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SheetOH-SOUTH-EUCLID-OH · South Euclid, OH 21,606 pop · income 60th 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 South Euclid
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest South Euclid on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Oxford · lowest
42,147
Oxford · lowest
42,147 median HH income
27.5% of the leader · rank #1
Greenwood · near
78,765
Greenwood · near
78,765 median HH income
51.4% of the leader · rank #2
Mesa · near
78,779
Mesa · near
78,779 median HH income
51.4% of the leader · rank #3
South Euclid · this city
78,782
South Euclid · this city
78,782 median HH income
51.4% of the leader · rank #4
Palmer · near
78,789
Palmer · near
78,789 median HH income
51.5% of the leader · rank #5
Bellevue · near
78,792
Bellevue · near
78,792 median HH income
51.5% of the leader · rank #6
Birmingham · highest
153,125
Birmingham · highest
153,125 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 South Euclid 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: 21,606.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
South Euclid - the verdict
Nationally, South Euclid sits in the 60th percentile for household income and the 31st percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
60th
percentile, household income
22nd
percentile, home value
22nd
percentile, median rent
31st
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: South Euclid, OH
South Euclid is a small city in Ohio, home to 21,606 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. South Euclid households earn a median of $78,782 annually, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 5.2%. Typical homes in South Euclid are valued around $134,800, and the median resident age is 37.7 years. 42.1% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 63.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 32 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Building Boom), up 3100% from five years earlier. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 2032.5 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, near the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Ohio run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Ohio scores 92.8 (Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,092 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Ohio's average monthly utility costs around $228 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 55.0 out of 100 (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of South Euclid'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 population change to work and mobility to schools and households to housing and income to comparison shortlist to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For South Euclid, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history, matched public-school count, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Population change
Is South Euclid 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 -596 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -2.7% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 32 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
What does the journey to work look like in South Euclid?
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 71.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
What does the education layer cover for South Euclid?
The NCES join finds 3 public schools within the city match. 42.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Which cities make useful reference points for South Euclid?
Within Ohio, the closest population matches are Alliance (21,574 residents, $54,608 income); Rocky River (21,490 residents, $93,956 income); Chillicothe (21,958 residents, $49,193 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Birmingham, MI (21,612 residents); Dickinson, TX (21,612 residents); Valinda, CA (21,626 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 South Euclid?
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 1.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.2%, 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. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
Household income
$78,782
Home value
$134,800
Value / income
1.7×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
What can the FBI record say about safety in South Euclid?
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 2032.5 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 11% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
1825.5
Violent rate
207.0
Total reported rate
2032.5
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Above median income · poverty 5.2% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
92.8 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Ohio average
C+
City profile score · South Euclid, OH
63/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share B+
42.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
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.
Poverty rate C+
5.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income C
$78,782
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime D
207 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
South Euclid profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 77/100 (B+) · 42.1%
Cost of living: 75/100 (B+) · 92.8 index
Poverty rate: 64/100 (C+) · 5.2%
Household income: 58/100 (C) · $78,782
Violent crime: 47/100 (D) · 207 /100k
Where South Euclid sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
South Euclid'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 - South Euclid highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
South Euclid, OH (this city): home $134,800, crime 2,033/100k
Birmingham, MI : home $712,700, crime 699/100k
Dickinson, TX : home $244,500, crime 1,270/100k
St. John, IN : home $370,800, crime 153/100k
Alliance, OH : home $113,300, crime 2,336/100k
Rocky River, OH : home $327,600, crime 442/100k
Chillicothe, OH : home $145,900, crime 4,847/100k
Lebanon, OH : home $257,100, crime 1,205/100k
Parma Heights, OH : home $165,800, crime 361/100k
How does South Euclid compare to other US cities?
Where South Euclid sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income60% higher than other cities
Home value22% pricier than other cities
Median rent22% pricier than other cities
Safety31% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Ohio, South Euclid ranks #212 of 281 Ohio cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares South Euclid 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 South Euclid near the bottom of Ohio's cities
Among the 1,196 Ohio cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, South Euclid ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares South Euclid only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#321 of 1,145
72nd percentile in Ohio
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,196
0th percentile in Ohio
Median Home Value
#658 of 1,164
43rd percentile in Ohio
Poverty Rate
#681 of 1,196
43rd percentile in Ohio
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#152 of 1,196
87th 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
60th percentile nationally for median household income · 31st percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
South Euclid's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
South Euclid'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 South Euclid's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$134,800Among the most affordablemore affordable than 78% 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
South Euclid's home-value-to-income ratio: 1.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#769 of 15,516
More affordable than 95% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#21 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 1.7×, South Euclid sits in the affordable band:
national rank #769 of 15,516 and #21 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
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
$78,782South Euclid, OH median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context South Euclid, 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 South Euclid, OH.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)42.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)63.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
21,606
Median Income
$78,782
Median Home Value
$134,800
Median Age
37.7
Poverty Rate
5.2%
Labor force participation
63.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
42.1%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2032.5
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
207.0
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1825.5
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.
Schools
Total Schools
3
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
South Euclid's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
21,844 residents
2021
21,625 residents
2022
21,420 residents
2023
21,309 residents
2024
21,257 residents
2025
21,248 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
32
housing units authorized
Single-Family
32
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
1.5
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
1
1
0
$0.3M
2020
3
3
0
$0.8M
2021
7
7
0
$0.9M
2022
0
0
0
-
2023
7
7
0
$1.4M
2024
32
32
0
$5.8M
Permit volume increased 3100% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
71.5%
Carpool
6.2%
Public Transit
2.8%
Walk
1.4%
Work from Home
16.9%
Other
1.2%
Based on 10,952 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 South Euclid. 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 South Euclid 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 South Euclid sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How South Euclid 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, NCES CCD, 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.