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A town of 15,558, settled in 1928. A regional job hub with 17,758 jobs.
Trash day: MondayMiddleburg Heights's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades A, ranked 128th of 987 in Ohio. The median household earns $79K and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 84% of the country. On walkability, just 88 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do better. 12% of the land in Middleburg Heights is conserved, where Ohio’s towns sit at 3.7% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Only 83 of Ohio’s 1,560 towns score lower on civic life.
Where Middleburg Heights beats most towns.
Where Middleburg Heights’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Middleburg Heights is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 874 in 1930, 16,004 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 1912 and 6 maps from 1902 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Middleburg Heights. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi MuseumRock and Roll Hall of Fame580K visitors a year
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaProgressive Field
11 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Field
9 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
11 mi Stadium & arenaRocket Arena
14 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 Middleburg 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Middleburg Heights.
Middleburg Heights draws workers from Cleveland and beyond and has less utility shut-off threats than most of Ohio, but it has property taxes 1.5 times the Ohio norm.
The biggest place to walk is Big Creek Reservation, 470 acres with 2.5 miles of trail. In 9 parks and preserves, walkers have 5.3 miles of trail. Also worth knowing: the trail network density for Middleburg Heights comes to 0.7 miles per square mile, against 0.2 in Ohio’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Big Creek Reservation | 2.5 mi | 470 |
| 2. Mill Stream Run Reservation | 1.1 mi | 169 |
| 3. Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds | 0.8 mi | 48 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Two of its 4 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. The Berea City school district runs its public schools. The 2 public schools in Middleburg Heights teach 2,077 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Creek Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 555 | A− |
| Berea-Midpark Middle SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 5–9 | Grades 5–9 | 1,522 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
17,758 jobs are based in Middleburg Heights, 2.3 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
The average commute in Middleburg Heights is 22 minutes. Commuting out is the norm here: 9% of working residents work locally. Among residents locally, 4.7% live below the poverty line. Half the trips to work are shorter than 10 miles.
| Middleburg Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.7% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 9.2% | 6.8% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Households in Middleburg Heights have drawn federal disaster aid in 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2012. On expected storm and flood damage, Middleburg Heights sits below 92% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts nearly three fifths of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 19% to cold waves. 31 flood insurance claims have been paid in the town since 1981.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its widest gap with Ohio is utility shut-off threats: 5.3% of its 13,411 adults were threatened with a utility shut-off, against 8.3% statewide.
29% of adults in Middleburg Heights have obesity; 21% get no exercise outside work. CDC measures, 32 in all: Middleburg Heights beats Ohio on 18 and trails on 2. For adults locally, the share who report frequent mental distress is 14%.
| Middleburg Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 38% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 28% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 38% | 36% |
| What stands out | Middleburg Heights | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.3% | 8.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.3% | 14.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.5% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Middleburg Heights, the typical July afternoon high is 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
People 65 and older are just over a quarter of residents (18% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (22% statewide). In Middleburg Heights, just over a third of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. Middleburg Heights’ age of the median resident comes in at 49.8 years. It is shrinking: down 2.9% since 2020, to 15,558 residents (2025 estimate).
| Middleburg Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49.8 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 26% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 16% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 24% | 29% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.3 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Middleburg Heights | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.8% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.5% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.2% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.2% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.3% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.6% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.2% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 12% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.7% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.1% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.1% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.4% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.5% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.3% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
The median property tax bill is $4,252, against $2,822 across Ohio, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
A home in Middleburg Heights typically sold within 8 days of listing. Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 4.3% in value. In Middleburg Heights, 53% of sales closed above the list price.
| Middleburg Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 70% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,079 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
9 within 15 miles of the center of Middleburg Heights
About 4 of every 100 Middleburg Heights residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
7 notable people were born in Middleburg Heights.
City in Ohio, United States
Middleburg Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is a suburb about 11 miles (18 km) southwest of downtown Cleveland. The population was 16,004 at the 2020 census.
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3 towns share a border with Middleburg Heights.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middleburg Heights | #128 | A | C+ | — | B | A− |
| Berea | #105 | A | C+ | A | B | B+ |
| Brook Park | #284 | B+ | B− | A | B | B− |
| Strongsville | #86 | A | C− | B+ | A | A |
Middleburg Heights reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Middleburg Heights with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Middleburg Heights grades A overall, better than 88% of U.S. towns and #128 of 987 in Ohio. It grades A− for health and B for schools.
That is 3.9 years of the area's median household income ($70,678 across the Cleveland, OH metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
7 notable people were born here, including Dave Ragone and Devon Price.
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