Why does Highland Heights grade so well?
Highland Heights is one of the best-graded places in America: an A+, 47th among Ohio's 987 graded towns. The median household earns $123K, residents are healthier than 94% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, and crime is low: it reports less per resident than 89% of U.S. towns. The exception is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $431K for a typical one and 6.1 times the Cleveland metro’s $71K median household income. 60% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Highland Heights, above both Ohio’s towns (24%) and U.S. towns (29%). On hazard risk, just 105 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do better. The biggest park or preserve is Highland Heights Community Park, at 33 acres.
What makes Highland Heights stand out
Where Highland Heights beats most towns.
How Highland Heights grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Highland Heights is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 12%), so the A+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and 51 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Highland Heights. Close and well known come first.
Big draw12 mi MuseumRock and Roll Hall of Fame580K visitors a year
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaProgressive Field
12 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Field
12 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
12 mi Stadium & arenaRocket Arena
8 mi MuseumCleveland Museum of Art410K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Rock 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
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Moving to Highland Heights: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Highland Heights, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Highland Heights.
Highland Heights gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has seen reported crime rise by about half and has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Ohio.
The median rent in Highland Heights is higher than in most of Ohio or the rest of the country
At 6.1 years of the Cleveland metro’s $71K median household income, the typical home (about $431K) costs more against local pay than in 94% of Ohio towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living. Its typical home is the priciest on its borders; Mayfield is next at $388K.
The median rent in Highland Heights is $1,836 a month. The typical Highland Heights home is worth about $431,000, up 3.3% in a year, 75% above the Ohio typical home. 96% of households own their home in Highland Heights.
| Highland Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,836 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 96% | 77% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Public schools in Highland Heights beat 76% of Ohio districts
Its public schools are run by the Mayfield City school district. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millridge Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 604 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
10.9% of Highland Heights is conserved land
4.7 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Highland Heights’ trail density is 0.9 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Highland Heights Community Park | 0.6 mi | 33 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A smaller share of adults in Highland Heights report frequent mental distress than in the typical Ohio or U.S. town
Its widest gap with Ohio is tooth loss: 6.4% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 15.3% statewide.
12% of Highland Heights adults report frequent mental distress. Highland Heights beats the Ohio average on 21 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 11% of Highland Heights adults report frequent physical distress.
| Highland Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 18% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 38% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 28% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.5% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Highland Heights | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.4% | 15.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.5% | 14.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.2% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Highland Heights’ grade for safety is an A
Reported crimes rose from 32 to 70 over the last three FBI years, a rise beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 0 reported in 2025, 0 per 1,000 residents.
Among 313 Ohio towns, just 9 have a lower violent crime rate than Highland Heights.
| Highland Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 8.2 per 1,000 residents | 9.4 | 9.9 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Very low risk in Highland Heights, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 92% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Highland Heights since 1980.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Highland Heights
The Chardon weather station, 15 miles away, records that 114 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 98% of U.S. towns.
Highland Heights has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82° and January nights drop to 20°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A job hub: Highland Heights has 1.4 jobs for every working resident and draws in 5,854 commuters
Most working residents leave Highland Heights for work: only 6% work in town. Since 2013, Highland Heights has lost 1,396 jobs, to 6,099 in 2023. The top destinations are Cleveland (29%), Mayfield Heights (5%) and Mayfield (3%).
| Highland Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $123,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 18% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 3.4% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Everything we know about Highland Heights
Colleges nearby
11 within 15 miles of the center of Highland Heights
About 4 of every 100 Highland Heights residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
About Highland Heights
City in Ohio, United States
Highland Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The city's population was 8,719 as of the 2020 census. An eastern suburb of Cleveland, it is part of the Cleveland metropolitan area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1920
- Area
- 5.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 935 ft
- Area code
- 440
Highland Heights’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Highland Heights.
At #47 in OH, it grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Mayfield (B+) comes closest. Lyndhurst next door grades lower for schools (C+ to Highland Heights’s A−) and higher for cost of living (C to D).
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Heights | #47 | A+ | D | A | A− | A |
| Mayfield | #302 | B+ | D | — | A− | A |
| Richmond Heights | #792 | C | C | B | C− | B− |
| Lyndhurst | #345 | B+ | C | B | C+ | A |
| Willoughby Hills | #771 | C | D | — | B− | B− |
Mayfield and Willoughby Hills report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Highland Heights with a neighbor →
Questions about Highland Heights
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Highland Heights, OH a good place to live?
Yes, by almost any measure. Highland Heights grades A+ overall, better than 96% of U.S. towns and #47 of 987 in Ohio. It grades A for health, A for safety and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Highland Heights, OH expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.