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Painesville is a small city of 20,548 people in Lake County, Ohio. It's about 27 miles from Cleveland, OH. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 36°F, with about 107 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $159k and rent runs about $1k a month.
20,548people
$159kTypical home
$1,036/moRent
82° / 36°Summer / winter
107"Snow
167Sunny days
151Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 20,548
- Part of a metro area
- About 3,011 people per sq mi
- 27 mi to Cleveland, OH
- 27 mi to Cleveland, OH
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $159k (≈$1,001/mo)
- Median rent $1,036/mo
- Median household income $52k
- Property tax about 1.5% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 36°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 60°F)
- 167 sunny days a year (32 totally clear)
- 198 cloudy days a year
- 67 of 90 winter days are gray
- 151 days a year with rain or snow
- 107" of snow a year
- 33 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 10 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (209 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (458 per 100k)
People
- Median age 35
- 30% of households have kids
- 12% are 65 or older
- 23% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 37 mi to CLE airport
- 37 mi to CLE (major hub)
- 27 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 66% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1969
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 643 ft
- 294 mi to the ocean
- 5 mi to a big lake
- 13 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 13 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 47 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 522 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 66 bars within 25 mi
- 155 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 3 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 30 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 19 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 40% of Ohio districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 10 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 17 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lake County: R+14 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
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk