Ohio · Census place 3935252

Highland Heights, Ohio

Highland Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio with an estimated 8,612 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 194th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,612
#194 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
-1.1%
-98 people
Land area
5.2 sq mi
Density
1,672 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Highland Heights. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Highland Heights population, 2020 to 2024

Highland Heights lost 98 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +34. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 170th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Highland Heights is 62% of it.

8,71020208,64120218,58320228,57820238,6122024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,721. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Highland Heights covers 5.15 square miles of land, for 1,672 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Highland Heights is less dense than the typical town.

What county Highland Heights is in

All of Highland Heights's residents live in Cuyahoga County, which had 1,240,594 residents in 2024. Highland Heights holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Highland Heights

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Highland Heights by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 44143. 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 Highland Heights is

The Census internal point of Highland Heights is at 41.551800, -81.469100. Columbus, the capital, is 136.0 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Richmond Heights, OH (10,552 people), 2.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cleveland, OH, 12.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.551800, -81.469100
DMS
41°33'6.48"N 81°28'8.76"W
UTM
17N 460878.8E 4600121.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HWHG2J+P9

Daylight in Highland Heights

At 41.55° N, Highland 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 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Highland Heights

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Mayfield, 1.8 miles away, with 3,324 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Highland Heights, OH?

8,612 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 98 (1.1%) from 8,710 in July 2020.

What county is Highland Heights in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Highland Heights?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 44143.

How far is Highland Heights from Columbus?

136.0 miles (218.8 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Highland Heights.

What is the nearest larger city to Highland Heights?

Richmond Heights, OH, with 10,552 residents, 2.1 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.