Global CityIntelligence

United States / North America

Cleveland City Intelligence

Cleveland is a north-eastern Ohio metro on Lake Erie, with healthcare-systems, manufacturing, and university activity shaping the post-industrial profile. Cleveland is a north america city of about ~2.1M metro in United States. On the composite city-intelligence score, Cleveland sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (69/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~2.1M metro
View of Cleveland, United States

Image credit: Image: Erik Drost / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

Overall score

Use the Cleveland profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level context alongside Detroit and Pittsburgh.

Overall69/100
Affordability78/100
Air quality73/100
Energy68/100

Overall city intelligence

Mixed

69/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Cleveland data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Cleveland city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score69/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living78/100Cleveland's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality73/100Cleveland's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy68/100Cleveland's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety69/100Cleveland's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed69/100Cleveland's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk68/100Cleveland's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience68/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety76/100
Low crime78/100
Personal safety78/100
Night safety70/100
Road safety74/100

Cleveland is estimated to be a generally safe city (76/100 in our safety index), with solid personal-safety indicators.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life78/100
Healthcare85/100
Education89/100
Green space52/100
Cleanliness85/100
Infrastructure93/100
Mobility69/100

Cleveland has a high quality-of-life estimate (78/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness77/100
Education89/100
Green space52/100
Overall safety76/100

Cleveland scores high for family living (77/100), helped by education access, safety and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability76/100
Walkability72/100
Cycling65/100
Infrastructure93/100

Cleveland is high for remote workers (76/100), based on connectivity, affordability, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability78/100
Healthcare85/100
Cleanliness85/100
Outdoor lifestyle31/100

Cleveland is high for retirement (78/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability, a comfortable climate and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Cleveland

Local public safety guidance for Cleveland, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Verified
United States emergency contacts
ServiceNumberNotes
Universal emergency91124/7911 reaches police, fire, and emergency medical dispatch across the United States.

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Cleveland, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the United States emergency profile.

Public safety sources

Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Cleveland

Healthcare context for Cleveland, with national-level information from United States where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Verified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Cleveland, see the United States healthcare profile.

Official hospital registry

Medicare Care Compare

Federal directory for comparing Medicare-certified hospitals, nursing homes, and other care providers.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Healthcare sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official government, public health, or recognised health-system publisher. Confirm current information directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Cleveland

Local mobility context for Cleveland, with national-level context from United States where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Verified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Cleveland, see the United States transport profile.

Transport sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official transport authority, national operator, airport publisher, or government source. Confirm current information directly with these publishers.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Cleveland. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Cleveland

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Cleveland will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Cleveland air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Cleveland modules

City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.

Cost of Living in Cleveland

Cleveland's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Cleveland

Cleveland's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Cleveland

Cleveland's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Cleveland

Cleveland's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Cleveland

Cleveland's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Cleveland

Cleveland's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Cleveland

Cost of living estimates for Cleveland — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Cleveland

Climate profile for Cleveland — Humid Continental climate, annual average 13.5°C, comfort score 73/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Cleveland

Economy and jobs profile for Cleveland — major economy, economy score 87/100, key industries including technology, aerospace, research. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Cleveland

Education profile for Cleveland — research center, education score 77/100, 7 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Cleveland

Healthcare and retirement profile for Cleveland — regional healthcare center, healthcare score 66/100, retirement score 69/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Visual guide to Cleveland

Source-attributed visual context for Cleveland using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.

Weekend trip planning guide for Cleveland

Weekend trip planning checklist for Cleveland — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.

Nearby weekend places from Cleveland

Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.

Estimate a monthly budget for Cleveland

Estimate a monthly budget for Cleveland using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Cleveland

Plan a trip budget for Cleveland using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Cleveland

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Cleveland. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Akron, United States

Same region · about 50 km from Cleveland. Explore Akron's city intelligence profile.

Windsor, Canada

Cross-border · about 143 km from Cleveland. Explore Windsor's city intelligence profile.

Detroit, United States

Same region · about 145 km from Cleveland. Explore Detroit's city intelligence profile.

Toledo, United States

Same region · about 154 km from Cleveland. Explore Toledo's city intelligence profile.

London, Canada

Cross-border · about 169 km from Cleveland. Explore London's city intelligence profile.

Sarnia, Canada

Cross-border · about 174 km from Cleveland. Explore Sarnia's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

Regional discovery collections that include Cleveland — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.

Themed collections

Theme-first discovery collections that include Cleveland — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

Use the Cleveland profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level context alongside Detroit and Pittsburgh. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (78/100) and air quality (73/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (68/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the United States country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Cleveland appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.