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SheetOH-MAYFIELD-HEIGHTS-OH · Mayfield Heights, OH 20,082 pop · income 39th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Mayfield Heights
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Mayfield Heights on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Painesville · lowest
50,455
Painesville · lowest
50,455 median HH income
22.8% of the leader · rank #1
Industry · near
62,500
Industry · near
62,500 median HH income
28.2% of the leader · rank #2
Buncombe · near
62,500
Buncombe · near
62,500 median HH income
28.2% of the leader · rank #3
Colchester · near
62,500
Colchester · near
62,500 median HH income
28.2% of the leader · rank #4
Mayfield Heig… · this city
62,511
Mayfield Heig… · this city
62,511 median HH income
28.2% of the leader · rank #5
Walkerton · near
62,521
Walkerton · near
62,521 median HH income
28.2% of the leader · rank #6
La Cañada Fli… · highest
221,451
La Cañada Fli… · highest
221,451 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Mayfield Heights on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 20,082.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Mayfield Heights - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Mayfield Heights lands in the 39th percentile for household income and the 92nd percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
39th
percentile, household income
39th
percentile, home value
22nd
percentile, median rent
92nd
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Mayfield Heights, OH
20,082 people live in Mayfield Heights, Ohio - a small city by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Mayfield Heights brings in $62,511 a year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 4.9%. Typical homes in Mayfield Heights are valued around $187,600, and the median resident age is 38.4 years. 38.5% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 64.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 4 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 64% from five years earlier. Mayfield Heights reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 318.3 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Ohio run below the national norm: the state registers 92.8 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,092 per month statewide. Monthly utility costs average around $228 across Ohio, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Natural-hazard exposure scores 55.0 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Mayfield Heights's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from reported crime to work and mobility to population change to housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Mayfield Heights, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares, local building permits, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Mayfield Heights?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 318.3 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 86% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
What does the journey to work look like in Mayfield Heights?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 70.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Is Mayfield Heights growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -645 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -3.2% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 4 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for Mayfield Heights?
Within Ohio, the closest population matches are Forest Park (19,994 residents, $67,201 income); Whitehall (19,974 residents, $50,812 income); Miamisburg (19,859 residents, $82,095 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Woodbridge, NJ (20,086 residents); Port Angeles, WA (20,087 residents); Nanuet, NY (20,089 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Mayfield Heights?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Household income
$62,511
Home value
$187,600
Value / income
3.0×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Below median income · poverty 4.9% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
92.8 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Ohio average
B-
City profile score · Mayfield Heights, OH
67/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Violent crime A+
20 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Cost of living B+
92.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share B
38.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate B-
4.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$62,511
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Mayfield Heights profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 92/100 (A+) · 20 /100k
Cost of living: 75/100 (B+) · 92.8 index
Bachelor's+ share: 73/100 (B) · 38.5%
Poverty rate: 66/100 (B-) · 4.9%
Household income: 38/100 (F) · $62,511
Where Mayfield Heights sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Mayfield Heights's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Mayfield Heights highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Mayfield Heights, OH (this city): home $187,600, crime 318/100k
Port Angeles, WA : home $324,800, crime 3,050/100k
Forest Park, OH : home $163,200, crime 1,972/100k
Whitehall, OH : home $138,700, crime 7,009/100k
Miamisburg, OH : home $203,700, crime 1,618/100k
Oregon, OH : home $191,300, crime 4,399/100k
Broadview Heights, OH : home $292,500, crime 107/100k
Painesville, OH : home $151,400, crime 768/100k
How does Mayfield Heights compare to other US cities?
Here's how Mayfield Heights stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income39% higher than other cities
Home value39% pricier than other cities
Median rent22% pricier than other cities
Safety92% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Ohio and the picture shifts: Mayfield Heights ranks #18 of 281 Ohio cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Mayfield Heights against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Ohio only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Ohio-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Mayfield Heights near the bottom of Ohio's cities
Among the 1,196 Ohio cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Mayfield Heights ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Mayfield Heights only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#636 of 1,145
44th percentile in Ohio
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,196
0th percentile in Ohio
Median Home Value
#357 of 1,164
69th percentile in Ohio
Poverty Rate
#705 of 1,196
40th percentile in Ohio
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#181 of 1,196
85th percentile in Ohio
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Ohio only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
39th percentile nationally for median household income · 92nd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Mayfield Heights's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Mayfield Heights's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Mayfield Heights's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$187,600Among the most affordablemore affordable than 61% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#6,699 of 15,516
More affordable than 57% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#904 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.0×, Mayfield Heights sits in the moderate band:
national rank #6,699 of 15,516 and #904 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$62,511Mayfield Heights, OH median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Mayfield Heights, OH median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Mayfield Heights, OH.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)38.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)64.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
20,082
Median Income
$62,511
Median Home Value
$187,600
Median Age
38.4
Poverty Rate
4.9%
Labor force participation
64.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
38.5%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
318.3
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
20.2
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
298.1
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Mayfield Heights's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
20,312 residents
2021
20,086 residents
2022
19,885 residents
2023
19,791 residents
2024
19,709 residents
2025
19,667 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
4
housing units authorized
Single-Family
4
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
11
11
0
$3.5M
2020
2
2
0
$0.8M
2021
13
13
0
$5.0M
2022
2
2
0
$0.6M
2023
4
4
0
$1.6M
2024
4
4
0
$1.9M
Permit volume decreased 64% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
70.9%
Carpool
8.6%
Public Transit
2.2%
Walk
1.6%
Work from Home
15.4%
Other
1.3%
Based on 10,414 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Ohio statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $228
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Ohio at $228 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Ohio statewide averages, not a meter reading for Mayfield Heights. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Ohio's BEA cost-of-living index is 92.8 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Mayfield Heights is $1,092/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Ohio statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.0 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Ohio statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Mayfield Heights sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Mayfield Heights compares to similar-size Ohio cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.