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134 C L E V E L AND / June 2010
photo by Bonnie Holland / portraits by Eric Mulladditional photos by Brittany Schenk
136 Top 20 Suburbs
138 No. 1 Suburb
139 Historic Towns
140 Walkable Cities
141 Rural Living
142 Retail Hot Spots
143 Nature Centers
144 Boomtowns
145 Lake Living
146 Bargain Suburbs
147 Top 15s
148 Vital Stats
150 Education Stats
154 Safety Stats
SuburbS
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Finding the right placeto live means different thingsto different people. Yes, wed all like great schools, a safe
community and low taxes. Then theres the extras that really
make a town special a historic feel, access to Lake Erie or
plenty of shopping and dining nearby. Weve got something
for everyone whatever your taste may be.EditEd by
Kim SChNEiDEr
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Best Bargains
top 20 suBurBs
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Twinsburg [15] 1 19 15 126 $222,750 -4.81% 26.20% 77.3% $1,600 4 14 56.0%
Orange Village [7] 2 21 6 35 $280,000 -20.79% 43.04% 95.7% $2,110 0 13 13.5%
aVOn [17] 3 31 19 275 $245,000 17.37% 43.07% 88.3% $1,700 2 13 16.4%
sOlOn [2] 4 25 1 209 $252,000 -0.10% 12.00% 87.8% $2,000 6 14 40.6%
aurOra [6] 5 28 9 83 $294,000 29.94% 68.48% 81.9% $1,720 1 10 14.3%
PePPer Pike [8] 6 12 6 61 $383,000 -6.93% 18.76% 95.6% $2,190 0 14 0.1%
richfield Village [1] 7 15 8 21 $168,000 -1.75% 24.44% 88.9% $1,680 1 11 3.4%
kirTland [NR] 8 7 16 31 $270,800 18.25% 55.19% 86.7% $1,780 1 9 0.7%
MOreland hills [9] 9 1 6 30 $350,500 -1.54% 11.27% 95.0% $2,120 0 12 0.0%
rOcky riVer [5] 10 27 5 253 $186,000 -18.78% 3.33% 71.2% $2,330 0 14 94.7%
beachwOOd [13] 11 48 7 109 $255,000 -12.07% 19.72% 64.4% $1,920 0 12 90.0%
indePendence [3] 12 38 25 54 $187,950 -12.58% 6.19% 94.6% $1,680 5 14 89.4%
hudsOn [4] 13 32 2 202 $285,000 -0.39% 16.92% 90.4% $2,020 1 10 26.2%
bay Village [14] 14 3 12 220 $173,250 -4.81% 13.98% 92.2% $2,510 0 11 100.0%
aVOn lake [11] 15 22 13 54 $189,000 6.24% 11.83% 87.0% $1,800 6 12 54.3%
Mayfield Village [NR] 16 6 28 25 $212,500 -11.94% 11.84% 81.8% $1,970 0 13 31.0%
wesTlake [18] 17 30 10 314 $208,350 -10.29% -13.01% 74.8% $1,940 2 13 100.0%
Medina
[16]18 17 21
339 $136,500 -18.26% -4.68% 66.3% $1,700 9 14 96.8%baTh [NR] 19 40 8 52 $284,450 16.10% 35.45% 91.8% $1,850 0 7 0.9%
willOughby [NR] 20 4 34 83 $149,700 7.12% 21.96% 59.8% $1,730 5 13 51.6%
Mayfield heighTs [5] 1 51 28 164 $133,500 -3.96% 16.09% 50.8% $2,150 0 13 94.6%
nOrTh OlMsTed [6] 2 36 30 231 $136,000 -12.26% -1.45% 79.7% $2,460 1 14 75.0%
easTlake [1] 3 34 34 104 $123,200 -0.04% 19.73% 78.0% $1,720 4 11 18.6%
aMhersT [NR] 4 47 31 140 $132,350 -15.70% 1.22% 85.4% $1,610 0 8 89.8%
willOwick [4] 5 44 34 123 $119,900 -6.51% 11.53% 83.2% $2,100 0 10 100.0%
wickliffe [7] 6 45 40 95 $119,300 -8.23% 6.52% 84.4% $1,720 1 11 95.6%
berea [NR] 7 39 38 171 $119,000 -6.48% 7.21% 71.2% $2,270 2 12 94.7%
lyndhursT [9] 8 14 43 171 $130,000 -14.47% 4.00% 88.0% $2,660 1 11 81.8%
cuyahOga falls [NR] 9 64 39 377 $117,000 0.00% 19.39% 65.7% $1,870 8 13 53.9%
MenTOr-On-The-lake [8] 10 43 20 39 $120,300 -4.90% 17.37% 68.9% $1,860 0 4 23.1%
brOOk Park [10] 11 62 38 134 $114,450 -9.88% 1.73% 83.6% $2,010 8 12 77.6%
cleVeland heighTs [NR] 12 56 49 315 $133,200 -1.33% 26.56% 62.1% $3,080 1 14 100.0%
OakwOOd [NR] 13 29 50 7 $118,900 -23.54% 26.49% 72.4% $1,920 0 7 8.9%
lakewOOd [NR] 14 53 37 407 $122,000 -11.27% 6.55% 45.2% $2,640 5 12 99.0%
ParMa [NR] 15 67 44 604 $109,000 -11.88% 0.93% 77.5% $2,120 3 11 98.8%
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Top 15
educaTion
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ranking
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howweratehow do you decide which
subuRbs aRe in The Top 20?
In the years that weve rated Clevelands sub-urbs, weve evaluated three major actors:saety, education and housing. Weve addedother qualities that make a suburb desirable
such as public services, diversity and walk-ability based on our readers eedback andour 2006 survey o suburban Clevelanders,which asked what they valued most in a com-munity. Our standards are limited, to a degree,by what is quantifable.
Scores are assigned to each suburb orevery category used in the rankings. Thosescores are based on this years available num-bers or all o the communities. We then addup the category scores, weighting certain cat-egories more than others. Saety and educa-tion, or example, are given more weight thanproperty tax, which is given more weight thanenvironmental inractions.
The top 20 are those suburbs with thehighest combined scores in other words,
the suburbs that perorm best in all o the cat-egories combined.
howwediditOverall rankings are determined using rawdata that is converted into points calculatedrom the average in each category. Rankingsor saety and education are awarded basedon the total scores in each category.
safeTy
Sources: Statistics or calendar year 2009 areprovided by each suburb. Crimes per 1,000 inRichfeld Village are based on the combinedpopulations o Richfeld Village and Rich-feld Township, since the Richfeld Village po-lice patrol both and do not keep separate vil-lage stats.
educaTion
Sources: Individual school districts and theOhio Department o Education 2008-2009 Lo-cal Report Card district data fles.
Twenty-eight o the states 30 indicators orstudent perormance are based on standard-ized tests. The other two standards are atten-dance and graduation rates. The states Peror-
mance Index rewards the perormance o everystudent, not just those who score profcient orhigher. The state tests students in reading andmath every year rom third through eighthgrade and also tests writing in ourth gradeand seventh grade and science and social stud-ies in fth grade and eighth grade. The 10thgrade state graduation test and 11th grade testinclude reading, writing, social studies, scienceand mathematics. Achieving adequate yearlyprogress (AYP), part o the ederal No Child LetBehind Act, means increasing student achieve-ment incrementally over a 12-year period withthe goal o 100 percent profciency. The statesvalue-added ranking measures students prog-ress rom year to year. Districts whose studentsexceed the states growth expectations get a
green rating rom the state and extra points
in our ormula; a yellow rating means thestudents met growth expectations; and a redrating, which shows that the students did notmeet growth expectations, means points lost inour ormula.
The state was not able to calculate student-teacher ratios or 2008-09 because o techni-cal problems with its data. We are publishingthe 2007-08 ratios this year but not countingthem in our ratings ormula.
For more detailed reports on local state re-port cards, visit www.ode.state.oh.us.
median home-sale pRice
Sources: Cleveland State Universitys Max-ine Goodman Levin College o Urban Aairs(1999, 2004). Figures or 2009 provided by
the county auditors ofces and include validsales o single-amily homes.
pRopeRTy Tax
Sources:2009 rates o taxation are rom coun-ty auditors ofces and include the 10 percentrollback and 2.5 percent reduction or owner-occupied residential property.
populaTion
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2008 estimates
enviRonmenTal infRacTions
Source: The Ohio Environmental ProtectionAgencys database o reported polluted sites,which is continuously updated and includesreports o polluted sites that the EPA has notully investigated
communiTy seRvices
The mayors ofce o each suburb inormed uswhich o the ollowing services are available toall residents: tennis courts, basketball courts,baseball/sotball diamonds, indoor or outdoorice rink, indoor swimming pool, outdoor swim-ming pool, public playground, recreation cen-ter, public skateboarding park, senior services,youth services, ree mulch, ree lea pickup, reegarbage pickup and recycling programs.
Roads wiTh sidewalKs
Each suburb provided inormation on themiles o roads and sidewalks. When unavail-able rom the city, miles o roads were deter-mined based on data rom the Ohio PublicWorks Commission. Percentage o roads withsidewalks was determined by dividing center-line miles o roads by hal the miles o side-walks (assuming sidewalks on both sides othe street) and converting to a percentage.
poVErty, DiVErsity AND
owNEr-oCCupiED housiNgSource: 2000 U.S. Census; Diversity points areawarded based on the suburbs percentage ominority residents (as defned by the Census),with the most points given to those suburbsclosest to a 50 percent balance.
