Census-designated place · Geauga County, Ohio

Chesterland, Ohio

Chesterland is a census-designated place in Geauga County, Ohio, part of the Cleveland, OH metro area. It has 7,086 residents. Chesterland, Ohio has a quality-of-life score of 92 out of 100 (very high), ranking #1,194 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Ohio it ranks #7 of 684 cities and towns. It ranks best on reading scores (high), math scores (high) and violent crime rate (low). It ranks worst on students per teacher (high), public EV charging ports (low) and income inequality (Gini index) (high).

92Very high

Quality-of-life score: #1,194 of 15,651 cities and towns
Ohio: #7 of 684 in OH
Population: 7,086 (2020-2024)
Land area: 14 mi²
Density: 505.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 3914100

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety90#1,587/15,637
Economy58#6,579/15,631
Housing88#1,805/14,977
Health82#2,832/15,609
Healthcare70#4,623/15,650
Environment70#4,635/15,453
Education90#1,569/15,649
Infrastructure81#3,007/15,650
Community73#4,220/15,651
Leisure & amenities71#4,613/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Chesterland, Ohio ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Geauga County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Reading scores · high3.75
100/100Ohio 3.06United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGeauga County value
Math scores · high3.74
100/100Ohio 2.98United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGeauga County value
Violent crime rate · low11 /100k
100/100Ohio 276 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2024Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureGeauga County value
Natural hazard risk · low2.8
97/100Ohio 14.52025Federal Emergency Management AgencyGeauga County value
Property crime rate · low342 /100k
95/100Ohio 1,429 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2024Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureGeauga County value
Rent-burdened households · low26.4%
93/100Ohio 45.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Weaknesses

Students per teacher · high18.5×
12/100Ohio 16.8×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsGeauga County value
Public EV charging ports · low1.9 /10k
19/100Ohio 4.5 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyGeauga County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.471
21/100Ohio 0.467United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
High ozone days · high3 days
21/100Ohio 3 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyGeauga County value
Distance to an emergency room · high8.1 mi
25/100Ohio 5.1 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesGeauga County value
Effective property tax rate · high1.38%
27/100Ohio 1.36%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
2,215 (2015-2019) → 7,086 (2020-2024)
+220%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.0% (2015-2019) → 94.5% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
0.0% (2015-2019) → 10.9% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$76,667 (2015-2019) → $107,898 (2020-2024)
+41%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
34.5% (2015-2019) → 26.4% (2020-2024)
−8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
33.8% (2015-2019) → 40.7% (2020-2024)
+6.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Chesterland, Ohio improved on 2 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Broadband+19 points76.0% → 94.5%
Household income+41%$76,667 → $107,898

Declined2

Inequality+0.0910.380 → 0.471
Poverty+5.9 points3.8% → 9.8%

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Chesterland, Ohio between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	29.5 min2015-2019	26.3 min2020-2024	−3.1 min	Within the margin of error	80%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%2015-2019	40.7%2020-2024	+6.9 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Broadband subscriptions	76.0%2015-2019	94.5%2020-2024	+19 points	Improved	88%
Effective property tax rate	1.62%2015-2019	1.38%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	66%
High school diploma or higher	94.6%2015-2019	92.2%2020-2024	−2.4 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	48%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3802015-2019	0.4712020-2024	+0.091	Declined	6%
Median household income	$76,6672015-2019	$107,8982020-2024	+41%	Improved	75%
Poverty rate	3.8%2015-2019	9.8%2020-2024	+5.9 points	Declined	10%
Rent as share of income	22.8%2015-2019	27.1%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.1%2015-2019	5.1%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	46%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Chesterland, Ohio five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Chesterland, Ohio in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Chesterland, Ohio itself moved −4.8 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

7,086 residents (±563)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

3,057 households (±212)

Chesterland, Ohio
Ohio share

Under $25k13%†404
$25k–50k12%†373
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

3,057 households (±212)

Chesterland, Ohio
Ohio share

Own87%2,656
Rent13%†401

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−9.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,537 workers (±419)

Chesterland, Ohio
Ohio share

Drive alone76%2,675
Carpool4.0%†141
Public transit0.2%†8

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Cleveland, OH

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Geauga County, the county holding most of Chesterland's residents.

Geauga County has 2,816 employer establishments, 295 for every 10,000 residents (1.19× the US rate of 248; 1.37× Ohio's), with 31,141 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,925. The Census Bureau also counts 11,662 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,816; 11,662 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 295; US 248 · Ohio 216
Paid employees: 31,141
Average annual pay: $53,925; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Geauga County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	277	29.1	1.88×More than typical	1,364	$63,488	1,796
Ambulatory health care services	194	20.4	0.98×About typical	1,775	$65,220	429
Services to buildings and dwellings	183	19.2	2.85×More than typical	1,004	$55,178	649
Landscaping services	154	16.2	4.61×More than typical	807	$60,633	206
Restaurants and other eating places	152	15.9	0.87×About typical	2,461	$21,073	28
Construction of buildings	125	13.1	1.73×More than typical	547	$70,514	818
Building equipment contractors	87	9.1	1.52×More than typical	666	$63,875	182
Management, scientific and technical consulting	81	8.5	1.27×More than typical	187	$91,385	530
Lessors of real estate	72	7.6	0.61×Fewer than typical	200	$50,670	1,129
Full-service restaurants	70	7.3	0.96×About typical	1,407	$21,797	13
Offices of physicians	65	6.8	1.05×About typical	690	$98,017	81
Building finishing contractors	64	6.7	1.77×More than typical	205	$53,034	594

Rank places for an industry Open Geauga County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 95,327 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $9,083 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Chesterland, Ohio: $1.28 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $9,083; −80% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1.28; US $1,994
Sole-source: 100%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

National Gallery of Art$10.3K100%

Top recipients

HF GROUP LLC$10.3K100%
MAIN SAIL, LLC-$1,2150.0%

Spending by fiscal year

515.1KFY2017
345.4KFY2018
422.4KFY2019
140.5KFY2020
189.4KFY2021
18.6KFY2022
-13KFY2023
32KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Printing and related support activities · 3231$10.3K100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Chesterland, Ohio, so they do not add up across cities.

Chesterland, Ohio's figures are part of those of Geauga County, OH ($11.7M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Chesterland is mostly in Geauga County.

See federal money in Geauga County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Chesterland, Ohio is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

David P. JoyceR-OH-14 · 100% of residentsWith party 92%Missed 3.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Geauga County92100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Cleveland, OH64

Other cities and towns in Geauga County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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