Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 18,195, settled in 1914.
Brook Park is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B+ overall, 284th of 987 graded towns in Ohio, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is safety: crime is low: it reports less per resident than 88% of U.S. towns. It also does better than most on incomes: the median household earns $71K. A typical home there costs about $215K, 3 years of the Cleveland metro’s $71K median household income. On civic life, just 98 of Ohio’s 1,560 towns do worse. Zero Gravity Research Facility (B-2) is on the National Register of Historic Places. 16% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Brook Park, where Ohio’s towns sit at 24% and U.S. towns at 29%.
Where Brook Park beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Brook Park is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Zero Gravity Research Facility (B-2) is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 861 in 1920, a peak of 30,774 in 1970, 18,595 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1973 and 6 maps from 1902 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Brook Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw10 mi MuseumRock and Roll Hall of Fame580K visitors a year
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaProgressive Field
9 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Field
9 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
9 mi Stadium & arenaRocket Arena
13 mi MuseumCleveland Museum of Art410K visitors a yearRock and Roll Hall of Fame: MusikAnimal, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Progressive Field: Jsawczuk, Public domain · Huntington Bank Field: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 · Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Unknown, Public domain · Rocket Arena: Cards84664, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cleveland Museum of Art: zenbikescience, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Brook Park, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Brook Park.
Brook Park trades workers with Cleveland and other neighbors and sees little violent crime, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding).
3.5 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves. Rocky River Reservation, at 288 acres with 2.4 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Brook Park | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 7.9% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rocky River Reservation | 2.4 mi | 288 |
| 2. McGovern Park | 0.3 mi | 3 |
| 3. Joe Konery Park | — | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Berea City school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brook Park Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 919 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Violent crime is rare: 7 reported in 2025, 0.4 per 1,000 residents.
The property crime rate in Brook Park is 4.7 per 1,000 residents.
| Brook Park | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.7 per 1,000 residents | 9.4 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.4 per 1,000 residents | 1.2 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Brook Park has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Brook Park’s July high is 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Brook Park has about as many jobs (8,843) as working residents, but only 478 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Brook Park for work: only 5% work in town. Since 2013, Brook Park has lost 518 jobs, to 8,843 in 2023. The top destinations are Cleveland (26%), Middleburg Heights (7%) and Parma (4%).
| Brook Park | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 8.1% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.2% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical Brook Park home is worth about $215,000, up 4.4% in a year, 13% below the Ohio typical home. 83% of Brook Park households own their home.
| Brook Park | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 83% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,122 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 88% of Ohio towns, with expected losses of about $364 per resident a year; that rating is what its C+ for hazard risk is built on.
Since 2017, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Brook Park.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Brook Park beats the Ohio average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 37% of adults feel lonely in Brook Park.
| Brook Park | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 38% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Brook Park | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with obesity | 32.8% | 37.1% |
| More binge drinkers | 19.1% | 16.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
9 within 15 miles of the center of Brook Park
About 3 of every 100 Brook Park residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
4 notable people were born in Brook Park.
City in Ohio, United States
Brook Park is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 18,595 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of Cleveland.
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7 towns share a border with Brook Park.
Olmsted Township next door grades higher for schools (A to Brook Park’s B) and lower for cost of living (C− to B−).
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brook Park | #284 | B+ | B− | A | B | B− |
| Cleveland | #978 | D | B+ | D− | C− | D |
| Middleburg Heights | #128 | A | C+ | — | B | A− |
| Olmsted Township | #63 | A | C− | A+ | A | A |
| Berea | #105 | A | C+ | A | B | B+ |
| North Olmsted | #195 | A− | C | B+ | B | A− |
| Fairview Park | #238 | A− | C | — | B+ | A |
| Parma | #410 | B+ | B− | B+ | B− | B |
Middleburg Heights and Fairview Park report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Brook Park with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Brook Park grades B+ overall, better than 74% of U.S. towns and #284 of 987 in Ohio. It grades B− for health, A for safety and B for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
4 notable people were born here, including Billy Hufsey and Chris Honeycutt.
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