17,394 2.1% 13.1%
3,258 3.6% 18.5%
17,086 1.9% 3.0%
21,866 2.5% 12.2%
14,548 3.6% 4.3%
5,715 3.7% 10.1%
3,576 3.5% 2.6%
7,362 2.3% 1.5%
3,064 3.3% 7.0%
18,900 2.3% 3.2%
11,108 4. 3% 13.5%
6,770 3.6% 2.4%
23,037 1.7% 5.3%
14,606 3.1% 2.0%
23,996 2.3% 2.7%
3,121 2.6% 5.6%
30,546 2.5% 7.1%
25,824 5.7% 5.4%10,188 1.3% 4.6%
22,561 5.8% 3.5%
17,737 6.3% 8.2%
31,319 4.1% 6.0%
19,520 5.0% 2.6%
11,724 2.1% 3.2%
13,727 4.5% 2.2%
12,983 6.5% 4.6%
17,987 5.5% 8.5%
13,848 2.5% 3.3%
51,090 6.1% 4.2%
8,288 5.7% 2.9%
19,194 4.6% 5.5%
45,827 10.6% 47.5%
3,719 6.3% 59.3%
50,704 8.9% 6.9%
77,947 4.9% 4.3%
*These categories were not used to calculate ratings.
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Diversity
(%minority)
1 MOreland hills [1]
2 sagaMOre hills TwP. [4]
3 bay Village [14]
4 willOughby [19]
5 highland heighTs [5]
6 Mayfield Village [8]
7 kirTland [7]
8 hinckley TwP. [9]
9 chesTer TwP. [29]
10 seVen hills [10]
11 brOadView heighTs [15]
12 PePPer Pike[11]
13 sTrOngsVille [12]
14 lyndhursT [20]
15 richfield Village [35]
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1 sOlOn [1]
2 hudsOn [3]
3 chagrin falls [2]
4 brecksVille-brOadView hTs. [7]
5 rOcky riVer [8]
6 Orange Village [4]
7 beachwOOd [5]
8 reVere [6]
9 aurOra [12]
10 wesTlake [10]
11 kensTOn [9]
12 bay Village[11]
13 aVOn [26]
14 OlMsTed falls [18]
15 Twinsburg [32]
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1Laura Leonardloves a goodstory. As thedirector of theTwinsburgPublic Library,shes read alot of them, discover-
ing other places andtimes. But as a born-and-raised Twinsburgresident, the 42-year-old prefers her realityto any book.
Theres a lot o security here
amiliar places, amiliar peo-
ple, she says o deciding to set-
tle down in her Summit County
hometown ater attending col-lege out o state. Its perect to
live and work in the same town
you grew up in.
Taking the No. 1 spot in this
years Rating the Suburbs, the
city o Twinsburg has many
stories to be proud o. Ten years
ago, the city saw a boost in pop-
ulation that changed the small
community o about 9,000 into
one almost double in size. The
economy was up, businesses
expanded, and others moved
to town. That healthy tax basesoon led to new single-amily
developments.
Today, the school system has
an excellent with distinction
rating rom the State o Ohio
Department o Education or
the second year in a row, and
city amenities include an a-
ordable ftness center. The pub-
lic library Leonard oversees has
been ranked No. 1 or its size
six out o the past 10 years, in-
cluding this year as it celebratesits centennial.
Leonards list o avorite
things about her city includes
Liberty Park, where she takes
her cavalier King Charles span-
iel, Calamity Jane, to play.
We get people rom outside
the community who come in
and are stunned by what Twins-burg has to oer, she says.
But the city has aced adversi-
ty, too. The recent closing o the
citys Chrysler plant will result
in the loss o 1,000 jobs and a
revenue shortall o about $4
million or the city. Twinsburgs
leaders have already passed a
city budget 8.5 percent lower
than last years and hope a new
Cleveland Clinic medical acili-
ty set to open in 2011 and bring
300 new jobs will help oset
some o that lost revenue.
Leonard has seen her city
band together to get through
tough times beore, specifcallythe death o police ofcer Josh-
ua Miktarian in 2008.
That was one point where
old and new Twinsburg melded
together, she says. It aected
everybody. To see the street shut
down and all the people out or
him was truly amazing.
/ / Kim Schneider
2OrANgE ViLLAgESchools that consis-
tently rank in our Top 10 (No. 6
this year), a strong median home
sale value (the fth-largest jump
between 1999 and 2009), and
the most diversity o any Top 20
suburb propelled this 3.75-square-mile village to another
fnish near the top o our list.
3AVONThis booming Lorain
County town may be working to
hang onto its country charm, but
the suburbs growth during the
past decade has boosted median
home sale values an impressive 43
percent between 1999 and 2009.
Its been a consistent Top 20 fn-
isher, coming in at No. 14 in 2007
and No. 17 the past two years.
4SOLONThis East Side suburb
has topped our school rankings
or three o the past fve years,
alling only to No. 2 on the occa-
sions it didnt come out on top.
That sterling schools perormance
alone gives Solon a solid leg up.
Moderate taxes and abundant
city services, including many
activities or people with disabili-
ties, cemented the citys fnish.
5AurOrAThis outlying suburb
experienced the biggest jump in
median home sale value (68.5
percent) between 1999 and 2009,
reminding us o pre-real-estate
bust fgures. Schools are also
a big reason Aurora made our
Top 5. Ater improving its fnish
in each o the past three years,
Auroras school system broke the
Top 10 (No. 9) in our educationrankings this year.
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hen Dick Parke was
a kid, he knew everycentury-old home in
Shaker Heights. As
wed drive around,
he recalls, my mother would say: That
house is 100 years old! Isnt that cool?
He caught the bug. Parke became a histo-
ry bu, a Civil War memorabilia collector.
At his alma mater, University School, hes
a math teacher, but he also runs a history
club. The students know he carries a Civil
War bullet with him at all times.
Parke, 56, now lives in one o those cen-
tury homes. In 1997, he and his wie, Jude,
bought an 1842 Greek Revival armhouseon Shaker Heights Fairmount Boulevard.
John D. Rockeeller is said to have hung out
on the homes side porch, planning Sunday
school with his pastor, who lived there.
[When I] go to sleep at night, i Im
having trouble, Ill close my eyes, and my
mind will picture what this looked like in
1852 without any streetlights or telephone
poles, Parke says. Ill picture a guy with a
horse and wagon coming down the street.
Parke commissioned a muralist to paint
an 1860s scene above his mantle. It imag-
ines what the area looked like then, depict-ing Parkes house, a church and the grist
mill o the North Union Shakers.
The religious community, 300 strong atits peak, lived just south o Fairmount Bou-
levard or 67 years. But its practice o celiba-
cy was a poor strategy or growth; the last 27
o them let the area in 1889. Oris and Man-
tis Van Sweringen bought the Shakers or-
mer property in 1905, razed the abandoned
buildings, and started planning Clevelands
most meticulously crated suburb.
Each home has fne detailing: roos, win-
dow panes, balconies. The Van Sweringens
were taskmasters, Parke says. They were
very specifc in how you were allowed to
build your house, how you landscaped it,
what colors you were supposed to use.Those exacting standards continue today in
the citys strict zoning.
I oten take the long way to get places,
just to look at the architecture and the beau-
tiul homes, Parke says. He will turn down
a side street to see one o those century
homes, silently thankul to all the owners
whove kept up their slate roos.
I dont go to art museums, Parke says.
I get more aesthetic and visual pleasure
out o walking, riding a bicycle, or driving
down a street like Shelburne, North Park,
South Park or Townley Road.To me, thats art. / / erick trickey
ChArDoNTh 141-yr-old
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Sheila Knill-Schreiner lik-
ens hersel to the mailman. The
veteran West Side dog walker
hits Lakewoods sidewalksyear-round, through rain, sleet,
snow and bright sunny days.
Were like the post ofce, she
says. We get there.
Knill-Schreiner, 45, is a or-
mer Lakewood resident whos
run Yuppee Puppee or a de-
cade now. Shes covered a lot o
ground in the 5.5-square-mile
city with 185 miles o side-
walks. Although she no longer
calls Lakewood home, most o
her clients live there. For her,
the citys best perk is its easy
transition rom urban hot spotto natural environment.
Knill-Schreiner and her urry
west-end clients not only stroll
through the citys neighbor-
hoods during regular hal-hour
walks, but they also take ad-
vantage o easy access to the
Cleveland Metroparks Rocky
River Reservation and the Lake-
wood Dog Park just inside its
entrance.
In April, Lakewood also be-
gan a one-year trial program
that allows leashed dogs in both
Lakewood Park and Kauman
Park city-owned properties
that had previously outlawed
mans best riend.
Lakewood has been building
on its strength as a pedestrian-
riendly community in other
ways, too. Last year, the non-
proft revitalization group Heri-
tage Ohio certifed Lakewoodas an Ohio Main Street Com-
munity. The recognition comes
ater fve years o eort rom
citizens, business owners and
volunteers or LakewoodAlive.
Theyve worked to keep local
businesses open and bring new
ones in, giving residents more
restaurants, shops and other
conveniences unique to success-
ul, densely populated cities.
Given that ocus, it should
come as no surprise that 90 per-cent o Knill-Schreiners clients
are young business proession-
als and amilies, something she
attributes in part to the citys
many aordable and nice rental
properties and the communitys
amily-riendly eel. There are
enough parks in Lakewood that
i you have young children, you
should be within walking dis-
tance o one, no matter where
you live, Knill-Schreiner says
Beyond that, 10 public
schools dot Lakewoods neigh-borhoods, making it a short
walk or most kids, and more
than 1,100 businesses, the ma-
jority locally owned, line Lake-
woods main arteries.
BErEACratd as a
utopa vllag
ad ralroad tow t 1800s
by Jo Baldw, ts cty s
compact ad asy to stroll
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LaeoodThis inner-ring suburb has madebuilding a thriving, walkable communityone of its foremost goals.
