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.

Because of many things, Brecksville is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Brecksville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Brecksville perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

For most residents of Brecksville, getting to work requires a car. In fact, 96.8% of people in Brecksville drive alone to work on most days, making Brecksville a very car-oriented city. In general, car-oriented communities tend to emphasize streets, highways, and ease of parking, often to the detriment of walkability. Strip centers are a feature of Brecksville's landscape.

Although Brecksville is a relatively small city, quite a few people get to and from work by way of the bus, often traveling to the central city in the area.

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.