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Mayfield Heights

City · Cuyahoga County · 20,500 residents · 1.5% municipal income tax

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Local events in Mayfield Heights

14 events in the next 90 days from 3 public calendars. All local events in Mayfield Heights

  1. Halloween and Trick-or-Treat

    6 to 8 p.m. · From City of Mayfield Heights

  2. Veteran's Day Brunch

    10 a.m. to noon · Aquatic & Community Center · From City of Mayfield Heights

  3. Movie in the Afternoon

    1 to 3 p.m. · Aquatic & Community Center · From City of Mayfield Heights

Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.

How Mayfield Heights began

Mayfield Heights takes its name from the older Mayfield Township, founded in 1819, from which it separated as its own community in 1920, incorporating as a village in 1925 and a city in 1951. The suburb drew significant Italian American settlement as families moved east from Cleveland's Little Italy neighborhood, and after the Soviet Union's 1991 collapse it also became home to a substantial community of immigrants from Russia and other former Soviet republics. Its population grew from 2,612 in 1930 to a peak of 22,139 in 1970 before settling around 20,000; the city's one National Register listing, the 1886 W.A. Thorp House on Mayfield Road, was demolished in 1990 for a bank branch but remains listed despite no longer existing.

Settled 1819 (Mayfield Township), incorporated 1920 (separated from Mayfield Township); 1925 (village); 1951 (city).

Where the name comes from

Mayfield Heights takes its name from Mayfield Township, founded in 1819, from which it separated in 1920; no source we reviewed explains the origin of 'Mayfield' itself.

Before the town

No source we reviewed names a specific Native American village, trail or burial site within present Mayfield Heights. The area lies within the Connecticut Western Reserve, secured for settlement by the 1785 Treaty of Fort McIntosh and the 1795 Treaty of Greenville.

Timeline

  1. — Mayfield Township is founded.
  2. — The W.A. Thorp House is built on Mayfield Road, designed by Thorp himself.
  3. — Mayfield Heights is founded, separating from Mayfield Township.
  4. — Mayfield Heights incorporates as a village.
  5. — Mayfield Heights' population is 2,612.
  6. — Mayfield Heights incorporates as a city.
  7. — Mayfield Heights' population peaks at 22,139.
  8. — The W.A. Thorp House is added to the National Register of Historic Places.
  9. — The W.A. Thorp House is demolished and replaced with a U.S. Bank branch at 6189 Mayfield Road; the property remains on the National Register despite the original building's loss.
  10. — Following the Soviet Union's collapse, Mayfield Heights becomes home to a significant number of immigrants from Russia and other former Soviet republics.

Stories

A landmark that outlived its own building

W.A. Thorp built his house on Mayfield Road in 1886, and it stood long enough, and was distinctive enough, to be added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 4, 1978. That designation did not save it: by 1990 the house had been torn down and replaced with a U.S. Bank branch, an ordinary brick bank building that today occupies the exact site. The National Register listing was never formally withdrawn, so the Thorp House address in Mayfield Heights carries, on paper, federal historic recognition for a building that anyone driving past today would find only as a bank -- one of the clearer local reminders that a National Register listing protects a building's name in the record, not the building itself.

From Little Italy to the Soviet diaspora

Mayfield Heights' population history traces two distinct waves of immigration into a single, relatively small suburb. Italian American families were among its earliest and most defining settlers, moving east out of Cleveland's crowded Little Italy neighborhood as the community grew from 2,612 residents in 1930 toward its 1970 peak of 22,139. Two decades later, the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 opened a very different migration: a substantial number of families from Russia and other former Soviet republics settled in Mayfield Heights and neighboring suburbs, adding a second, largely Russian-speaking community to a city whose civic and cultural life had for decades been shaped mainly by its Italian American population.

Photographs

The U.S. Bank branch (built 1990) on the site of the demolished W.A. Thorp House, 6189 Mayfield Road, Mayfield Heights -- still listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The U.S. Bank branch (built 1990) on the site of the demolished W.A. Thorp House, 6189 Mayfield Road, Mayfield Heights -- still listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (2015-03-11)
Photo: Nyttend (Wikimedia Commons), public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Mayfield Heights City Park.
Mayfield Heights City Park. (2011-09-28)
Photo: mil199 (Wikimedia Commons, via Panoramio), CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org

Historic places

1 place in Mayfield Heights on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.

  1. Thorp, W. A., HouseBuilding · Mayfield Heights · listed 1978
    Address
    6183--6185 Mayfield Rd.
    Where
    Mayfield Heights, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44124
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1978
    NRIS reference number
    78002046
    Coordinates
    41.52039, -81.45634

    National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places point file. The listing year is shown where NPS's certification date agrees with the listing's reference number. Listing recognizes significance; it does not restrict a private owner.

