Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Richmond Heights's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades C, ranked 792nd of 987 in Ohio. Its weakest subject is schools: its schools rank behind 79% of the state's. 27% of residents are 65 or older in Richmond Heights, where Ohio’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 18%. Only 114 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on history. The biggest park or preserve is Euclid Creek Reservation, at 84 acres.
Where Richmond Heights beats most towns.
Where Richmond 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 Richmond Heights is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 265 in 1920, 10,801 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and 5 maps from 1901 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Richmond Heights. Close and well known come first.
Big draw10 mi MuseumRock and Roll Hall of Fame580K visitors a year
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaProgressive Field
11 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Field
12 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
10 mi Stadium & arenaRocket Arena
7 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 Richmond 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 Richmond Heights.
Richmond Heights gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has seen reported crime fall by about half.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 94% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Richmond Heights.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Richmond Heights Local school district. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Heights Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 378 | D |
| Richmond Heights High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 271 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
1.5 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Richmond Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.5% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Euclid Creek Reservation | 0.6 mi | 84 |
| 2. Desan Park | — | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Jobs based here fell from 4,884 in 2013 to 3,134.
Most working residents leave Richmond Heights for work: only 3% work in town. Since 2013, Richmond Heights has lost 1,750 jobs, to 3,134 in 2023. 17% of workers work from home in Richmond Heights.
| Richmond Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 17% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.3% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
People 65 and older are 27% of residents (18% statewide); children under 18 are 16% of residents (22% statewide). The median age in Richmond Heights is 50.6 years. Richmond Heights has lost 2.9% of its people since 2020, down to 10,475 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Richmond Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50.6 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 16% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 30% | 24% | 29% |
57% women, 43% men
About 77 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±4.1 points). Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Richmond Heights | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.1% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.4% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.8% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.4% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.6% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.5% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.8% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.6% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 12.8% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.8% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.1% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.2% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.4% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.5% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
The Chardon weather station, 16 miles away, records that 114 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 98% of U.S. towns.
Richmond Heights has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Richmond Heights’ July high is 82°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Reported crimes fell from 179 to 82 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 7 reported in 2025, 0.7 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The median property tax bill is $4,733, against $2,822 across Ohio, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical Richmond Heights home is worth about $243,000, up 2.3% in a year, close to the Ohio typical home. 66% of Richmond Heights households own their home.
| Richmond Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 66% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $961 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Against the 9,143 U.S. towns with household incomes like Richmond Heights’s, it is healthier than 75%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income.
Among 993 Ohio towns, just 9 have a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Richmond Heights. Richmond Heights beats the Ohio average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10. Only 3 of the 993 Ohio towns we compare have a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Richmond Heights.
| Richmond Heights | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 34% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 38% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Richmond Heights | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with depression | 20.7% | 25.4% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 14.2% | 16.6% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 11.2% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
11 within 15 miles of the center of Richmond Heights
About 7 of every 100 Richmond Heights residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
City in Ohio, United States
Richmond Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 10,801 at the 2020 census. A suburb of Cleveland, it is part of the Cleveland metropolitan area.
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5 towns share a border with Richmond Heights.
Highland Heights next door grades higher for schools (A− to Richmond Heights’s C−) and lower for cost of living (D to C).
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Heights | #792 | C | C | B | C− | B− |
| Euclid | #866 | C− | B− | B− | C− | C− |
| South Euclid | #518 | B | C+ | C+ | C+ | B+ |
| Highland Heights | #47 | A+ | D | A | A− | A |
| Willoughby Hills | #771 | C | D | — | B− | B− |
| Lyndhurst | #345 | B+ | C | B | C+ | A |
Willoughby Hills reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Richmond Heights with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Richmond Heights grades C overall, better than 32% of U.S. towns and #792 of 987 in Ohio. It grades B− for health, B for safety and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
That is 3.4 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.
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