Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Area Profile

50,909 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Cuyahoga Falls, in Summit County.

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How this area ranks
OpportunityTop 20% of 3,904 published cities72
Schools1393rd of 2,668 published cities50
Housing affordabilityTop 8% of 4,223 published cities100
Climate2910th of 4,223 published cities64
Physical resilienceTop 11% of 4,182 published cities90
AccessTop 44% of 4,226 published cities93
Economic stabilityTop 39% of 4,226 published cities65
The quick read

Cuyahoga Falls ranks in the top 20% of published city profiles for employment opportunity, with unemployment at 3.3% and median household income of $72,705.

Housing is more affordable relative to local incomes than in most published city profiles: rent takes 17% of median household income and the median home is 2.5 times it.

Natural-hazard exposure is lower than in most comparable published city profiles, placing Cuyahoga Falls in the top 11% for physical resilience.

At a glance

Population
50,909
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$72,705
Top 42% nationally
Density
1,974/sq mi
25.8 sq mi of land
Median age
38.4
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Summit County
Ohio
Metro area
Akron, OH
Nearest major airport
CAK
19 mi · Akron-Canton Rgnl
Median home value
$183,300
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 3.3% is lower than 89% of the 3,904 measured US cities.

Employment grew 0.1% over the past year, to 27,600 employed residents.

38% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 79% of measured US cities.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$5,336$72,705Top 42%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,910$43,797Top 25%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate10.5%Bottom 48%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute23.4 minBottom 32%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher37.7%Top 21%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment27,600Bottom 35%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)-0.3%Bottom 47%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)0.1%Top 27%June 2026
Labor force28,529Bottom 35%June 2026
Labor force participation68.7%Top 22%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$63,430Bottom 26%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$48,840Bottom 31%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)-1.2%Bottom 2%June 2026
Unemployment rate3.3%Bottom 11%June 2026
Unemployment rate
2021/062022/032022/122023/092024/062025/032025/102026/065.43.1
Monthly unemployment rate from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, most recent value 3.3% in June 2026. A break in the line is a month the Bureau of Labor Statistics did not publish for this area — it is left empty rather than estimated.
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202473k62k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $72,705 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Akron, OH
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Fast Food and Counter Workers9,480$28,690
General and Operations Managers9,010$98,340
Stockers and Order Fillers8,780$37,600
Registered Nurses8,040$80,770
Retail Salespersons7,770$31,060
Home Health and Personal Care Aides6,310$34,310

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

55% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 57% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 14.8 students for every full-time teacher, fewer than in most measured places.

Public schools
9
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
14.8
across all schools here
Math proficiency
55.2%
Bottom 46% in Ohio
Reading proficiency
57.0%
Bottom 48% in Ohio
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Cuyahoga Falls High SchoolCuyahoga Falls City School District1,19815.2
Bolich Middle SchoolCuyahoga Falls City School District50814.147%42%
Roberts Middle SchoolCuyahoga Falls City School District37213.857%57%
Lincoln Elementary SchoolCuyahoga Falls City School District37016.149%53%
Gordon Dewitt Elementary SchoolCuyahoga Falls City School District36417.361%68%
Richardson Elementary SchoolCuyahoga Falls City School District31514.368%71%
Elizabeth Price Elementary SchoolCuyahoga Falls City School District27113.661%61%
Preston Elementary SchoolCuyahoga Falls City School District24013.348%54%
Schnee Learning Center · charterSchnee Learning Center7114.2

61.8% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with rather than how the schools perform, which is why AreaProfile shows it and does not score it.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Schools are placed by ZIP code, so this is which schools are in this place rather than which one a particular address is zoned for — district boundaries do not follow municipal ones, and enrollment zones change. Fully virtual schools are excluded: they enroll students from across the state while reporting one administrative address, and counting them here would describe a school population this place does not have. The assessment covers grades 3 through 8, so a high school shows no proficiency figure — a dash in those columns means the test was not given at that school, not that it performed badly. Proficiency is measured against Ohio’s own standard, so it compares cleanly within the state and only broadly against other states; AreaProfile therefore ranks it within state. The directory is current, while the proficiency figures are from the last school year with national coverage before the pandemic interrupted testing.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,038 takes 17% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 2.5 times median household income here, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Rent as a share of income
17.1%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
2.5×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,038
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$183,300
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income2.52Bottom 38%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate64.4%Bottom 27%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±54524,559Top 2%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$36$1,038Top 45%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$4,796$183,300Bottom 49%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income17.1%Bottom 39%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate5.5%Bottom 31%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →

Population has been broadly flat since 2020, at 50,979 in 2024.

Population, annual estimates
2020202120222023202451k51k
Census Population Estimates Program, July 1 of each year. These annual estimates are designed for year-over-year comparison, unlike the ACS five-year figure shown as this profile's population.

