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The City of Warrensville Heights is located in the much desired southeastern suburbs of Cuyahoga County in Northeastern Ohio, which is approximately eight miles southeast of the City of Cleveland. It was incorporated as a village in 1927, and became a city in 1960.

The City’s area is approximately 4.30 square miles with the land use breakdown as follows: Residential (29%), Commercial/Industrial (20.9%), Public Utility (23.3%), Governmental (including parks) and other tax exempt (6.6%), Agricultural (0%), and Undeveloped (20.2%). Warrensville Heights population, as of the 2000 Census, was 15,109. In 1970, residential population peaked at 18,925 persons. Ironically, the number of households in Warrensville Heights today is essentially unchanged from 1970, our average household size has declined from 2.95 to 2.34 persons. In 2000, households in the City numbered 6,325, just five less than 30 years earlier. However, to the benefit of all residents, median sale prices of single family homes have increased by 19.9% over the last four years which has exceeded the average in all of Cuyahoga County (17.5%).

Warrensville Heights is one of the most accessible communities in NE Ohio. We are bordered by two State and U.S. highways, interstate highways I-271 and I-480. Facilities for Intrastate, Interstate, Domestic, and International travel include Amtrak Train Depot, Greyhound Bus Terminal, Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, Burke Lakefront Airport, and Cuyahoga County Airport. Public mass transit for the area is handled by Greater Cleveland Transit Authority (RTA) and Yellow Taxi.

Banking and financial services are offered to the City by an array of offices of national and local commercial banks and savings and loan associations located in and around the City.

Warrensville Heights is within the broadcast area of multiple television and radio stations. Multi-Channel cable TV service, including educational, governmental and public access channels are provided by Adelphia, Inc. Its daily news is covered by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Call & Post, Crain’s Cleveland Business, and the Tri-City News.

Within commuting distance are several public and private two-year and four-year colleges and universities providing a wide range of educational facilities and opportunities. Two examples of these facilities that are located in the city limits are Cuyahoga Community Corporate College and Ashland University. Others nearby to the City are Baldwin-Wallace College, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University, John Carroll University, Kent State University, Notre Dame College, Meyers College, The University of Akron, Cleveland Institute of Art, and the Cleveland Institute of Music.

The City of Warrensville Heights is home to one of the premier health facilities in NE Ohio, South Pointe Hospital, a part of the renowned Cleveland Clinic Health System. The transformation of South Pointe Hospital is now complete. As part of a new 35 million dollar, 150,000 square foot expansion project will help South Pointe meet the growing and changing needs of the community by creating a more responsive healing environment with expanded capabilities for now and in the future.

Our area makes available a variety of recreational and community activities. These include Cleveland’s professional sports teams: the Browns, Cavaliers, Indians, Barons(hockey), and Force (soccer). The Cleveland Metroparks System consists of approximately 19,000 acres of natural beauty with scenic, historic, and geologic features. The Metroparks facilities which include wildlife management areas and water fowl sanctuaries, picnic areas and play fields, hiking, bridle and all-purpose fitness trails, golf courses, swimming, boating, sledding, and four nature centers. The Cleveland Metroparks also operates the Cleveland Zoo and highly acclaimed Rainforest, with over 3,000 animals from around the world residing on over 165 wooded acres.