Independence, Ohio.
Typical home $367,974 (+3.7% in a year). Cleveland-Elyria, OH metro.
Property tax and schools in Independence
Independence’s own tax page → what a home here pays, who charges it, its levies and ballot, and its schools.
Independence is in Cuyahoga County, where its property tax is set. Its homes there are in the Independence Local school district. Check your own bill.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,003 (+108%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $13,145 +4%
- $354,828$367,974 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $76,035 +26%
- $291,938$367,974 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Independence$1,931
- Ohio$1,291
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Independence, OH rose 3.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Independence, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Independence is a city of 7,584 people in Cuyahoga County. Half its households earn more than $115,733 a year and half less, against $64,468 across Cuyahoga County; 2% of its people live below the poverty line. 90% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 10% are rented. Unemployment in Cuyahoga County was 1.9% in August 2026, and the county had 1.8% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then construction.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Independence is a small city where people tend to be older than in most places, and almost everyone owns the home they live in. Incomes run well above the county's, and very few households live in poverty. A four-year degree is common among adults, and winters are cold, with summers that turn warm, and rain and melted snow spread through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in the building trades, manufacturing, and professional and business services. In town, the largest workplaces include the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Independence Local Schools and Life Line Screening. The typical commute is moderate, and a good number of people work from home. Across Cuyahoga County, unemployment has eased over the past year, though the county has fewer jobs than it did a year ago.
Things to do. A short drive away, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Cleveland Museum of Art are among the area's best-known museums. Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is also close by. For a day outdoors, Cuyahoga Valley National Park is a longer drive away.
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- 3,121households
- 47%of adults have a degree
- 2%below the poverty line
- 23 mintypical commute
- 19%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Cuyahoga County had 692,694 jobs in 2025, 1.8% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 35° and lows near 24°; warmest in July, with highs near 81° and lows near 68°. About 33 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Cleveland Burke Airport weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest employers in Independence
- The Cleveland Clinioc Foundation1,847
- Airgas USA LLC519
- Apple American Group LLC444
- City of Independence444
- CBIZ Operations Inc.435
- Independence Excavating Inc.410
- Independence Local Schools311
- MAI Wealth Management Inc.286
From the City of Independence’s annual financial report for 2024, its schedule of principal employers, as Ohio’s Auditor of State publishes it: the report. Employees as the report counts them.
Natural hazards
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Independence’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Cuyahoga County and the Cleveland-Elyria, OH metro.
Independence home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Independence$367,974
- Ohio$245,982
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Independence listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Independence28.75%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Independence20
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Independence8
Zip codes with a Independence address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Independence — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.