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tm asy to gt to o oot. B sur to cck
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ous ad Covtrys ppfd agouts.
Pets General Store and the
Furry Nation are two good
reasons to have a pet in Lake-
wood, Knill-Schreiner says.
Well add one more: Its a
great place to roam, no matter
what end o the leash youre on.
/ / AMber MAtheson
if your bootS are made for
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BAiNBriDgETowNship
The huge red barn vis-
ible from US-422 lets
you know youre in
the country. Its part of the exclusive
Canyon Lakes development the
perfect symbol for todays Bainbridge
Township, with lily-white farmhouses
and million-dollar mega-homes onsprawling green lots.
CoNCorD TowNshipEven as high-end homes sprout in
new subdivisions, this suburb is work-
ing to preserve its history, renovating
its former town hall from 1870 and
approving smaller lot sizes if develop-
ers set aside preserved land. Two
golf course communities share the
township with horse farms and Lake
Metroparks.
oLmsTED TowNshipCuyahoga Countys quiet southeast
corner abounds with 5- to 10-acre
lots perfect for small farms. New
subdivisions are packed with romp-
ing kids, thanks to a building boomthat peaked in 2004, while longtime
residents live in older homes clustered
along the main drags.
riChfiELD ViLLAgEThe verdant village of about 3,500
holds a charming symmetry between
past and present, as evidenced by the
restored century-old red barns recall-
ingAmerican Gothic not far from
secluded mansions more akin toMTV Cribs. / / John hitch
hnckley
alking the grounds o
Al Bowmans Hillside
Orchard in Hinckley,
its easy to imagine
youre back in a time
o amily arms and simple living.
Hinckley is a beautiul place, topo-
graphically and geographically, and that
draws people, Bowman says. Plus, you
cant put large developments in Hinckley,
the lay o the land just doesnt allow it.At just 5 square miles, Hinckleys wood-
ed hills, valleys and 35-year-old zoning
requirement that lots be 2 acres or larger
make it an attractive suburb or solitude
seekers. [The zoning change] brought the
people out who wanted space, who wanted
rural-type living, says Bowman, 71.
Much has changed. This proverbial
one-stoplight town now has fve, and the
armland that once surrounded the origi-
nal 108-acre Bowman amily arm has
been replaced by a neighborhood o 50
homes with hal-million and up price tags.
Even as Hinckley has grown up, the Bow-mans 62-year-old roadside market and
12-acre orchard endures as a landmark o
the communitys rural roots. The enclosed
market sits on almost the same Route 303
spot where a 9-year-old Bowman once kept
watch over his dads display o apples on
a board supported by two cement blocks.
Today, Hillside still does brisk business in
locally grown and handmade oods. Bow-
man is known locally as Papa Bear, and
now the third generation o Bowmans
Scott Baby Bear Bowman is working
alongside his ather.
With a small light-industry zone and a
sprinkling o local businesses, such as Fos-ters Tavern and bait-and-tackle shop Hinck-
ley Outftters, at the towns center, Hinckley
is largely home to commuters and, o
course, its amed buzzards, which are actu-
ally turkey vultures. The birds return every
March to the Hinckley Reservation, one o
the ew Cleveland Metroparks properties
outside o Cuyahoga County and home to
the 90-acre Hinckley Lake.
I spacious living and a small-town eel
are what brought so many o Hinckleys
residents here, thats what also keeps the
community resolute against traditional de-
velopment, according to Bowman. Most
o the people who are here want it the wayit is. / / Jennifer Keirn
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than those famous buzzards.
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credit
indow displays are
a source o pride
or Katie Coulton. A
mannequin dressed
in a bright yellowdress with a scar tied around its neck makes
those who walk by take a second look.
As the 61-year-old owner o the Grey
Colt, the oldest shop along Hudsons his-
toric Main Street, Coulton knows that the
right necklace or handbag can catch the eye
o those strolling by her store.
The success o the business is knowing
the customer base, she says. We know
what theyve bought in the past. We help
people put things together. Thats a lot o
why our store has survived.
The city o Hudson is known or itstouches o New England rom the iconic
clock tower on the village
green to its century-old
Victorian homes. Its the
kind o place where many
o the citys residents walk
downtown to grab lunch or
listen to a band play at the
gazebo.
So it was important that
the 2004 opening o First
& Main, a new retail devel-
opment built on the siteo the ormer Morse Con-
trol property behind Main
Street, was done right. City
leaders required it to ft in
with Hudsons Western Re-
serve architecture.
Today, First & Main
doesnt eel like a shopping
center. It has brick roads,
a public square at its cen-
ter and an artully hidden
parking garage. And while
it is home to plenty o localbusinesses such as Hein-
ens supermarket, Luchitas
Mexican restaurant and
girls clothier Nicky Nicole,
it also has national chains
such as Coldwater Creek
and Ann Taylor Lot.
Some independent busi-
ness owners initially ques-
tioned the decision to bring more retail to
the area when existing places were having a
tough time making it. Saywells Drug Store,
a city mainstay since 1909, closed in 2005.
It was the last true anchor o MainStreet, Coulton says. We lost a lot o those
people who were coming downtown to
wait or their prescriptions or to get things
at the soda ountain.
But those ears have lessened during the
past six years. Visitors routinely come rom
out o town to check out the 30-plus retail-
ers and more than a dozen restaurants that
call Hudsons downtown home.
The retail part o the town is big enough
that people who live here dont eel like
they have to go to cities like Beachwood,
Coulton says. Its convenient. They enjoythe small-town eeling. / / KS
BEAChwooD
Yeah, its close to
neighboring Legacy
Village and Eton
Chagrin Boulevard,
but this East Side
suburb has plenty of
shopping and dining
destinations of its
own. The upscale
Beachwood Place is
home to NortheastOhios only Saks
Fifth Avenue and
Nordstrom.
ChAgriN
FALLs
The charming and
historic 1800s mill
town has great views
of its famous natural
waterfalls along
with a bustling town
square that makes
shopping at its more
than 80 locally owned
independent shops
and restaurants seem
like a vacation. Cloth-
ing store Sanity and
Ricks Caf, known for
its ribs and hamburg-
ers, are just some of
the hot spots.
LyNDhurst
High-ends stores
such as Crate &
Barrel, Restoration
Hardware and the
Viking Store mix
well with popular
eateries such as the
Cheesecake Factory,
Claddagh Irish Pub
and California Pizza
Kitchen inside theshopping Disneyland
of Legacy Village.
roCky
riVEr
The historic Beachcliff
Market Square has
been revitalized with
an updated marquee
that now belongs to
the Pub while na-
tional chains such as
Ann Taylor Loft and
Jos. A. Bank moved
into new retail space
next door. The Old
Detroit Road area
has Adesso Fashion
for Men and Amys
Shoes, along with
restaurants Tartine
Bistro and Salmon
Daves. / / KS
Food & Shopping
If you have a taste for
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hdnMixing local stores with national chainswhile preserving a small-town feel is noeasy feat, but this town has pulled it off.
Katie Coulton owns
the Grey Colt on
Hudsons historic
Main Street.
Chagrin Falls
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BAth
This green-minded
township is home
to two living
laboratories The University o
Akron Field Station (an ecological
research lab inside the Bath NaturePreserve), and the Crown Point
Ecology Center (a sustainable
arming initiative) as well as the
295-acre ONeil Woods MetroPark,
a ormer armstead with hiking
trails and a picnic area.
MAyfiELD ViLLAgE
A Green Corridor Master Plan
approved in 2009 ensures the
eventual completion o a north-
to-south trail system through the
village. Itll be a boon to a city
thats already almost a quarter
parkland because o the Cleve-
land Metroparks North Chagrin
Reservation, which includes
Manakiki Gol Course, a nature
center and a boardwalk through
Sanctuary Marsh.
SAgAMorE hiLLS
Brandywine Falls, one o the
Cuyahoga Valley National Parks
most popular destinations, lies
within this townships borders.
Scenic lookouts and a trail intothe gorge provide access to the
60-oot watery drop. Want your
H2O crystallized? Brandywine Ski
Resort will eed your fx. / / AM
Home to the largest reservation of theCleveland Metroparks, this town has nature
on its side.
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6
The Cleveland Metroparks
Brecksville Reservation perches
on the edge o the Cuyahoga
Valley then tumbles into
it. There are lowlands and
highlands, and theyre com-
pletely dierent rom one an-
other. Earl Waltz hikes the trails
through the wetlands surround-
ing Chippewa Creek, and he o-
ten heads to a scenic overlook
to see the water rushing downthe gorge.
Its all been cut out over the
years, he says. Thats the nic-
est aspect o it. Its not just a
at, grassy feld.
As a 23-year veteran o the
Cleveland Hiking Club, Waltz,
75, has tromped through most
o Northeast Ohio, but he ad-
mits to still getting a bit turned
around in his own reservation.
Its easy to see why. The city
o Brecksville lays claim toalmost all o the Brecksville
yard, even some coyotes, he
says. Even the animals recog-
nize Brecksvilles assets. I was
watching a couple o Canadian
geese walk up our street, says
Waltz, chuckling. They looked
just like people. Its a greatwalking area. / / AM
If you hear The Call of
NatureBecksvlle
CuyAhogA fALLSLocals know the citys namesake rushes
through downtown. In addition to a great
outdoor concert venue, Blossom Music Cen-
ter, the citys 5,800 acres o land within the
Cuyahoga Valley National Park system help
make the Falls 63 percent parkland.
Reservation (3,022 acres) plus
1,070 acres o the Cuyahoga
Valley National Park, making
the town one-third parkland.
