| 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.
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