Ohio · Census place 3916014

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Cleveland Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio with an estimated 44,064 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 27th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
44,064
#27 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
-2.6%
-1,157 people
Land area
8.1 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
5,460 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Cleveland Heights. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Cleveland Heights population, 2020 to 2024

Cleveland Heights lost 1,157 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by -41. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 243rd; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Cleveland Heights is 3.2 times that size.

45.2k202044.7k202144.3k202244.1k202344.1k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 45,314. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cleveland Heights covers 8.07 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 5,460 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Cleveland Heights is denser than the typical town.

What county Cleveland Heights is in

All of Cleveland Heights's residents live in Cuyahoga County, which had 1,240,594 residents in 2024. Cleveland Heights holds 3.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cleveland Heights

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Cleveland Heights by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 44106, 44112, 44118, 44121. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Cleveland Heights is

The Census internal point of Cleveland Heights is at 41.511100, -81.561800. Columbus, the capital, is 130.9 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Euclid, OH (48,421 people), 6.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cleveland, OH, 6.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.511100, -81.561800
DMS
41°30'39.96"N 81°33'42.48"W
UTM
17N 453118.5E 4595648.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HWGC6Q+C7

Daylight in Cleveland Heights

At 41.51° N, Cleveland Heights gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cleveland Heights

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is East Cleveland, 1.6 miles away, with 13,402 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cleveland Heights, OH?

44,064 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,157 (2.6%) from 45,221 in July 2020.

What county is Cleveland Heights in?

Cuyahoga County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Cleveland Heights?

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 44106, 44112, 44118, 44121.

How far is Cleveland Heights from Columbus?

130.9 miles (210.6 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Cleveland Heights.

What is the nearest larger city to Cleveland Heights?

Euclid, OH, with 48,421 residents, 6.0 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.