Brecksville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 13,332 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Brecksville is the 140th largest community in Ohio.

Brecksville is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 89.47% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Brecksville is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brecksville who work in management occupations (18.52%), sales jobs (13.77%), and office and administrative support jobs (12.39%).

Also of interest is that Brecksville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Brecksville is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Brecksville is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Brecksville's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Residents of Brecksville by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 96.8% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented city. While Brecksville may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

Brecksville is a relatively small city, but even so, a fairly large number of people use the bus to get to and from work. Many of these people travel out of town to the central city in the region.

Brecksville Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Brecksville is a pretty powerful place. 47.47% of the adults in Brecksville have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Brecksville in 2000 was $37,838, which is wealthy relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $151,352 for a family of four. However, Brecksville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Brecksville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Brecksville is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Brecksville include German, Polish, Italian, Irish, English, Slovak, Hungarian, and Czech.

The most common language spoken in Brecksville is English.