Every historic place in Cuyahoga County on the full map

Water

The Five Mile Crib, a small structure about 5 miles out in Lake Erie north of Cleveland's Edgewater Park The water here

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside Mayfield Heights's boundary: 1 hospital, 2 nursing homes, 1 fire or EMS station, 1 college, 2 public schools, 1 police station, 2 public charging sites, 2 Superfund sites, 2 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 3 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Hospitals (1)

  1. Hillcrest Hospital Trauma level IIGeneral hospital · Mayfield Hts
    What it is
    General hospital
    Address
    6780 Mayfield Road, Mayfield Hts, OH 44124
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Beds
    532
    Trauma center
    Level II
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Non-profit
    Medicare overall rating
    5 of 5 stars
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    No
    Phone
    (440) 312-4415
    Medicare ID
    360230

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ Where HIFLD got this record ↗ HIFLD hospitals (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: HIFLD hospitals inventory via FEMA (closed hospitals it still lists left out, hospitals opened since added), with Medicare Care Compare ratings matched by name and address.

Nursing homes (2)

  1. Ahc of Landerhaven Llc4 of 5 stars · Mayfield Heights
    Address
    2108 Lander Road, Mayfield Heights, OH 44124
    Certified beds
    46
    Residents on an average day
    41
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    4 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    4 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    4 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Limited Liability company
    Chain
    ADVANCED HEALTH CARE
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (440) 443-0345
    Medicare ID
    366458

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Gardens of Mayfield Village Special focus2 of 5 stars · Mayfield Heights
    Address
    6757 Mayfield Rd, Mayfield Heights, OH 44124
    Certified beds
    99
    Residents on an average day
    58
    Medicare overall rating
    2 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    1 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    1 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    2 fines totalling $155,225, 2 payment denials (latest 2025-05-29)
    Special focus facility
    SFF Candidate
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (440) 473-0090
    Medicare ID
    365355

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider and penalties files; Medicare star ratings run 1 to 5.

Fire and EMS stations (1)

  1. Mayfield Heights Fire DepartmentMayfield Heights
    Address
    6154 Mayfield Road, Mayfield Heights, OH 44124
    Coordinates
    41.51967, -81.45784

    USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance.

Colleges (1)

  1. LaBarberia Institute of HairFor-profit two-year college · Mayfield Hts
    What it is
    For-profit two-year college
    City
    Mayfield Hts
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    335
    Graduation rate
    60% within three years (a class of 97)
    IPEDS unit ID
    483920

    College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: NCES IPEDS 2024 directory, 2023-24 enrollment and tuition, graduation rates for the 2017 (four-year) and 2020 (two-year) entering classes.

Public schools (2)

  1. Lander Elementary3.5 of 5 stars · Cleveland
    Address
    1714 Lander Rd, Cleveland, OH 44124
    School district
    Mayfield City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    485
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    27
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    81.1%
    Ohio building IRN
    019778
    NCES school ID
    390443701296

    NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Mayfield Middle School4.5 of 5 stars · Cleveland
    Address
    1123 Som Center Rd, Cleveland, OH 44124
    School district
    Mayfield City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    900
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    53
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    83.2%
    Ohio building IRN
    062349
    NCES school ID
    390443704451

    NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district.

Police stations (1)

  1. Mayfield Heights Police DepartmentMayfield Heights
    Address
    6154 Mayfield Road, Mayfield Heights, OH 44124
    Coordinates
    41.52001, -81.45766

    Where this record comes from ↗ USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: USGS National Map structures, police stations, corrected and completed by hand (September 2026). The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction, not by distance.

Public EV charging (2)

  1. Eastgate Shopping Center DC fast4 DC fast · Mayfield Heights
    Address
    1371 Som Center Rd, Mayfield Heights, OH 44124
    Ports
    4 DC fast
    Plugs
    CCS, CHAdeMO
    Network
    eVgo Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    877-455-3833

    Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Nick Mayer Ford2 Level 2 · Mayfield Heights
    Address
    6200 Mayfield Rd, Mayfield Heights, OH 44124
    Ports
    2 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Non-Networked
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Price
    Free
    Phone
    440-449-1000

    Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center station list (May 2026), public and open stations, the posts at one address counted as one site.

Superfund sites (2)

  1. 6000 Block Mayfield RdSuperfund program · Mayfield Heights
    Address
    6051 Mayfield Rd (On & Around), Mayfield Heights, OH 44124
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Status
    Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
    EPA program ID
    OHN000510930
    EPA registry ID
    110067350752

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Mallard Drive Mercury SpillSuperfund program · Mayfield Heights
    Address
    1628 Mallard Drive, Mayfield Heights, OH 44124
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Status
    Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
    EPA program ID
    OHN000508217
    EPA registry ID
    110009304840

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Superfund (SEMS) and National Priorities List sites. Many program sites were assessed and needed no cleanup.

Facilities reporting toxic releases (2)

  1. Beck AluminumToxics Release Inventory · Mayfield Heights
    Address
    300 Allen Bradley Dr, Mayfield Heights, OH 44124
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    TRI_OFFSITE_227
    EPA registry ID
    110028097208

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Ettkin Scrap Metal & Iron CoToxics Release Inventory · Cleveland
    Address
    161 Stonecreek Dr, Cleveland, OH 44143
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    TRI_OFFSITE_737
    EPA registry ID
    110070690406

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Toxics Release Inventory reporters. Reporting a release is required of large users of listed chemicals; it is not by itself a violation.

