For a small city, East Cleveland has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in East Cleveland exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
The citizens of East Cleveland are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.90% of adults in East Cleveland have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in East Cleveland in 2018 was $19,526, which is low income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $78,104 for a family of four. However, East Cleveland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. East Cleveland also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 39.53% of its population below the federal poverty line.
East Cleveland is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call East Cleveland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of East Cleveland residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in East Cleveland include African, Irish, French, German, and English.
The most common language spoken in East Cleveland is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
