Mayfield Heights, Ohio

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Mayfield Heights, Ohio

| settlement_type = City

| image_skyline = Mayfield City Hall - panoramio.jpg

| imagesize = 250px

| image_caption = Mayfield Heights City Hall

| motto = "A Vibrant Community"

| image_map = Cuyahoga County Ohio incorporated and unincorporated areas Mayfield Heights highlighted.svg

| mapsize = 260px

| map_caption = Location in Cuyahoga County and the state of Ohio

| coordinates = {{coord|41|31|3|N|81|27|21|W|region:US-OH|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = United States

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Ohio

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Cuyahoga

| established_title = Founded

| established_date = 1920

| established_title2 = Incorporated

| established_date2 = 1950

| government_type =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Anthony DiCicco (R){{cite web|last1=Exner|first1=Rich|title=Democrats outnumber Republicans as mayors in Cuyahoga County, 39-14|url=http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2013/11/democrats_outnumber_republican.html|website=Cleveland.com|access-date=31 January 2016|date=16 November 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/hillcrest/index.ssf/2013/02/anthony_dicicco_is_new_mayfiel.html|title=Anthony DiCicco is new Mayfield Heights mayor|date=6 February 2013 |access-date=5 September 2016}}

| area_footnotes = {{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=September 20, 2022}}

| area_total_km2 = 10.82

| area_total_sq_mi = 4.18

| area_land_km2 = 10.80

| area_land_sq_mi = 4.17

| area_water_km2 = 0.02

| area_water_sq_mi = 0.01

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_ft = 1086

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 20351

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_est =

| pop_est_as_of =

| population_density_km2 = 1884.87

| population_density_sq_mi = 4881.51

| timezone = EST

| utc_offset = -5

| timezone_DST = EDT

| utc_offset_DST = -4

| postal_code_type = Zip code

| postal_code = 44124 and 44143

| area_code = 440

| blank_name = FIPS code

| blank_info = 39-48482{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}

| blank1_name = GNIS feature ID

| blank1_info = 1056413{{GNIS|1056413}}

| website = {{URL|https://www.mayfieldheights.org/}}

| footnotes =

|pop_est_footnotes =

|unit_pref = Imperial

}}

Mayfield Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 20,351 at the 2020 census. An eastern suburb of Cleveland, it is part of the Cleveland metropolitan area.

History

File:Mausoleum - Knollwood Cemetery.jpg

Mayfield Heights was initially built up as a streetcar suburb of Cleveland.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wTzzVIfAW44C&pg=PA7 | title=Cleveland Heights | publisher=Arcadia Publishing | author=Morton, Marian J. | year=2005 | pages=7| isbn=9780738533889 }} It was incorporated as a village in 1925 and as a city in 1951.{{cite web | url=http://www.mayfieldheights.org/index.php/about-the-city/history | title=History | publisher=City of Mayfield Heights | access-date=4 April 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111014081638/http://www.mayfieldheights.org/index.php/about-the-city/history | archive-date=14 October 2011 }} The city derives its name from Mayfield Township, now defunct.{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=101|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=85}} One location in the city, the W.A. Thorp House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

The city has a large community of Italian Americans, including newly-arrived immigrants and those who migrated eastward along Mayfield Road from Little Italy on Cleveland's East Side.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Mayfield Heights |url= https://case.edu/ech/articles/m/mayfield-heights |encyclopedia= The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |publisher= Case Western Reserve University |access-date= May 14, 2020}} Since the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, they have been joined by a significant number of immigrants from Russia and other former Soviet republics.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Russians|url= https://case.edu/ech/articles/r/russians |encyclopedia= The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |publisher= Case Western Reserve University |access-date= January 18, 2020}}{{cite encyclopedia |title=Soviet and Post-Soviet Immigration |url= https://case.edu/ech/articles/s/soviet-and-post-soviet-immigration |encyclopedia= The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |date= 7 October 2019 |publisher= Case Western Reserve University |access-date= January 18, 2020}}

Geography

Mayfield Heights is located at {{coord|41.517402|-81.455889|region:US_type:city|format=dms}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|4.18|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|4.17|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.01|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=2013-01-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=July 2, 2012 }}

Demographics

{{US Census population

|1930= 2612

|1940= 2696

|1950= 5807

|1960= 13478

|1970= 22139

|1980= 21550

|1990= 19847

|2000= 19386

|2010= 19155

|2020= 20351

|estyear=2021

|estimate=20044

|estref=

|footnote=Sources:{{cite web|title=Number of Inhabitants: Ohio|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/37749282v1p37_ch02.pdf|date=1960|work=18th Census of the United States|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=17 May 2020}}{{cite web|title=Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-37.pdf|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=22 November 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/mayfieldheightscityohio,US/PST045221|title=Mayfield Heights city, Ohio|website=census.gov|accessdate=July 5, 2022}}

}}

23.9% were of Italian, 14.5% German, 11.9% Irish, 7.4% Polish, 6.8% Russian, and 6.4% English ancestries.[https://archive.today/20200212210918/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_11_5YR_DP02&prodType=table United States Census]

=Languages=

81.0% spoke English, 7.11% Russian, 4.10% Italian, and 1.03% Arabic as their first language.{{cite web|url=http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619224705/http://www.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 19, 2006 |title=Data Center Results |access-date=August 10, 2013 }}

=2010 census=

As of the census{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2013-01-06}} of 2010, there were 19,155 people, 9,662 households, and 4,884 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|4593.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 10,538 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2527.1|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 80.4% White, 10.3% African American, 0.1% Native American, 7.0% Asian, 0.5% from other races, and 1.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 2.0% of the population.

There were 9,662 households, of which 21.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.0% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 49.5% were non-families. 44.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.97 and the average family size was 2.75.

The median age in the city was 42.9 years. 17.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.6% were from 25 to 44; 23.9% were from 45 to 64; and 23.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 45.3% male and 54.7% female.

Of the city's population over the age of 25, 38.3% hold a bachelor's degree or higher.{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/39/3948482.html|title=Population estimates, July 1, 2015, (V2015)|access-date=5 September 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905081311/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/39/3948482.html|archive-date=5 September 2015}}

=2000 census=

As of the census of 2000, there were 19,386 people, 9,848 households, and 5,042 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|4,596.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 10,461 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,480.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 91.85% White, 2.98% African American, 0.03% Native American, 4.03% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.18% from other races, and 0.93% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 1.04% of the population.

There were 9,848 households, out of which 17.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.1% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 48.8% were non-families. 44.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 22.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.95 and the average family size was 2.75.

In the city the population was spread out, with 16.1% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 27.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $37,236, and the median income for a family was $51,132. Males had a median income of $37,358 versus $29,118 for females. The per capita income for the city was $24,392. About 4.6% of families and 6.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.3% of those under age 18 and 9.1% of those age 65 or over.

Schools

Mayfield Heights is a part of the Mayfield City School District, along with Highland Heights, Mayfield Village, and Gates Mills.

Notable people

Matt Prater, NFL player{{cite news |title=Spotlight on Matt Prater |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2009/10/01/spotlight-on-matt-prater/ |access-date=February 6, 2022 |publisher=The Denver Post |date=October 1, 2009}}
Lauren Underwood, U.S. representative{{cite web |title=Underwood, Lauren |url=https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/25769805171 |website=History, Art & Archives |publisher=United States House of Representatives |access-date=February 6, 2022 |quote=born in Mayfield Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 4, 1986}}