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A town of 1,843, settled in 1919. A regional job hub with 10,298 jobs.
The best of Valley View’s subject grades are an A for schools and health and an A− for walkability; the weakest is a C for cost of living. Only 104 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score higher on health. 24% of the land in Valley View is conserved, above both Ohio’s towns (3.7%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Only 19 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score higher on the outdoors. Valley View has 10 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Tinkers Creek Aqueduct and Wilson Feed Mill. Valley View has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Valley View beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Valley View | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.5% | 14.1% |
Where Valley View’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 Valley View is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1826.
10 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Valley View. Close and well known come first.
Big draw10 mi MuseumRock and Roll Hall of Fame580K visitors a year
in town National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaProgressive Field
10 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Field
9 mi Stadium & arenaRocket Arena
9 mi MuseumCleveland Museum of Art410K visitors a yearRock and Roll Hall of Fame: MusikAnimal, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Unknown, Public domain · Progressive Field: Jsawczuk, 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 Valley View, 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 Valley View.
Most working residents leave Valley View for work: only 12% work in town. At $110,000, Valley View’s median household income is against $75,000 in Ohio’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. 4.2% of Valley View residents live below the poverty line.
| Valley View | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $110,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 16% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Valley View beats the Ohio average on 16 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 14% of adults report frequent mental distress in Valley View.
| Valley View | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 38% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 28% | 25% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| What stands out | Valley View | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.5% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.6% | 8.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.1% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The typical Valley View home is worth about $360,000, up 7.9% in a year, 46% above the Ohio typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
3.1 miles of trail in 9 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Cuyahoga Valley National Park, at 1,176 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bedford Reservation | 1 mi | 60 |
| 2. Cuyahoga Valley National Park | 0.7 mi | 1,176 |
| 3. Valley View Woods | 0.3 mi | 19 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Valley View has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Valley View’s July high is 83°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 66% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 308 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Valley View.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
11 within 15 miles of the center of Valley View
About 5 of every 100 Valley View residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Ohio.
10 places in Valley View on the National Register of Historic Places.
Village in Ohio, United States
Valley View is a village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,897 at the 2020 census. A suburb of Cleveland, it is a part of the Cleveland metropolitan area. Valley View's name refers to the Cuyahoga River valley, and the town includes part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and the Ohio and Erie Canal. It is home to the Valley View Bridge that is on Interstate 480 and crosses the Cuyahoga River.
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5 towns share a border with Valley View.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley View | — | — | C | — | A | A |
| Independence | #136 | A | C− | B− | A | A |
| Garfield Heights | #965 | D | C+ | C− | C | D |
| Walton Hills | — | — | C | — | C | B+ |
| Cuyahoga Heights | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sagamore Hills Township | #365 | B+ | C− | — | A | B+ |
Valley View and Walton Hills have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Valley View, Walton Hills and Sagamore Hills Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Cuyahoga Heights isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Valley View with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 5.1 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.
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