No building-permit activity is published for this location by the Census Building Permits Survey.

Weather & climate

5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 85°F and January a low of 21°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 32.5 inches.

Air quality measures a median index of 44, in the Good band, and one day a year passes 100, the threshold at which the air is unhealthy for sensitive groups.

10°30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station AKRON FULTON INTL AP, 11.1 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND3.7"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
90th percentile air quality index70.02024 calendar year
Annual precipitation32.5"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low21°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high85°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months51991-2020 Normals
Days above AQI 10012024 calendar year
Median air quality index44.02024 calendar year
Seasonal temperature swing46°F1991-2020 Normals
Air quality
Median air quality index
44
Good on a typical day
Worst tenth of days
70
90th percentile index
Days above 100
1
unhealthy for sensitive groups

A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today. Air quality is measured rather than modelled, by EPA monitors, and published by county only where a monitor sits — roughly half the counties AreaProfile publishes have one, and the rest show nothing rather than an estimate. Air masses are regional, so a county reading describes the air over a place reasonably well, but it is still the county reading.

Physical risk

90 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are hail, strong wind and heat wave.

HailElevated
Strong windModerate
Ice stormModerate
Heat waveModerate

Low or minimal exposure: winter weather, lightning, inland flooding, tornado, earthquake, cold wave, hurricane, wildfire, landslide.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offences. AreaProfile does not publish reported crime, and this is not a substitute for it — it says nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Summit County records 8.6 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, higher than most counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 14.0 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, because nationally most firearm deaths are suicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 21.5 per 100,000 residents in Summit County.

Homicide
8.6
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Firearm deaths, all intents
14.0
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Drug overdose
21.5
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Suicide
17.7
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides. The two columns overlap and should not be added.

Age-adjusted rates from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC for Summit County as a whole — these rates are not published below county level. A county can hold both a dense city centre and a suburb whose experience of it is nothing alike, so this describes the county around Cuyahoga Falls rather than Cuyahoga Falls itself. That is why AreaProfile shows these figures and does not put them in the Area Score. Where fewer than ten deaths were recorded the count is suppressed at source, and a rate built on single figures moves sharply between releases. What this measure has that reported crime does not: a death certificate is filed whether or not the local police agency submitted a return that year, so the figures stay comparable between places and over time.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Reported crime
The FBI’s Crime Data Explorer is the only source for reported offences with national coverage and a published method, and it requires an API key AreaProfile does not hold. Arrest counts, news volume and commercial “safety scores” are not substituted in the meantime. What is published above under Safety is a different measurement — deaths rather than offences, from death certificates rather than police returns — and it covers no property crime at all.
Taxes
No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, transparent methodology and update cadence. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Full cost of living
No public source publishes one with national coverage and a documented method. Housing affordability above is computed from published rent, price and income, and excludes transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes — commuting cost in particular tends to offset suburban housing savings.

Access

6 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 19 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Akron-Canton RgnlCAK19 mi8,204 ft
Cleveland-Hopkins IntlCLE22 mi9,953 ft
Youngstown/Warren RgnlYNG46 mi9,003 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Other cities in Akron, OH

Same metropolitan area, measured the same way
CityCountyPopulationArea ScoreCompare
AkronSummit County189,247vs Cuyahoga Falls
StowSummit County34,24075vs Cuyahoga Falls
GreenSummit County27,393vs Cuyahoga Falls
KentPortage County27,11658vs Cuyahoga Falls
BarbertonSummit County24,84468vs Cuyahoga Falls
HudsonSummit County23,039vs Cuyahoga Falls
TwinsburgSummit County19,41076vs Cuyahoga Falls
TallmadgeSummit County18,335vs Cuyahoga Falls
StreetsboroPortage County17,66169vs Cuyahoga Falls
AuroraPortage County17,58176vs Cuyahoga Falls
New FranklinSummit County13,843vs Cuyahoga Falls
MacedoniaSummit County12,15275vs Cuyahoga Falls

Every city here is measured on the same scale from the same source releases, so the comparison is like for like. A higher Area Score reflects AreaProfile’s standardized weighting rather than a judgment about which is the better place to live.

Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
safetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
April, 2025 to March, 2026Quarterly, with a rolling twelve-month window alongside complete calendar years
schoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2019-20 school year; 2024-25 school yearDirectory annually; assessment results as EDFacts releases them
ClimateU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System
Daily Air Quality Index by county
2024 calendar yearAnnually, once a calendar year is complete

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

ZIP codes in Cuyahoga Falls

2 published ZIP profiles
ZIPPopulationMedian household incomeArea Score
4422128,546$63,342
4422318,459$90,335