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Midwest · Ohio · pop 362K

Cleveland, OH

Fit score

Fair match

at the reference profile: one person earning $6,700/mo gross, default weights.

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After estimated taxes in OH, your $6,700/mo income nets about $5,251 — covering estimated essentials here (about $927 rent plus everyday costs incl. local sales tax) with roughly $1,988 left over.

Expect summer highs near 82°F, winter lows around 22°F, and about 166 sunny days a year.

Home prices are within reach relative to local pay — the median home ($115,000) is about 2.9× the median household income.

Tradeoff: reported crime rates are higher than most cities here, so research specific neighborhoods before deciding.

AFFORD 100HOUSIN 61JOBS 16SAFETY 9CLIMAT 75AMENIT 54

The Cleveland fit print

Est. monthly cost

$3,263/mo

Typical rent

$1,090/mo

Home value ÷ income

2.9×

Score breakdown

Affordability
100
Housing
61
Jobs
16
Safety
9
Climate
75
Amenities
54

The data behind the score

Money (Census ACS · HUD)

Median gross rent
$950/mo
HUD fair market rent (2BR)
$1,090/mo
Median home value
$115,000
Median household income
$39,000
Population
362,000

Work (BLS)

Unemployment rate
4.4%
Job growth (1yr)
0.4%

Safety (FBI CDE, per 100k)

Violent crime rate
1,400
Property crime rate
4,400

Climate (NOAA normals)

Avg. summer high
82°F
Avg. winter low
22°F
Sunny days / year
166
Days ≥100°F by 2050 (air temp)
≈4/yr
Dangerous humid days by 2050 (feels-like)
≈40/yr
Unhealthy air days
≈10/yr
Annual rain
40"
Annual snow
54"

Community & access (approx.)

2024 county margin
D+32
Int'l airport
≈12 mi
Walkability
57/100
Disaster risk
28/100
Buying instead of renting? Ohio's effective property tax runs about 1.53% of home value per year (≈$147/mo on the median $115,000 home). Our affordability score is rent-based, so this isn't double-counted.
A citywide number is an average. Rent, safety, and everything else vary block by block — treat these figures as a starting point and research specific neighborhoods before committing.

Data vintage: sample-approx-2024. Sources & methodology — this deployment is running the bundled sample dataset; figures are approximate.

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