Within that sea o green are
seven gorges, wetlands (in the
lowlands) and sweeping vis-tas (in the highlands). Sixteen
miles o the statewide Buckeye
Trail wind through the park,
as do 20 miles o bridle trails,
a small portion o the Ohio &
Erie Canal Towpath Trail and
almost 10 miles o paved paths
or bikers, runners and baby
strollers. The reservation even
has a gol course within its
boundaries.
Waltz has led hikes as long
as hes belonged to the 90-year-old club, which counts almost
1,000 members among its
ranks. He revels in spring and
all. When the colors change,
hell take a group out to the Sta-
tion Road Bridge, a pedestrian-
only walkway that allows views
downriver.
I like to walk and talk and
gawk, he says, and Brecksville,
where hes lived since 1971,
provides him with plenty o
opportunities or all three.
Theres the hike that starts atthe Brecksville Nature Center
and the one down the Towpath
Trail to Hookers Run, where he
stops his group to discuss theo-
ries behind the creeks suspect
name.
Nature spreads its tendrils
outside the reservation, too.
Waltzs home borders the park,
and its inhabitants oten end
up on his property.
I can look out my window
at trees, birds, lots o deer, wild turkeys roaming in my
Earl Waltz, a
member of
the Cleveland
Hiking Club,
leads hikes in
the Brecksville
Reservation.
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North riDgEViLLE
The city, which is celebrating
its bicentennial, has seen 3,798
new houses in the past 10 years.
Empty nesters and young families
have both been lured by its ranch
homes and lower taxes. And
even with all the building, there
are places to play, like the Shade
Drive Complex, which offers 13
baseball and softball diamonds.
StrEEtSboro
Those who havent been to Por-
tage Countys second-largest city
in the past decade would be sur-
prised to see how many houses
have cropped up (1,024) and thenumber of businesses that have
staked claims along state Route
14, the citys main drag.
StroNgSViLLE
The boom in this southwest
suburb began in 1996 with the
opening of SouthPark Mall and
continues today with a new $20
million shopping plaza. The city
is also developing an addi-
tional 169 acres of its 1,693-acre
Strongsville Business & Technol-
ogy Park, the largest industrial
park in Northeast Ohio.
WEStLAkE
Although its once-rapid housing
growth tapered off between 2001
and 2008, culminating in just 12
housing starts last year, this West
Side suburb barely resembles
the city it was a generation ago
in a good way. The opening of
Crocker Park in November 2004
gave the community both a focal
point and a huge retail boost./ / Miranda S. Miller
Avn
taylor J. Smithwants to make
one thing clear rom the start.
There isnt necessarily any
confict between historic pres-
ervation and development,
says the 76-year-old president
o the Avon Historical Society
if you need the Speed of a
BoomTownand a crusader or historic pres-
ervation in the town hes called
home since birth.
Smith is also the man who
sold 75 o his acres or $7.5 mil-
lion to the developers o AvonCommons, the citys 800,000-
square-oot shopping center.
Yes, this guardian o Avons
heritage held the door open
or the boom while enorcing
a spirit o balance thats kept
Avon rom becoming develop-
mentally generic.
Developments going to
happen. Do you stand there
and be stupid about it, or do
you try to direct it into con-
structive channels? Smith says.
There are certain ways to dothings that can be obstruction-
ist, and you end up with noth-
ing in the end or a disaster.
With easy Interstate 90 access,
quality schools, a sustained
small-town eel, and a balance
o industrial, commercial and
residential development, Avon
has handled its boomtown sta-
tus with style. Historic buildings
blend with new storeronts, and
local businesses such as Buck
Hardware have survived not arrom their big-box progeny.
People are usually surprised
by how many small businesses
there are here, Smith says. Many
are owned by Avon residents.
This 20-square-mile suburb,
once blanketed in a patchworko arms, is now largely occu-
pied by neighborhoods. The
city has seen more than 2,700
housing starts in the past 10
years. Population has jumped
more than 20 percent during
the same period.
In addition to Avon Com-
mons, which opened in 2000,
Avon is also now home to a
massive recreation complex
that includes a Frontier League
baseball stadium and the new
French Creek YMCA. Next up isa $90 million Cleveland Clinic
health campus scheduled to
open in 2011 and an I-90 inter-
change at Nagel Road.
Smith says Avons newer ar-
rivals are largely supportive o
preserving the communitys
heritage. A developer can be
convinced not to just bulldoze
a building, but to incorporate
it into their development, he
says. The best way to preserve a
building is to make sure theresa viable business in it. / / JK
Tyo J. Smth ocow th 75 cswh avo Commossts toy.
Sttsboo
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other cities Theyre the
Polos and Ralph Laurens,
Selan-Tegge says o pricier
suburbs. But Willoughby is
the L.L. Bean, oering the
same quality but without
the cache. You can get a
really nice home here or
$150,000 to $350,000.
Willoughby has the
same charm that makes Hudson and Cha-
grin Falls so desirable. Its downtown is
packed with so many Greek Revival, Itali-anate and Classical Revival storeronts that
its on the National Register o Historic
Places. And, in recent years, its been packed
with nightlie, too.
My kids call it the little West Sixth
Street, says Selan-Tegge, reerring to the
trendy downtown Cleveland street o res-
taurants and bars. Only, here you have Wil-
loughby Brewing Co., Gavis, Lure Bistro
and Corks Wine Bar, to name a ew.
Some o the citys nicest houses, Selan-
Tegge says, are on streets within walking
distance o downtown, especially Wal-
damere and Brown avenues. I theres a
house or sale there thats airly priced, itgoes right away.
Just like that lakeront cottage. Yes, it was
tiny. Sure, it needed work. But it was on the
lake. Selan-Tegge loves a bargain, she loves
Willoughby, and she still cant stop think-
ing about that cottage and what a abulous
deal she could have gotten.
I was kicking mysel, she says. Why
didnt I hear about it?
Ten years rom now, people might be
saying the same thing about Willoughby.
/ / colleen smitek
woman walked into
Twice Loved resale
shop last year with
a pocket ull o jew-
elry rom Tiany &
Co. They were relics rom a relationship
gone bad, and she wanted them out o her
house. She sold the whole lot to the shops
owner, Denise Selan-Tegge, or a raction o
its original cost. Anyone who stopped by
her downtown Willoughby store back then
could have let with a silver Tiany neck-
lace in perect condition or as low as $25 defnitely a bargain.
Deals arent something new to Willough-
by, a boot-shaped city o about 22,000 peo-
ple with Interstate 90 running across the
sole and just over a mile o lakeront land
at the very top.
Its the kind o place where Selan-Tegge
recently heard about a lakeront cottage that
sold or $45,000 and where houses in pre-
mier neighborhoods can cost tens o thou-
sands o dollars less than similar homes in
Wlluhb
EAstLAkEber-ceap, ultra-entertaining Lake
County Captains baseball isnt te
only dollar getting stretced in tistown. Te Willougby-Eastlake City
Scool District as been rated excel-
lent wit distinction by te state ortwo consecutive years. Last years
best bargain in our rankings, Eastlakeboasts a median ome sale value o
$123,200.
MAyfiELD HEigHtsTidy rows o aordable rances and
two-story omes mingle o te busyMayfeld Road corridor near Interstate
271. Altoug residents once ad to
contend wit gridlock, city engineersmade canges wit te completion
o a $17.5 million improvement
project, so traveling troug te citynow takes tree minutes on average.
For tose wo preer to walk, te4.2-square-mile Cuyaoga County
suburb as 95 percent o sidewalkstrougout.
NortH oLMstEDNort Olmsteds median sale valueo $136,000 is about two-tirds o
its neigbor, Westlake. Te yards may
not be as big, but te city-ownedrecreation center, wic as two ice
rinks, a gymnastics room, indoor and
outdoor pools and a giant skate park,sould keep your uture Olympian or
X-Gamer busy.
WiLLoWiCkNew amilies searcing or a starter
ome souldnt look past tis lake-sore suburb, wic oers plenty o
two-bedroom bungalows or less tan$90,000. Big amilies can also save
a bundle. Wen we cecked, many
spacious our-bedroom omes wereselling or less tan $120,000. / / JH
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With homes that are less expensive thancomparable properties in other cities, thissuburb may be the regions best-kept secret.
Bargain
If youre huntIng for a
th daa Dsa-tggra hpar h ygd buy
yu fd Wughby.
