was the first in Cuyahoga County to need new residential neighborhoods in order to have ornamental lamp posts and underground wiring. Money Magazine rated the city as the 75th Best Place to Live in 2007 (in the US).

Highland Heights and Nearby Attractions

Holden Arboretum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Goodtimes Amusement Park
Cleveland Lakefront State Park
Six Flags Worlds of Adventure

Things To Do In Highland Heights

Western Reserve Historical Society Museum, Dunham Tavern Museum, the Shaker Museum, and the Cleveland Museum of Art are popular museums near Highland Heights. Goodtimes Amusement Park, the Cleveland Botanical Garden, and the Akron Zoo are other attractions in the region. Helen Hazen Wyman Metropolitan Park, Brecksville Reservation, Euclid Creek Reservation, and Headlands Beach State Park offer recreational facilities. Punderson State Park has a golf course, a lodge, and cottages. Visitors may enjoy boating, fishing, camping, and swimming at the park.

Highland Heights Transportation

Air transportation is available from Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport.

Highland Heights Higher Education

Colleges nearby include John Carroll University, Lakeland Community College, Case Western Reserve University, and Cleveland State University.

High Points

Highland Heights strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in Ohio):

Category	Trophy
Low Violent Crime (vs. Peers)	Top 4%
Median Family Income (vs. State)	Top 6%
College Educated Adults (vs. State)	Top 9%
Low Property Crime (vs. Peers)	Top 10%
People in Middle Class or Better (vs. State)	Top 13%
Racial Diversity (vs. State)	Top 16%
Well-Paid Single Men (vs. State)	Top 17%

Comparative Profile of Highland Heights, OH

Comparing Highland Heights to similar size places nationwide (Peers) and to other places in Ohio (State):

Ratings range from (lowest) to (highest).

The People

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Age of the Population
Senior Citizens
Well-Paid Single Men
Male Share of the Population
Well-Paid Single Women
Racial Diversity
Female Share of the Population
Children Under 5 Years Old

Families

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Portion of People Married
Average Household Size

Wealth

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Median Family Income
College Educated Adults
People in Middle Class or Better
People Above Poverty

Commute & Sprawl

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Working at Home
Short Commute Times
Public Transportation Use
Walking and Biking to Work

Housing

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Housing Recently Built
Affordability of Property Taxes
Seasonal and Vacation Housing
People Living Alone
Affordability of Rents
Studio & One-Bedroom Rentals

Crime

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Low Violent Crime
Low Property Crime

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Category	Value
Near Medium City	3 miles SE of Euclid, Ohio (center to center)
Nearest Large City	11 miles E of Cleveland, Ohio
County	Cuyahoga
Standard Zip Codes	44143
Phone Area Codes	216
Time Zone	Eastern (-5 hours from GMT)
Daylight Savings	The city observes Daylight Saving Time.
Latitude	41.552
Longitude	-81.478

Station	CHARDON
Distance	15.4 miles
Jan Temp	14 to 32 F
Apr Temp	34 to 56 F
Jul Temp	58 to 80 F
Oct Temp	39 to 60 F
Annual Precip	47.3 inches

Station	CLEVELAND HOPKNS INTL AP
Distance	21.9 miles
Jan Temp	19 to 33 F
Apr Temp	38 to 57 F
Jul Temp	62 to 81 F
Oct Temp	44 to 61 F
Annual Precip	38.7 inches

Station	ELYRIA 3 E
Distance	31.8 miles
Jan Temp	19 to 35 F
Apr Temp	38 to 61 F
Jul Temp	63 to 85 F
Oct Temp	44 to 65 F
Annual Precip	38 inches

Category	Count	Percent
Total Population	8,082	100%
Male	3,949	48.9%
Female	4,133	51.1%
Under 18	2,167	26.8%
18+	5,915	73.2%
65+	1,422	17.6%
Median Age	42.2
Average Family Size	3.24
White	7,531	93.2%
African-American	112	1.4%
Asian	372	4.6%
American Indian & Alaskan	1	0%
Other	5	0.1%
Mixed Race	61	0.8%
Hispanic (included in categories above)	36	0.4%

Category	Value
Est. 2005 Population	8,621
Growth	539
Growth %	6.7%

Ancestry	Percent
Italian	30.7%
Other (often includes Hispanic and African American)	9.2%
German	8%
Slovene	6.7%
Irish	6.6%
Polish	6.1%
English	4.7%
US/American	4.6%
Hungarian	3%
Slovak	2.9%
Russian	2.4%
Lithuanian	1.3%
Croatian	1.2%
Ukrainian	1.2%
Swedish	1%
French (except Basque)	1%
Greek	0.9%
Czechoslovakian	0.8%
Scotch-Irish	0.8%
Czech	0.8%
Latvian	0.5%
Lebanese	0.5%
Austrian	0.5%
Scottish	0.5%
Eastern European	0.4%
Armenian	0.4%
African	0.4%
Dutch	0.4%
Welsh	0.4%
European	0.4%
Northern European	0.2%
Scandinavian	0.2%
Romanian	0.2%

Location	Pop.	Median Family Income (2000)
Highland Heights	8,082	$78,922
Euclid	52,717	$45,278
Lyndhurst	15,279	$64,961
Mayfield	3,435	$72,065
Mayfield Heights	19,386	$51,132
Richmond Heights	10,944	$60,136
South Euclid	23,537	$58,958

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