Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Seven Hills grades B+ overall, 318th of 987 graded towns in Ohio. The median household earns $97K. It is healthier than 82% of U.S. towns. What holds it back is price: the typical home is worth about $305K, 4.3 years of the Cleveland metro’s $71K median household income. Seven Hills’ median age is 50.9 years, where Ohio’s towns sit at 41.7 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. Only 167 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on history. The biggest park or preserve is VII Hills Rec Center Park, at 49 acres.
Where Seven Hills beats most towns.
Where Seven Hills’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 Seven Hills is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 383 in 1930, 11,720 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers and 6 maps from 1903 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Seven Hills. Close and well known come first.
Big draw9 mi MuseumRock and Roll Hall of Fame580K visitors a year
Big draw8 mi Stadium & arenaProgressive Field
2 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
9 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Field
8 mi Stadium & arenaRocket Arena
10 mi MuseumCleveland Museum of Art410K visitors a yearRock and Roll Hall of Fame: MusikAnimal, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Progressive Field: Jsawczuk, Public domain · Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Unknown, Public domain · Huntington Bank Field: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 · 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 Seven Hills, 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 Seven Hills.
Seven Hills has less food insecurity than most of Ohio and sees little violent crime, but it has property taxes about twice the Ohio norm.
2.2 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves.
| Seven Hills | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.1% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. VII Hills Rec Center Park | 0.8 mi | 49 |
| 2. North Park | 0.8 mi | 23 |
| 3. Calvin Park | — | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Parma City school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillside Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 717 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 88% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Seven Hills.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its widest gap with Ohio is food insecurity: 8.4% of its 10,049 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.1% statewide.
14% of adults report frequent mental distress in Seven Hills. Seven Hills beats the Ohio average on 16 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 30% of adults have obesity in Seven Hills.
| Seven Hills | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 38% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 38% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Seven Hills | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.4% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5% | 8.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.3% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Seven Hills for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Seven Hills grew to 3,379 in 2023, 647 more than in 2013. 17% of Seven Hills workers work from home.
| Seven Hills | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 17% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.8% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $97,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Violent crime is rare: 7 reported in 2025, 0.6 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The median property tax bill is $5,278, against $2,822 across Ohio, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Seven Hills’ median rent is $1,586 a month. The typical Seven Hills home is worth about $305,000, up 3.1% in a year, 24% above the Ohio typical home.
| Seven Hills | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 95% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,586 a month | $943 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Seven Hills has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Seven Hills is 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
People 65 and older are 26% of residents (18% statewide); children under 18 are 16% of residents (22% statewide). Seven Hills has lost 2.3% of its people since 2020, down to 11,464 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 35% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Ohio.
| Seven Hills | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 16% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 26% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 24% | 29% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.1 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Seven Hills | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.3% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.8% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.8% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.1% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.4% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.3% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.5% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.9% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 12% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.5% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.2% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.7% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.9% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.6% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
11 within 15 miles of the center of Seven Hills
About 5 of every 100 Seven Hills residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
3 places in Seven Hills on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Ohio, United States
Seven Hills is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 11,720 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of Cleveland.
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3 towns share a border with Seven Hills.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Hills | #318 | B+ | C− | B+ | B− | A− |
| Brooklyn Heights | — | — | B− | — | A | A− |
| Independence | #136 | A | C− | B− | A | A |
| Parma | #410 | B+ | B− | B+ | B− | B |
Brooklyn Heights has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Brooklyn Heights reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Seven Hills with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Seven Hills grades B+ overall, better than 72% of U.S. towns and #318 of 987 in Ohio. It grades A− for health, B+ for safety and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. 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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