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Vital statsNum
berofhome
sale
s(2009)*
saFEtY
RaNK
ED
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RaNK
2010
Com
m
unity
Media
nhome
saleprice
(2009)*
2004-09
homesa
le
price
(%ch
ang
e)
10-year
homesa
le
price
(%ch
ang
e)
Own
er-occup
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h
ousing
units
P
roperty
tax
(per$10
0,0
00
valuatio
n)
Enviro
nmental
infra
ctions
Tota
lcommunity
service
s
Roadsw
ith
s
idewalks(%
)
Pop
ulatio
n
Be
lowpoverty
level(%)
Diversity
(%minority)
Amherst 47 31 140 $132,350 -15.70% 1.22% 85.4 $1,610 0 8 89.8% 11,724 2.1 3.2
AurorA 28 9 83 $294,000 29.94% 68.48% 81.9 $1,720 1 10 14.3% 14,548 3.6 4.3
Avon 31 19 275 $245,000 17.37% 43.07% 88.3 $1,700 2 13 16.4% 17,086 1.9 3.0
Avon LAke 22 13 54 $189,000 6.24% 11.83% 87.0 $1,800 6 12 54.3% 23,996 2.3 2.7
BAinBridge twp. 42 11 84 $276,950 0.71% 15.40% 92.3 $2,020 3 3 0.0% 11,150 4.2 6.9
BAth 40 8 52 $284,450 16.10% 35.45% 91.8 $1,850 0 7 0.9% 10,188 1.3 4.6
BAy viLLAge 3 12 220 $173,250 -4.81% 13.98% 92.2 $2,510 0 11 100.0% 14,606 3.1 2.0
BeAchwood 48 7 109 $255,000 -12.07% 19.72% 64.4 $1,920 0 12 90.0% 11,108 4.3 13.5
Bedford 65 50 62 $85,000 -22.37% -3.41% 60.1 $2,470 7 13 98.0% 12,965 7.6 21.0
Bedford heights 63 50 45 $100,000 -20.92% 1.01% 53.1 $2,200 6 13 90.0% 10,485 7.6 72.1
BereA 39 38 171 $119,000 -6.48% 7.21% 71.2 $2,270 2 12 94.7% 17,987 5.5 8.5
BrecksviLLe 33 4 120 $225,165 -11.27% 1.77% 88.4 $2,130 2 12 12.8% 12,851 2.5 5.1
BroAdview heights 11 4 175 $168,000 -24.92% -16.17% 77.4 $2,070 3 12 23.2% 17,274 3.2 5.0
Brook pArk 62 38 134 $114,450 -9.88% 1.73% 83.6 $2,010 8 12 77.6% 19,194 4.6 5.5
BrookLyn 71 46 75 $105,000 -13.72% 1.20% 62.1 $1,940 2 13 99.4% 10,410 6.6 7.3
Brunswick 23 27 414 $136,584 -17.47% -7.02% 80.6 $1,570 0 13 66.2% 34,711 4.6 2.9
chAgrin fALLs 16 3 64 $265,000 5.60% 22.12% 73.0 $2,450 5 10 41.7% 3,777 3.6 1.3
chArdon 60 26 38 $152,000 -9.77% 15.59% 60.5 $1,590 3 10 53.3% 5,210 3.8 2.2
chester twp. 9 18 48 $193,500 -5.15% 16.57% 93.5 $1,720 1 4 0.1% 10,907 1.7 1.9
cLeveLAnd heights 56 49 315 $133,200 -1.33% 26.56% 62.1 $3,080 1 14 100.0% 45,827 10.6 47.5
concord twp. 20 35 116 $277,500 20.65% 44.95% 91.3 $1,670 1 8 0.0% 16,405 2.7 2.5
cuyAhogA fALLs 64 39 377 $117,000 0.00% 19.39% 65.7 $1,870 8 13 53.9% 51,090 6.1 4.2
eAst cLeveLAnd 77 57 13 $79,000 -1.19% 33.90% 35.5 $2,330 1 9 50.4% 24,507 32.0 95.4
eAstLAke 34 34 104 $123,200 -0.04% 19.73% 78.0 $1,720 4 11 18.6% 19,520 5.0 2.6
eLyriA 73 47 669 $67,500 -33.27% -22.41% 64.6 $1,650 16 10 46.4% 54,979 11.7 18.7
eucLid 74 53 264 $86,000 -18.48% 0.00% 59.5 $2,530 12 13 100.0% 47,415 9.7 33.6
fAirview pArk 18 36 180 $140,000 -6.04% 7.69% 73.2 $2,770 3 11 89.6% 15,762 4.1 4.0
gArfieLd heights 69 48 161 $80,000 -19.23% -5.60% 79.9 $2,900 6 12 95.5% 27,734 8.5 19.3
highLAnd heights 5 28 67 $222,600 -1.07% -9.14% 97.3 $1,970 0 9 39.7% 8,533 4.0 6.8
hinckLey twp. 8 23 83 $202,000 -22.61% -7.34% 95.2 $1,460 1 4 0.6% 7,921 2.4 1.7
hudson 32 2 202 $285,000 -0.39% 16.92% 90.4 $2,020 1 10 26.2% 23,037 1.7 5.3
independence 38 25 54 $187,950 -12.58% 6.19% 94.6 $1,680 5 14 89.4% 6,770 3.6 2.4
kirtLAnd 7 16 31 $270,800 18.25% 55.19% 86.7 $1,780 1 9 0.7% 7,362 2.3 1.5
LAkewood 53 37 407 $122,000 -11.27% 6.55% 45.2 $2,640 5 12 99.0% 50,704 8.9 6.9
LorAin 76 56 809 $50,000 -36.06% -30.56% 61.2 $1,560 11 10 70.0% 70,239 17.1 30.3
Lyndhurst 14 43 171 $130,000 -14.47% 4.00% 88.0 $2,660 1 11 81.8% 13,848 2.5 3.3
mAcedoniA 37 32 80 $174,000 0.61% 10.30% 95.8 $1,620 2 9 0.0% 10,435 1.5 8.6
mApLe heights 75 54 117 $79,500 -17.19% -1.85% 83.8 $2,540 2 10 77.7% 23,667 5.9 48.4
mAyfieLd heights 51 28 164 $133,500 -3.96% 16.09% 50.8 $2,150 0 13 94.6% 17,737 6.3 8.2
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Vital statsNum
berofhome
sale
s(2009)*
saFEtY
RaNK
ED
UCatiON
RaNK
2010
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m
unity
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saleprice
(2009)*
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homesa
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price
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ousing
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s
idewalks(%
)
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lowpoverty
level(%)
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(%minority)
*These categories were not used to calculate ratings.
Mayfield Village 6 28 25 $212,500 -11.94% 11.84% 81.8 $1,970 0 13 31.0% 3,121 2.6 5.6
Medina 17 21 339 $136,500 -18.26% -4.68% 66.3 $1,700 9 14 96.8% 25,824 5.7 5.4
Mentor 49 20 307 $174,100 2.47% 19.25% 87.5 $1,600 5 11 48.4% 51,825 2.7 2.7
Mentor-on-the-lake 43 20 39 $120,300 -4.90% 17.37% 68.9 $1,860 0 4 23.1% 8,288 5.7 2.9
Middleburg heights 26 38 137 $145,000 -12.91% 1.40% 73.2 $2,010 4 12 42.8% 14,928 3.0 5.4
Moreland hills 1 6 30 $350,500 -1.54% 11.27% 95.0 $2,120 0 12 0.0% 3,064 3.3 7.0
north olMsted 36 30 231 $136,000 -12.26% -1.45% 79.7 $2,460 1 14 75.0% 31,319 4.1 6.0
north ridgeVille 24 41 620 $154,490 -0.82% 23.69% 88.8 $1,650 1 7 50.0% 28,153 3.2 3.6
north royalton 41 17 179 $180,000 -6.49% -0.14% 74.9 $2,120 1 12 8.8% 29,331 2.3 3.8
oakwood 29 50 7 $118,900 -23.54% 26.49% 72.4 $1,920 0 7 8.9% 3,719 6.3 59.3
olMsted falls 46 14 73 $138,000 -14.18% -20.89% 83.3 $2,390 0 9 35.0% 8,168 2.1 3.3
olMsted twp. 55 14 65 $178,000 -4.86% 14.84% 79.8 $2,440 0 5 53.1% 10,083 3.0 3.0
orange Village 21 6 35 $280,000 -20.79% 43.04% 95.7 $2,110 0 13 13.5% 3,258 3.6 18.5
painesVille 35 51 53 $91,700 -10.97% 9.17% 52.1 $1,780 18 8 83.7% 18,474 16.0 23.0
painesVille twp. 57 35 106 $157,170 14.51% 17.51% 78.0 $1,690 1 5 5.0% 19,101 4.6 3.3
parMa 67 44 604 $109,000 -11.88% 0.93% 77.5 $2,120 3 11 98.8% 77,947 4.9 4.3
parMa heights 54 44 197 $112,000 -13.55% 3.70% 59.9 $2,220 0 10 88.9% 19,757 7.6 5.2
pepper pike 12 6 61 $383,000 -6.93% 18.76% 95.6 $2,190 0 14 0.1% 5,715 3.7 10.1
richfield Village 15 8 21 $ 168,000 -1.75% 24.44% 88.9 $1,680 1 11 3.4% 3,576 3.5 2.6
richMond heights 59 52 70 $133,750 -18.20% -6.22% 63.1 $2,330 0 11 63.2% 10,174 5.3 31.0
rocky riVer 27 5 253 $186,000 -18.78% 3.33% 71.2 $2,330 0 14 94.7% 18,900 2.3 3.2
sagaMore hills twp. 2 32 50 $240,000 13.21% 31.15% 90.3 $1,740 0 3 10.7% 9,510 2.0 5.9
seVen hills 10 44 108 $161,750 -7.57% 4.42% 96.6 $2,190 0 9 89.3% 11,616 2.6 2.8
shaker heights 61 33 220 $230,000 -6.12% 18.25% 64.9 $3,300 1 14 89.3% 26,460 6.9 40.1
sheffield lake 70 45 106 $69,450 -33.86% -22.83% 80.3 $1,850 0 5 32.1% 8,905 4.7 3.3
solon 25 1 209 $252,000 -0.10% 12.00% 87.8 $2,000 6 14 40.6% 21,866 2.5 12.2
south euclid 68 43 192 $110,000 -11.29% 10.00% 83.9 $2,720 1 9 93.3% 21,209 4.5 24.8
stow 52 29 232 $171,500 12.09% 32.43% 72.1 $1,760 3 10 46.3% 33,899 2.9 4.8
streetsboro 50 42 94 $150,000 4.53% 22.50% 70.6 $1,440 1 7 7.5% 14,488 5.3 4.6
strongsVille 13 24 360 $177,750 -8.85% -1.25% 82.7 $2,150 3 12 26.9% 42,617 2.2 5.8
twinsburg 19 15 126 $222,750 -4.81% 26.20% 77.3 $1,600 4 14 56.0% 17,394 2.1 13.1
uniVersity heights 66 49 148 $143,200 -11.06% 4.92% 75.1 $3,090 0 10 100.0% 12,519 5.8 24.6
warrensVille heights 72 55 34 $75,000 -23.39% -8.54% 48.0 $2,380 3 8 82.9% 13,618 11.4 93.4
westlake 30 10 314 $208,350 -10.29% -13.01% 74.8 $1,940 2 13 100.0% 30,546 2.5 7.1
wickliffe 45 40 95 $119,300 -8.23% 6.52% 84.4 $1,720 1 11 95.6% 12,983 6.5 4.6
willoughby 4 34 83 $149,700 7.12% 21.96% 59.8 $1,730 5 13 51.6% 22,561 5.8 3.5
willoughby hills 58 34 24 $251,300 8.09% 37.70% 54.5 $1,770 0 9 0.0% 8,540 3.4 11.2
willowick 44 34 123 $119,900 -6.51% 11.53% 83.2 $2,100 0 10 100.0% 13,727 4.5 2.2
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Amherst 31 20.9 253 388 345 81 1608 236 23.2 28 182.0 275.2 326.3 180.3 265.6 305.3
AurorA 9 19.8 189 250 201 137 1607 145 23.7 30 190.0 289.7 339.4 193.4 292.4 358.7
Avon 19 20.8 309 274 197 21 1700 139 23.0 28 188.4 283.7 347.6 185.3 283.3 319.7
Avon LAke 13 19.0 314 309 288 103 1652 198 24.1 30 189.1 285.4 349.8 189.8 282.9 348.4
BAy viLLAge 12 18.6 183 204 186 119 1597 154 23.7 29 185.4 287.8 363.7 188.8 275.2 329.9
BeAchwood 7 13.4 100 96 133 79 1763 125 25.4 30 185.7 279.7 361.0 187.6 279.9 366.7
Bedford 50 19.9 274 307 320 22 1223 188 17.4 10 157.0 223.9 183.4 139.7 232.1 186.8
BereA 38 17.9 475 578 619 165 1523 3 40 21.6 24 170.6 268.5 292.8 167.4 251.9 248.8
BrecksviLLe-
BroAdview heights4 21.6 250 341 423 207 1689 316 25.1 30 189.5 292.9 363.4 190.1 274.8 358.3
BrookLyn 46 18.7 87 125 120 9 1632 80 21.0 23 153.4 241.7 279.0 167.7 231.0 243.1
Brunswick 27 20.9 534 600 561 59 1559 308 21.7 29 173.7 279.7 322.7 185.5 262.2 318.0
chAgrin fALLs 3 17.8 137 183 144 111 1737 108 25.5 30 190.2 282.1 355.4 191.4 288.3 358.6
chArdon 26 20.4 206 263 257 122 1556 202 22.7 29 187.5 277.1 336.0 176.7 258.0 328.9
cLeveLAnd heights-
university heights49 14.7 370 454 390 135 1447 181 19.0 10 145.8 223.2 196.4 133.0 195.2 177.8
cuyAhogA fALLs 39 17.9 405 385 364 17 1461 240 20.4 24 166.5 253.3 286.3 161.1 236.1 274.7
cuyAhogA heights 22 15.4 41 85 65 34 1501 38 22.1 30 192.0 284.7 343.9 192.1 279.7 337.2
eAst cLeveLAnd 57 18.8 200 272 229 36 n/a 100 n/a 3 93.8 178.0 128.9 107.9 158.4 106.9
eLyriA 47 16.6 618 614 457 25 1600 193 21.3 11 142.2 216.2 251.7 151.4 212.7 237.3
eucLid 53 15.9 359 476 495 136 1423 249 17.9 5 116.0 201.6 156.7 111.4 183.3 175.8
fAirview PArk 36 21.7 116 129 149 31 1606 108 22.5 23 177.2 285.9 273.1 174.1 251.1 276.8
gArfieLd heights 48 23.2 254 331 306 52 1457 134 19.5 15 143.8 245.3 219.2 151.0 219.4 175.2
highLAnd 23 21.4 235 274 268 78 1639 213 23.4 29 189.2 284.9 336.4 184.5 274.5 318.2
hudson 2 17.9 313 435 412 297 1654 319 25.4 30 189.7 291.5 367.2 193.1 285.3 373.5
indePendence 25 16.2 62 89 86 53 1558 61 23.0 29 194.3 272.7 361.3 178.8 287.9 339.2
kenston 11 18.1 229 268 243 171 1585 181 23.4 30 190.4 284.8 343.7 184.0 283.6 345.7
kirtLAnd 16 17.7 85 94 93 25 1736 69 23.5 28 185.9 271.9 355.0 181.7 268.8 292.4
LAkewood 37 18.0 419 445 475 156 1610 231 23.1 26 152.2 252.6 285.3 160.9 249.5 298.6
LorAin 56 25.3 668 632 541 44 1226 284 18.2 3 114.7 202.2 149.5 109.6 169.3 153.9
mAPLe heights 54 17.6 254 285 293 14 1294 229 16.0 6 136.9 202.1 138.5 125.7 179.2 163.9
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457.5 484.0 95.5 97.9 101.0 yes 2 8 1 0 | 2 4 5 21 13 yes 10.6% 60.6% $8,436
486.9 497.2 96.5 97.4 107.3 yes 3 12 39 2 | 1 5 6 26 13 no 12.8% 55.0% $9,734
488.1 489.2 96.5 98.4 105.5 yes 3 7 19 0 | 3 3 4 19 12 no 11.0% 57.8% $8,001
483.8 487.7 96.0 98.7 106.6 yes 3 13 36 0 | 2 4 2.1 27 13 yes 10.8% 57.2% $10,334
486.9 499.0 96.1 99.1 106.2 yes 2 15 41 2 | 3 4 2.7 23 14 no 13.1% 54.4% $10,868
469.7 483.5 95.6 98.5 107.2 yes 6 14 46 6 | 6 5 2 27 14 no 13.5% 52.0% $20,038
356.0 412.8 95.0 91.9 85.3 no 4 8 10 0 | 2 5 3 26 11 no 12.0% 51.1% $12,639
431.2 471.6 95.2 92.6 96.1 no 4 8 22 0 | 1 5 2.5 36 13 yes 12.0% 54.2% $11,760
475.8 490.2 96.0 98.5 107.5 yes 5 17 33 0 | 7 4 5.4 24 15 yes 9.6% 55.1% $11,545
427.3 469.1 95.3 91.1 92.9 no 2 1 12 0 | 1 3 3 11 10 no 14.8% 58.7% $9,517
455.8 484.6 95.8 95.2 101.2 no 5 10 6 0 | 1 4 4.1 28 14 yes 10.8% 55.5% $8,944
486.5 500.0 96.0 100.0 107.0 yes 5 19 64 5 | 5 5 2.8 30 15 some 12.2% 55.6% $11,332
470.1 492.3 95.7 98.3 103.4 yes 3 14 22 2 | 0 5 3.5 24 13 yes 12.7% 54.3% $9,891
398.2 435.9 94.6 93.2 86.2 no 4 16 16 1 | 7 5 2.5 26 15 no 13.3% 51.2% $16,037
434.2 471.4 94.9 95.7 95.8 no 4 8 19 0 | 2 5 5 23 14 yes 10.0% 61.1% $9,182
486.3 498.8 96.0 96.7 105.1 yes 2 11 33 0 | 0 3 1 22 13 no 17.6% 42.1% $19,111
289.0 377.0 91.2 70.5 73.8 no 2 4 20 0 | 0 5 5 15 8 no 18.0% 51.1% $14,214
399.3 460.1 94.3 89.6 89.2 no 3 9 12 0 | 1 5 5.5 25 13 some 11.4% 55.4% $9,887
349.4 408.4 95.1 88.3 80.1 no 3 10 8 0 | 0 3 3 18 13 no 11.6% 56.3% $12,452
440.8 479.2 95.3 95.9 98.0 yes 3 6 25 0 | 0 3 3 18 12 no 12.1% 55.4% $12,178
400.5 466.5 94.7 90.2 87.9 no 2 4 9 0 | 0 4 4 18 15 yes 12.4% 51.5% $10,007
472.4 476.5 96.2 98.4 103.7 yes 5 9 38 3 | 3 2 3 24 11 yes 11.0% 52.9% $8,525
492.0 496.2 96.1 99.3 108.6 yes 5 17 79 12 | 16 4 3 32 17 yes 11.0% 56.6% $12,740
474.8 488.6 95.5 99.0 105.6 yes 2 9 21 1 | 2 3 1.6 24 11 yes 10.8% 46.4% $14,594
481.6 491.1 96.5 97.7 105.9 yes 4 16 35 0 | 4 4 4 24 15 no 11.7% 53.3% $10,915
491.6 495.6 96.2 98.7 103.4 yes 3 11 25 0 | 1 4 4 24 13 no 12.5% 53.8% $11,312
431.9 465.0 94.4 91.7 96.4 no 4 12 18 6 | 4 5 1.6 30 14 yes 7.3% 62.0% $12,714
346.5 417.8 91.7 80.8 78.6 no 3 5 13 0 | 0 4 2 20 12 no 13.2% 54.5% $10,410
337.3 401.3 93.5 94.3 80.8 no 2 3 9 0 | 0 4 4 14 9 no 21.7% 43.2% $11,112
Ohio
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Atte
