What it's like to live in Warrensville Heights
Warrensville Heights is a small city in Ohio with rent below the national average, home prices that remain within reach, crime rates well below the national average, and schools with smaller class sizes than the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.
The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Warrensville Heights deals with household incomes below the national average, air quality that falls short of national benchmarks, a poverty rate above the national average, and cold winters.
The good
- Rent below the national average
- Affordable home prices
- Low crime rates
- Low student-teacher ratio
The not so good
- Below-average household incomes
- Air quality concerns
- High poverty rate
- Cold winters
- Heavy snowfall — 64" per year
How Warrensville Heights compares
Median household income
Median rent (per month)
Median home value
What it takes to move to Warrensville Heights
Based on Warrensville Heights's median rent, home value and household income
To rent
$2,088
up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit
- Income to keep rent under 30%: $41,760 a year
- 47% of Warrensville Heights renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent
To buy
$24,220
a 20% down payment on the median home
- With 10% down: $12,110
- Homes cost 2.4× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)
Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.
The details
Cost of living▼ 26% below US
$1,044/mo median rent
Rent here is genuinely low, with median rent around $1,044 a month. Money stretches further here than in most of the country. Home prices here are genuinely accessible, with a median around $121,100. That kind of affordability is rare in today's market.
Median home value $121,100 · 47% of renters cost-burdened
Job market
4.1% county unemployment
Unemployment in Cuyahoga County is 4.1%, close to the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.
Cuyahoga County (county-wide)
Safety▼ 64% below US
120 violent crimes per 100k
Pretty safe, all things considered. Violent crime sits below the national average, nothing alarming, just ordinary city-life awareness.
Property crime 1406/100k · Warrensville Heights Police Department · 2025 data
Getting aroundNear US average
24 min average commute
Commutes run about average, at 24.3 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 8 in 10 workers drive to work; 6% take public transit; 14% work from home.
How workers get to work
Climate
Summers are comfortable, with highs around 79°F, and winters are cold, with lows around 26°F and snow a regular occurrence.
Average month
30-year averages, 1991–2020
Healthcare
1 hospital
There's one Medicare-certified hospital inside city limits, rated 5.0 out of 5 by Medicare. Hospitals in neighboring towns aren't counted here.
Medicare-certified hospitals
Education & workforce▼ 33% below US
24% bachelor's degree or higher
College degree attainment runs below average at 24%. That tends to reflect a more trade and working-class economy, which can be great or limiting depending on the industry.
Schools
6 public schools inside the boundary
There are 6 public schools inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 13:1, well below the national average of 16:1. Smaller class sizes are generally a positive sign for a district.
Parks & recreation
The nearest national park or historic site is Cuyahoga Valley National Park (12 miles away). There are 4 national parks and sites within a day's drive.
Bottom line
Warrensville Heights's strongest points are rent below the national average and home prices that remain within reach; the main tradeoffs are household incomes below the national average and air quality that falls short of national benchmarks. A year of median rent ($1,044/mo) equals 25% of the median household income here, more than the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit people watching their budget and anyone prioritizing low crime.
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