Kirtland, Ohio

Population

Steady. Within 1% of 2020, every year since.

6,925

people, the 216th-largest of Ohio's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Ohio's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

9 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.

90.4%

of 1,927 jobs located in Kirtland are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is up 17% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$874

a month. Ohio's median is $1,034.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $864 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Lake County.

• $785 Tract 2064
• $1,649 Tract 2011.02

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

$941–$1,411

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $874 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 91% of all homes were built before 2000

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.1–0.7% to the 2,911 homes here.

2–19

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 82% more than Ohio's.

$391,300

median home value in Kirtland.

• $391,300 Kirtland
• $214,800 Ohio
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year