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Garfield Heights Population Statistics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   American Community Survey, U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Education, 50 state departments of education, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 18,000+ local law enforcement agencies, Federal Housing Finance Agency, U.S. Geological Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   2023 (latest available). Updated annually. Please note: Unemployment data updated February 2025.

Methodology:   Unlike standardly available Census demographics, NeighborhoodScout uses dozens of custom models to transform 8.5 million raw demographic data elements from government sources into proprietary indices and insights…. Read more about Scout's Demographic Data

Garfield Heights Population & Age Distribution

Total Population

28,900

Age

Under 5 Years:
7.5%
5 - 17:
16.4%
18 - 24:
9.5%
25 - 34:
12.8%
35 - 54:
21.4%
55 - 64:
16.5%
Over 65 Years:
15.9%

Educational Attainment of Adults

Attending College
High School Graduates
College Graduated
4.8%
4.8%
88.9%
88.9%
15.6%
15.6%
0% 100.0%
% of Residents

Income

Per capita Income

Garfield Heights
USA
$26,699
$26,699
$43,289
$43,289

Median household income

Garfield Heights
USA
$52,006
$52,006
$78,538
$78,538
Individuals Below Poverty Level

21.4%

Employment Industries

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Healthcare
Retail
Manufacturing
Education
Transportation
Other
Construction
Accommodation
Finance
Public Service
Professional, scientific, and technical services
Administration
Wholesale
19.4%
19.4%
12.4%
12.4%
11.8%
11.8%
8.6%
8.6%
8.4%
8.4%
7.8%
7.8%
6.0%
6.0%
5.0%
5.0%
4.3%
4.3%
3.5%
3.5%
3.5%
3.5%
2.8%
2.8%
2.5%
2.5%
0% 100%
% of Residents

Race & Ethnic Diversity

Black or African American
White
Hispanic or Latino (Of Any Race)
Other Race / Two or More Races
Asian
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders
American Indian and Alaska Native
53.5%
53.5%
33.5%
33.5%
6.6%
6.6%
6.3%
6.3%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Residents

Ancestry

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Polish
German
Italian
Irish
English
Hungarian
Slovak
Czech
French
Scottish
African
Russian
Jamaican
European
Slovene
Czechoslovakian
Moroccan
British
Croatian
Scots-Irish
8.7%
8.7%
5.7%
5.7%
5.4%
5.4%
4.5%
4.5%
3.1%
3.1%
1.9%
1.9%
1.7%
1.7%
1.2%
1.2%
0.7%
0.7%
0.6%
0.6%
0.6%
0.6%
0.6%
0.6%
0.6%
0.6%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.4%
0.4%
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0% 100%
% of Residents

Languages Spoken

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English
Spanish
Polish
African languages
Italian
Russian
Other Indo-European
French
Native American languages
Hungarian
Slavic languages
Pacific Island languages
Arabic
Serbo-Croatian
Navajo
Tagalog
Other Asian languages
Vietnamese
Laotian
Thai
93.6%
93.6%
4.7%
4.7%
0.6%
0.6%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0% 100%
% of Residents
Foreign Born Garfield Heights Residents

2.8%