Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Parma Heights grades B overall, 465th among Ohio's 987 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Crime is low: it reports less per resident than 93% of U.S. towns and it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 85% of U.S. towns. On the other side, FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 69% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. On civic life, just 84 of Ohio’s 1,560 towns do worse. Robert W. Henry House is on the National Register of Historic Places. 58% of households own their home in Parma Heights, against 77% in Ohio’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns.
Where Parma Heights beats most towns.
Where Parma 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 Parma Heights is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 310 in 1920, 20,863 in 2020. The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2009 and 6 maps from 1902 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Parma Heights. Close and well known come first.
Big draw9 mi MuseumRock and Roll Hall of Fame580K visitors a year
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaProgressive Field
9 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Field
6 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
9 mi Stadium & arenaRocket Arena
12 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 Parma 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 Parma Heights.
Parma Heights is healthier than towns with similar incomes and sees little violent crime, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding).
2.9 miles of trail in 7 parks and preserves. The trail density in Parma Heights is 0.7 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is Big Creek Reservation, at 137 acres.
| Parma Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 8.6% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Big Creek Reservation | 0.9 mi | 137 |
| 2. Commons Park | 0.5 mi | 13 |
| 3. Kurtz Park | 0.4 mi | 25 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Parma City school district. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Valley Forge High School, with 1,402 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Incarnate Word Academy PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 383 | – |
| Valley Forge High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,402 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Violent crime is rare: 6 reported in 2024, 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
Parma Heights’ property crime rate is 3.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Parma Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 3.3 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 11.5 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 0.3 per 1,000 residents | 1.2 | 1.7 |
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
Most working residents leave Parma Heights for work: only 3% work in town. 14% of Parma Heights residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Parma Heights fell to 3,041 in 2023, 281 fewer than in 2013.
| Parma Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 14% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.8% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 94% of Ohio towns, with expected losses of about $301 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1983, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Parma Heights.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Parma Heights has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 21° and about 64 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Parma Heights home is worth about $219,000, up 4% in a year, 11% below the Ohio typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Ohio average. 20% of residents are under 18 in Parma Heights. Parma Heights has lost 2.5% of its people since 2020, down to 20,327 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Parma Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 20% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 20% | 18% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.9 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Parma Heights | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.8% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.9% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.2% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.5% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.3% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.4% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.4% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.6% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.7% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.5% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.1% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.2% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.9% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.6% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Against the 9,182 U.S. towns with household incomes like Parma Heights’s, it is healthier than 77%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income.
Parma Heights tracks Ohio closely on all 32 CDC measures.
| Parma Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 38% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
10 within 15 miles of the center of Parma Heights
About 5 of every 100 Parma Heights residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
City in Ohio, United States
Parma Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The city's population was 20,863 as of the 2020 census. It is a suburb of Cleveland, it is a part of the Cleveland metropolitan area. Parma Heights is surrounded on the north, east and south by the larger city of Parma. The cities of Brook Park and Middleburg Heights form most of the western border.
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One town shares a border with Parma Heights.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parma Heights | #465 | B | C | A | B− | B− |
| Parma | #410 | B+ | B− | B+ | B− | B |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Parma Heights grades B overall, better than 62% of U.S. towns and #465 of 987 in Ohio. It grades B− for health, A for safety and B− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
That is 3.1 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.
2 notable people were born here, including Joe Kantor and Jim Kovach.
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