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Overall Rankings |
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Metro Area (out of 45): |
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Basic Housing: 26th |
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Healthy Housing: 35th |
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Central City (out of 44): |
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Basic Housing: 36th |
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Healthy Housing: 43rd |
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Click here for the Cleveland Data Table |
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Data source: 2004 American Housing Survey |
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Positive Findings: Compared to the national average, the Cleveland area has fewer homes with signs of rats, lack of complete plumbing, exposed wire in the unit, and room heaters without flues. Central city areas are less likely to have room heaters without a flue. Units outside the central city have fewer signs of rats, room heaters without a flue, and exposed wire in the unit compared to the national average. Rental properties have fewer signs of rats, lack of complete plumbing, and room heaters without flues. Compared to the national average, owner occupied homes have fewer homes with room heaters without flues and exposed wiring in the unit.
Areas for Improvement: Compared to the national average, Cleveland area homes have more roofing, window and foundation problems, holes in floors and walls, broken plaster, signs of mice, leaks from the outside, sewage disposal breakdowns, water supply and heating equipment breakdown, lack of adequate kitchen facilities, and rooms without a working electrical outlets. The central city is more likely to have issues with holes in floors, open cracks in walls, broken plaster, water leaks from in and outside, flush toilet breakdown, rooms without working electrical outlets, lack of adequate kitchen facilities, and roofing, siding, window, and foundation problems. Compared to the national average units outside the central city are more likely to have open cracks in walls, broken plaster, signs of mice, water leaks from outside, water supply stoppage, heating equipment breakdowns, rooms without working electrical outlets, and foundation problems. Rental properties are more likely compared to national averaged to have open cracks in walls, broken plaster, water leaks from in and outside, heating equipment breakdowns, rooms without working electrical outlets, and window and foundation problems. Owner occupied units have more open cracks in walls, broken plaster, signs of mice, water leaks from outside, water supply stoppage, sewage disposal breakdowns, heating equipment breakdowns, lack of kitchen facilities, and roofing, siding, window, and foundation problems.
Community Information: The Cleveland MSA includes Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, and Medina Counties, Ohio. In 2004, the MSA included 769,300 occupied dwelling units, 22.6% of which were located in the central city of Cleveland. The housing stock of the MSA ranks among the oldest and had an average percentage of rental units of the cities surveyed. The percentage of pre-1940 homes ranked 11th-oldest (27.9%) for the MSA and 3rd-oldest (60.9%) for the central city. The median house age in the Cleveland MSA was 1957. The percentage of rental units ranked 15th-least heavily rental (23.0%) for the MSA and 26th-least heavily rental (50.0%) for the central city. Compared to other locations, Cleveland had a higher poverty rate. Its poverty rate ranked 33rd (13.7%) for the entire MSA and 36th (32.3%) for homes in the central city.