Living in Brooklyn Heights, OH
Brooklyn Heights is a small town of 1,501 people in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It's about 4 miles from Cleveland, OH. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 36°F, with about 62 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $234k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,501people
$234kTypical home
$1,148/moRent
82° / 36°Summer / winter
62"Snow
167Sunny days
163Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,501
- Part of a metro area
- About 838 people per sq mi
- 4 mi to Cleveland, OH
- 4 mi to Cleveland, OH
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $234k (≈$1,478/mo)
- Median rent $1,148/mo
- Median household income $97k
- Property tax about 1.4% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 36°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 62°F)
- 167 sunny days a year (32 totally clear)
- 198 cloudy days a year
- 67 of 90 winter days are gray
- 163 days a year with rain or snow
- 62" of snow a year
- 20 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 9 nights a year below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (475 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,693 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 46
- 29% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 34% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 10 mi to CLE airport
- 10 mi to CLE (major hub)
- 6 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 90% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1960
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 686 ft
- 299 mi to the ocean
- 7 mi to a big lake
- 7 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 11 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 92 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,580 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 299 bars within 25 mi
- 450 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 19 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 97 museums within 25 mi
- 16 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 26% of Ohio districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 3 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 2 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Cuyahoga County: D+31 in 2024
- Ohio: R+11 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk