2010 Rating the Suburbs Deluxe

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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

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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

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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%

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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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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%

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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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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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138 C L E V E L A N D / June 2010

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

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140 C L E V E L A N D / June 2010

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.

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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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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

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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.

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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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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.

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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

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th daa Dsa-tggra hpar h ygd buy

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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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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

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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

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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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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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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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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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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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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