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2008-09(%)
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Pero
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Score
20
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Value-
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RANK
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-g
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profc
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tests
score
(outo
f300)
5th
-g
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profc
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tests
score
(outo
f400)
6th
-g
rade
pro
fc
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tests
score
(outo
f200)
7th
-g
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profc
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tests
score
(outo
f300)
8th
-g
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profc
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tests
score
(outo
f400)
Mayfield 28 16.2 258 306 334 131 1584 226 23.5 26 176.5 268.9 303.0 173.9 259.0 305.9
Medina 21 19.2 579 562 580 169 1644 376 23.4 29 185.1 281.4 325.7 177.1 261.4 324.3
Mentor 20 17.7 553 660 799 3 00 1540 436 23.1 29 188.3 279.3 327.4 175.6 264.6 300.8
nordonia Hills 32 19.2 270 314 329 66 1562 251 22.0 26 177.2 261.3 308.4 174.6 263.2 299.0
nortH olMsted 30 18.7 255 349 378 123 1619 256 23.1 26 178.5 267.3 293.7 168.7 253.9 316.1
nortH ridgeville 41 20.1 325 281 273 n/a n/a 159 21.1 23 167.5 264.4 308.2 176.5 219.8 238.5
nortH royalton 17 21.3 299 350 405 103 1660 301 23.4 29 193.3 290.2 332.8 181.9 278.5 338.8
olMsted falls 14 20.9 262 295 293 128 1616 201 23.5 30 174.5 280.2 346.2 186.6 282.5 341.4
orange 6 14.9 149 188 167 105 1659 118 24.2 30 179.4 279.0 343.9 186.7 270.2 356.3
Painesville 51 18.4 265 195 145 7 1810 62 19.0 7 130.6 211.7 196.5 122.2 186.9 202.9
ParMa 44 18.1 801 974 1050 180 1539 587 21.1 24 153.3 245.9 286.8 162.5 241.9 272.3
revere 8 17.9 190 262 228 88 1756 197 24.7 30 184.2 278.0 347.0 194.0 288.7 337.3
ricHMond HeigHts 52 16.8 69 95 105 18 1326 71 19.1 10 136.6 214.1 191.4 138.6 205.2 229.5
riverside 35 21.0 364 405 360 40 1610 260 22.4 27 177.0 268.2 318.0 168.9 257.0 279.3
rocky river 5 20.4 182 203 246 124 1707 209 24.3 29 192.6 288.4 353.4 188.3 266.7 319.7
sHaker HeigHts 33 14.5 380 387 366 235 1714 288 23.0 23 177.2 253.8 276.1 168.8 236.5 268.9
sHeffield-
sHeffield lake45 18.6 147 156 134 7 1590 59 21.7 22 172.0 251.1 253.7 173.0 245.1 261.5
solon 1 17.8 313 439 428 319 1714 373 24.8 30 186.8 287.5 361.9 190.5 288.7 379.5
soutH euclid-
lyndHurst43 14.7 253 330 346 100 1468 185 1 9.6 15 167.0 228.9 259.0 153.5 196.8 225.3
stow-Munroe falls 29 21.5 395 455 469 69 1649 369 22.1 29 183.6 269.6 327.3 184.3 269.5 330.4
streetsboro 42 17.1 168 143 155 10 1397 86 20.0 25 177.9 278.8 283.0 169.5 255.5 268.8
strongsville 24 20.8 448 580 613 228 1647 452 23.5 27 178.3 271.2 325.5 182.0 259.0 314.4
twinsburg 15 21.4 298 330 328 77 1500 198 22.0 29 184.3 284.7 341.3 187.0 277.5 333.6
warrensville
HeigHts55 17.2 153 295 207 22 1560 61 19.0 4 121.6 191.6 151.2 113.0 139.9 134.3
west geauga 18 19.4 137 207 217 132 1573 177 22.4 29 185.9 288.4 360.3 183.7 276.2 334.8
westlake 10 19.4 269 316 324 188 1618 239 23.7 30 185.7 281.0 348.8 178.7 284.1 340.5
wickliffe 40 16.5 103 109 108 24 1508 64 21.6 25 175.5 270.1 245.3 168.0 265.0 324.5
willougHby-eastlake 34 19.6 593 617 853 84 1542 246 20.9 29 176.0 270.8 317.2 175.1 257.3 327.7
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Ohio
Gradu
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score
(outof5
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11th-g
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score
(outof5
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Pero
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20
08-09
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464.7 480.2 95.1 94.2 100.5 yes 4 17 28 4 | 6 5 2 28 15 no 10.1% 54.2% $13,425
464.3 486.3 95.6 97.0 102.3 yes 5 14 33 1 | 4 3 4 29 14 yes 10.0% 58.9% $10,428
461.9 472.9 95.7 97.4 101.9 yes 4 16 15 1 | 4 4 3.5 33 15 yes 10.7% 56.0% $11,731
455.7 480.7 95.8 96.5 99.8 yes 3 8 35 0 | 2 4 3 26 15 yes 9.9% 55.6% $10,201
458.5 484.1 95.7 92.6 100.4 yes 4 11 20 4 | 1 5 4 33 14 some 10.2% 59.9% $12,226
441.3 460.1 95.8 99.5 95.1 no 2 2 n/a 1 | 0 3 3.9 13 12 no 9.2% 56.5% $8,954
483.9 490.9 95.8 98.1 105.6 yes 3 6 30 1 | 4 4 3 28 13 yes 11.0% 58.8% $9,137
464.7 482.6 96.2 98.9 104.8 yes 3 8 23 1 | 6 5 5 20 14 no 11.2% 58.4% $10,281
485.9 492.5 96.0 100.0 106.3 yes 4 14 40 6 | 6 5 2 36 16 no 10.4% 51.4% $19,917
343.7 424.1 96.0 74.7 82.2 no 2 7 10 0 | 0 5 3 18 12 no 14.1% 54.6% $12,461
438.3 467.1 94.7 88.5 95.5 no 2 7 12 1 | 0 3 4 21 13 yes 14.7% 55.5% $11,851
482.6 491.9 96.1 99.1 105.2 yes 6 16 31 8 | 5 5 3 28 13 no 12.2% 54.1% $11,135
390.6 439.3 95.4 88.5 86.3 no 1 2 0 0 | 0 1 5 6 6 yes 14.8% 51.3% $11,658
455.6 481.3 95.2 93.0 99.0 no 3 8 21 1 | 0 4 3 20 13 yes 12.6% 49.6% $9,419
488.8 495.5 96.6 97.7 106.1 yes 5 11 30 5 | 9 4 3.7 38 15 no 12.3% 56.6% $11,928
440.7 462.7 95.5 94.2 97.3 no 6 23 33 17 | 15 3 5 27 15 no 11.6% 48.5% $16,194
425.9 471.6 94.7 98.8 94.4 no 2 0 0 0 | 1 1 4 9 10 yes 12.9% 53.3% $9,536
492.3 490.9 96.8 97.9 109.5 yes 5 19 59 14 | 16 5 2.8 35 16 some 10.2% 59.6% $12,647
416.3 456.0 94.8 96.2 91.4 no 4 16 44 2 | 0 5 2 30 14 yes 11.1% 55.5% $12,421
459.7 483.7 95.4 97.3 102.8 yes 5 13 23 2 | 5 2 2 24 16 yes 10.5% 57.9% $9,205
436.8 465.2 94.8 99.2 97.5 no 2 2 9 0 | 0 2 2 21 10 yes 11.8% 55.2% $10,027
469.9 480.8 96.2 96.5 102.0 yes 5 10 25 7 | 10 2 3.5 27 14 yes 12.1% 57.6% $12,350
456.9 475.2 96.4 99.4 104.2 yes 4 13 28 0 | 3 4 6 27 15 some 12.6% 55.9% $9,703
317.2 379.8 93.7 97.4 76.5 no 2 0 0 0 | 0 5 4 9 9 no 17.4% 53.7% $14,411
470.9 488.1 95.5 98.6 105.1 yes 4 10 15 2 | 4 4 4 25 15 yes 10.9% 54.5% $11,164
480.0 491.5 95.8 98.2 106.3 yes 4 17 31 1 | 4 5 3.5 33 14 no 9.5% 53.8% $12,538
447.0 475.8 95.3 92.6 98.1 no 2 5 19 0 | 0 4 5 12 12 yes 14.9% 53.4% $12,095
451.3 469.4 95.1 98.0 101.1 no 4 10 25 1 | 0 5 7 26 12 yes 9.5% 57.4% $10,019
*These categories were not used to calculate ratings. **See pg. 148 or explanation o overall AYP and value-added classifcation.
