The 10 Best Cleveland Suburbs To Live In For 2024

The 10 Best Cleveland Suburbs To Live For 2024

Pepper Pike is always mentioned as one of the best suburbs in the Cleveland area. We’ll tell you the good about “Awesome Pepper Pike.”

Everyone here is rich; families average $198,438 a year, which is the 3rd highest in the Cleveland region. And only 1.57% are out of work. Homes average more than $590,591 each.

Oakwood is the second best ‘burb we looked at near Cleveland for 2024.

It ranks 8th for incomes in the area and only 2.87% of residents lack insurance, good for 28th best.

Here in Hudson, it’s really safe, and residents are just about as rich as you’ll see in the Cleveland metro area.

The bad side? Schools are more crowded, and the cost of living puts a large part of the city out of reach for most families.

But price is based on demand and a lot of people want to live in Hudson.

South Russell ranks as the 4th best suburb of Cleveland for 2024.

You won’t find many better places to raise your kids in the region than in South Russell and the schools are some of the best around.

Coming in as the fifth best is Avon Lake.

Avon Lake gets kudos for having the 15th most expensive homes in the Cleveland area, where houses sell for an average of $364,413. However, the cost of living here is among the highest in the area.

Review Of Avon Lake by HomeSnacks User

Great place to grow up with very good schools. Tight community that has grown rapidly. Everyone seems to know each other and a lot of effort is put into keeping the community safe and pleasant.

Going down to the lake is a favorite activity for locals. Friday night football is also a big deal in this town. Not many food options, but the surrounding communities offer more in the way of restaurants and shopping. It is a bedroom community.

Rocky River is proud of its 6th place finish on this list. And here’s why.

Most residents have great jobs and the unemployment rate sits at 2.56%.

According to online reports, Rocky River is quickly becoming one of the more affluent suburbs in the Cleveland area, meaning you need to get in soon.

The 7th best suburb on our list goes to Chagrin Falls.

Chagrin Falls schools are some of the best in the region, and crime is really low. The cost of living makes it a lot more desirable for many families, especially first-time home buyers.

And, it’s only 15.4 miles to downtown, which is a good thing.

Silver Lake is growing quickly, and for a good reason. Crime is far below average, and most residents are gainfully employed. Even the cost of living is reasonable.

A solid 0.95% of people lack insurance, good for 4th in the area.

Is ‘Everything Better In Avon?’

Almost.

It placed 9th on our list thanks to the fact that it’s really expensive to live here, but the schools are great, so you get what you pay for in that regard.

And rounding out the top ten for 2024 is Highland Heights.

This city is far above average in every category, and the best part? It’s far more affordable than the other cities listed above. So, you get a big bang for your buck here.

Methodology: How We Determined The Best Suburbs Around Cleveland for 2024

Figuring out the best suburbs around Cleveland was simple. We used Saturday Night Science to find things people like about living in the suburbs and then locate the suburbs with those things.

We analyzed the newest American Community Survey data for 2018-2022 to research each suburb. We decided upon the following criteria:

• Low unemployment rate
• High median household incomes
• Population density (lots of things to do)
• High home values
• A lot of college-educated people
• Low poverty
• High rate of insured families

We defined a suburb as being within 30 miles of Cleveland.

Additionally, we limited the analysis to places that have over 2,000 people. This left us with a grand total of 83 suburbs to evaluate around Cleveland.

We ranked each place with scores from 1 to 83 in each category, where 1 was the “best.

Next, we averaged the rankings for each place to create a quality-of-life index.

Finally, we crowned the city with the best quality of life index, the “Best Suburb near Cleveland.” We’re lookin’ at you, Pepper Pike.

This result may differ from our state-wide data as we did not include commute times and crime for this analysis to allow for a more extensive selection of suburbs.

We updated the data for 2024. This report is our tenth time ranking the best Cleveland suburbs. Skip to the end to see the list of all the suburbs ranked from best to worst.