F | C
Atte
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2008-09(%)
Finalg
raduatio
n
rate
2007-08(%)
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Safety StatS
RaN
K
Murd
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Rap
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Agg.r
obbery
Assa
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Amherst 47 0 3 4 76 16 90 0 0 11,724 7.08 9.04 8 21 3
AurorA 28 0 0 1 82 20 179 12 0 14,548 5.71 14.50 5 27 0
Avon 31 0 0 4 62 33 246 4 2 17,086 3.86 16.68 0 34 0
Avon LAke 22 0 1 0 80 50 215 5 2 23,996 3.38 11.34 4 29 0
BAinBridge twp. 42 1 0 0 74 23 210 2 1 11,150 6.73 21.17 1 19 0
BAth 40 0 1 2 37 37 159 2 0 10,188 3.93 19.43 5 20 0
BAy viLLAge 3 0 0 0 12 27 50 2 4 14,606 0.82 5.68 4 24 23
BeAchwood 48 0 2 2 17 24 584 7 1 11,108 1.89 55.46 0 45 0
Bedford 65 0 0 13 76 56 451 71 0 12,965 6.86 44.58 0 31 24
Bedford heights 63 1 1 12 44 32 127 37 0 10,485 5.53 18.69 0 33 14
BereA 39 0 1 4 98 44 309 7 2 17,987 5.73 20.13 0 32 9
BrecksviLLe 33 1 2 2 20 20 53 1 0 12,851 1.95 5.76 7 29 0
BroAdview heights 11 1 0 0 50 22 58 3 0 17,274 2.95 4.80 0 30 6
Brook pArk 62 0 3 8 190 73 341 69 1 19,194 10.47 25.22 0 44 12
BrookLyn 71 1 1 17 58 60 387 45 3 10,410 7.40 47.55 0 33 0
Brunswick 23 0 3 1 132 46 437 18 0 34,711 3.92 14.43 3 40 0
chAgrin fALLs 16 0 0 0 15 4 45 2 0 3,777 3.97 13.50 9 11 0
chArdon 60 0 3 0 23 7 110 4 0 5,210 4.99 23.22 5 11 0
chester twp. 9 0 0 0 28 14 90 2 0 10,907 2.57 9.72 2 13 4
cLeveLAnd heights 56 3 2 70 52 116 408 107 0 45,827 2.77 13.77 0 101 0
concord twp. 20 0 1 2 62 22 75 3 2 16,405 3.96 6.22 0 37 0
cuyAhogA fALLs 64 0 17 20 462 163 1,149 52 5 51,090 9.77 26.80 0 83 0
eAst cLeveLAnd 77 6 26 201 386 188 403 238 12 24,507 25.26 34.32 3 51 21
eAstLAke 34 1 0 0 107 23 375 15 0 19,520 5.53 21.16 25 33 15
eLyriA 73 2 27 17 942 470 1,629 85 5 54,979 17.97 39.82 0 83 0
eucLid 74 0 31 91 376 346 699 151 10 47,415 10.50 25.43 0 97 32
fAirview pArk 18 0 0 2 32 18 213 10 0 15,762 2.16 15.29 0 27 22
gArfieLd heights 69 0 11 28 206 179 686 36 6 27,734 8.83 32.70 0 60 26
highLAnd heights 5 0 0 0 6 5 70 4 0 8,533 0.70 9.26 2 22 9
hinckLey twp. 8 0 0 0 21 14 31 0 0 7,921 2.65 5.68 2 10 0
hudson 32 1 3 0 57 55 229 7 1 23,037 2.65 12.68 0 29 4
independence 38 1 0 0 27 5 144 8 1 6,770 4.14 23.34 3 33 0
kirtLAnd 7 0 0 0 9 10 41 3 0 7,362 1.22 7.33 9 9 0
LAkewood 53 0 8 25 225 150 852 116 6 50,704 5.09 22.17 5 94 19
LorAin 76 7 69 165 893 713 1,532 169 35 70,239 16.14 34.87 0 93 65
Lyndhurst 14 0 0 2 36 14 128 6 0 13,848 2.74 10.69 6 26 10
mAcedoniA 37 0 1 3 26 8 212 6 0 10,435 2.87 21.66 0 23 0
mApLe heights 75 1 7 66 359 250 212 96 5 23,667 18.30 23.79 0 43 23
mAyfieLd heights 51 1 1 10 100 50 246 25 2 17,737 6.31 18.21 4 37 27
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Mayfield Village 6 0 0 0 10 1 10 2 0 3,121 3.20 4.17 9 16 8
Medina 17 1 1 3 108 6 27 1 1 25,824 4.38 1.36 0 37 0
Mentor 49 0 10 19 143 117 1,032 49 16 51,825 3.32 23.42 1 82 0
Mentor-on-the-lake 43 0 2 2 32 18 63 1 0 8,288 4.34 9.89 12 10 0
Middleburg heights 26 0 0 2 55 12 284 22 0 14,928 3.82 21.30 0 31 5
Moreland hills 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 3,064 0.33 2.61 4 14 0
north olMsted 36 0 4 3 89 46 638 29 6 31,319 3.07 22.96 0 49 20
north ridgeVille 24 0 3 4 48 75 223 4 1 28,153 1.95 10.76 0 38 17
north royalton 41 0 7 1 90 46 419 11 1 29,331 3.34 16.26 0 39 11
oakwood 29 0 0 0 19 6 53 7 0 3,719 5.11 17.75 8 11 5
olMsted falls 46 0 3 1 35 20 50 0 1 8,168 4.77 8.69 12 10 10
olMsted twp. 55 0 3 1 127 20 15 0 0 10,083 12.99 3.47 4 15 0
orange Village 21 0 0 0 11 4 39 5 0 3,258 3.38 14.73 0 14 0
painesVille 35 0 2 3 132 31 92 0 1 18,474 7.42 6.71 0 4 0 0
painesVille twp. 57 1 7 3 125 48 269 14 3 19,101 7.12 17.49 0 37 0
parMa 67 0 37 48 385 461 1,044 74 16 77,947 6.03 20.46 0 90 41
parMa heights 54 0 3 4 206 81 195 27 0 19,757 10.78 15.34 0 32 11
pepper pike 12 0 0 1 14 6 25 1 0 5,715 2.62 5.60 0 20 0
richfield Village 15 0 0 1 24 15 81 3 0 3,576 2.56 10.12 5 17 0
richMond heights 59 0 0 16 35 33 254 21 1 10,174 5.01 30.37 1 17 13
rocky riVer 27 0 2 2 53 14 253 8 0 18,900 3.02 14.55 0 33 15
sagaMore hills twp. 2 0 0 0 8 4 73 2 1 9,510 0.84 8.41 7 10 0
seVen hills 10 0 0 1 31 19 13 3 1 11,616 2.75 3.01 6 18 0
shaker heights 61 0 9 26 95 91 239 29 5 26,460 4.91 13.76 0 66 0
sheffield lake 70 0 7 2 72 45 174 5 2 8,905 9.01 25.38 7 11 0
solon 25 0 2 4 46 28 1 85 1 2 21,866 2.38 9.88 0 46 19
south euclid 68 0 8 32 80 118 358 48 4 21,209 5.66 24.90 2 41 4
stow 52 0 9 11 56 138 674 14 5 33,899 2.24 24.51 0 40 26
streetsboro 50 0 1 7 85 20 372 26 1 14,488 6.42 28.92 0 26 0
strongsVille 13 0 1 2 84 24 480 27 1 42,617 2.04 12.48 0 76 0
twinsburg 19 1 0 1 52 9 109 9 5 17,394 3.10 7.59 1 33 0
uniVersity heights 66 0 4 12 104 46 196 6 1 12,519 9.59 19.89 0 30 0
warrensVille heights 72 0 5 27 78 124 101 66 0 13,618 8.08 21.37 0 34 0
westlake 30 0 2 7 125 22 378 14 2 30,546 4.39 13.62 4 54 25
wickliffe 45 0 1 9 69 17 201 13 0 12,983 6.08 17.79 4 31 8
willoughby 4 0 0 1 4 6 13 63 3 1 22,561 2.08 3.55 0 44 0
willoughby hills 58 0 3 3 61 26 92 11 2 8,540 7.85 15.34 1 18 0
willowick 44 0 3 4 67 26 104 11 0 13,727 5.39 10.27 1 25 0
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Top 152010
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1 Shaker heightS $3,300
2 UniverSity heightS $3,090
3 Cleveland heightS $3,080
4 garfield heightS $2,900
5 fairview Park $2,770
6 SoUth eUClid $2,720
7 lyndhUrSt $2,660
8 lakewood $2,640
9 MaPle heightS $2,540
10 eUClid $2,530
11 Bay village $2,510
12 Bedford $2,470
13 north olMSted $2,460
14 Chagrin fallS $2,450
15 olMSted twP. $2,440
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ofsales
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1 lorain 809
2 elyria 669
3 north ridgeville 620
4 ParMa 604
5 BrUnSwiCk 414
6 lakewood 407
7 CUyahoga fallS 377
8 StrongSville 360
9 Medina 339
10 Cleveland heightS 315
11 weStlake 314
12 Mentor 307
13 avon 275
14 eUClid 264
15 roCky river 253
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1 PePPer Pike $383,000
2 Moreland hillS $350,500
3 aUrora $294,000
4 hUdSon $285,000
5 Bath $284,450
6 orange village $280,000
7 ConCord twP. $277,500
8 BainBridge twP. $276,950
9 kirtland $270,800
10 Chagrin fallS $265,000
11 BeaChwood $255,000
12 Solon $252,000
13 willoUghBy hillS $251,300
14 avon $245,000
15 SagaMore hillS twP. $240,000
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1 StreetSBoro $1,440
2 hinCkley twP. $1,460
3 lorain $1,560
4 BrUnSwiCk $1,570
5 Chardon $1,590
6t Mentor $1,600
6t twinSBUrg $1,600
8 aMherSt $1,610
9 MaCedonia $1,620
10t elyria $1,650
10t north ridgeville $1,650
12 ConCord twP. $1,670
13t indePendenCe $1,680
13t riChfield village $1,680
15 PaineSville twP. $1,690
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RANK
1t Bay village 100.0%
1t Cleveland heightS 100.0%
1t eUClid 100.0%
1t UniverSity heightS 100.0%
1t weStlake 100.0%
1t willowiCk 100.0%
7 Brooklyn 99.4%
8 lakewood 99.0%
9 ParMa 98.8%
10 Bedford 98.0%
11 Medina 96.8%
12 wiCkliffe 95.6%
13 garfield heightS 95.5%
14t roCky river 94.7%
14t Berea 94.7%
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1 aUrora 68.48%
2 kirtland 55.19%
3 ConCord twP. 44.95%
4 avon 43.07%
5 orange village 43.04%
6 willoUghBy hillS 37.70%
7 Bath 35.45%
8 eaSt Cleveland 33.90%
9 Stow 32.43%
10 SagaMore hillS twP. 31.15%
11 Cleveland heightS 26.56%
12 oakwood 26.49%
13 twinSBUrg 26.20%
14 riChfield village 24.44%
15 north ridgeville 23.69%
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