Spills reported since 2021 (3)

  1. Fuel Jet / Kerosene (All)2022-08-30 · Cleveland
    Reported
    2022-08-30
    What spilled
    Fuel Jet / Kerosene (All)
    Where
    Cleveland, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2208EPA0001336

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Material White Reached water2021-07-23 · Mayfield Heights
    Reported
    2021-07-23
    What spilled
    Material White
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Mayfield Heights, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2107EPA0001113

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Material Unknown2026-05-24 · Mayfield Heights
    Reported
    2026-05-24
    What spilled
    Material Unknown
    Where
    Mayfield Heights, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2605EPA0000887

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports, 2021 to September 2026, one point per case where Ohio EPA placed it. A report is what the caller or responder recorded; amounts are often blank or estimated.

Its ZIP codes

Each ZIP code that touches Mayfield Heights, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.

ZIPShareWaterRadon Home valueSchoolsFlood
44124 Mayfield Heights and Cleveland 48% The Five Mile Crib, a small structure about 5 miles out in Lake Erie north of Cleveland's Edgewater Park 2.0 pCi/L average radon Median year built 1956 Mayfield City · 5 stars overall 0.6% of residents in the 1% floodplain
44040 Gates Mills 5% The Five Mile Crib, a small structure about 5 miles out in Lake Erie north of Cleveland's Edgewater Park 3.1 pCi/L average radon Median year built 1963 Mayfield City · 5 stars overall 2.2% of residents in the 1% floodplain
44143 Richmond Heights and Cleveland 3% Lake Erie, through a 10-foot tunnel running nearly 4 miles offshore from northeast Cleveland's lakefront 2.8 pCi/L average radon Median year built 1969 Mayfield City · 5 stars overall 1.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain

Local government

Who holds office in Mayfield Heights, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.

Auditor of State record

The county

Cuyahoga County: 52 ZIP codes, 59 cities, villages and townships, 1,270,867 people.

Nearby places

Lyndhurst Pepper Pike Richmond Heights Highland Heights Mayfield Gates Mills Euclid South Euclid Hunting Valley

Rain and snow

How much has actually fallen on Mayfield Heights, day by day, from 1871 to now. Daily totals, not averages.

rain, last 30 days
1.83 in
2026-10-01 to 2026-10-30
rain so far in 2026
34.6 in
3.6 in below normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
46.9 in
a normal year brings 81.8 in
a normal year
45.8 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 1.82 — 30
September 2026 3.09 — 30
August 2026 7.68 — 31
July 2026 2.55 — 31
June 2026 2.66 — 30
May 2026 4.05 — 31
April 2026 6.31 0.1 30
March 2026 3.48 2.0 31
February 2026 0.63 9.1 28
January 2026 2.29 35.8 31
December 2025 2.93 16.5 31
November 2025 2.23 11.2 30
On the record, 1871–2026
Wettest year2011 — 69.7 in
Driest year1963 — 23.4 in
Snowiest year1969 — 143.7 in
Wettest day on record28 July 2006 — 4.26 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day9 March 2008 — 15.98 in
Deepest snow on the ground14 November 1996 — 37.86 in

Estimated, not measured. No rain gauge has ever stood inside Mayfield Heights, so every figure here is worked out from the gauges around it - the nearest ones weighted most. Treat them as close estimates rather than readings.

56,914 days of records, 1871-01-01 to 2026-10-30. Source: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily, 3,240 gauges in and around Ohio. A day is "gauged" when a gauge standing inside the boundary reported it, and the value is the mean of those gauges. Otherwise it is interpolated by inverse distance from every gauge reporting within 50 miles. Nothing is carried forward, back-filled or smoothed. Against NOAA nClimDiv county monthly precipitation over 136,848 complete county-months (checked 2026-11-01): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-11-01 from the Cracked Buckeye precipitation archive. Snow is the softer number — snowfall is measured by hand with a ruler, no agency publishes a gridded county snowfall series, and blowing snow defeats every observer.

Environmental permits and filings

What Ohio EPA has on file for Mayfield Heights: permits, inspections, violations, cleanups and the state loans behind sewer and water work. Every line links to the agency's own document.

facilities and sites on file
13
those placed on the map inside Mayfield Heights
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Air pollution6
Hazardous waste3
Wastewater and stormwater discharge3
Sewer and water-line construction1
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
CITY OF MAYFIELD HEIGHTS Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
SPROUTS Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
COSTCO GASOLINE LOCATION NO 344 Air pollution permit
CITY OF MAYFIELD HEIGHTS Sewer and water-line construction permit
CITY OF MAYFIELD HEIGHTS Sewer and water-line construction permit
PROGRESSIVE - OMEGA NORTH BUILDING Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
HILLCREST HOSPITAL CCHS Air pollution permit
CIRCLE K #5701 Hazardous waste compliance letter
PENGUIN DRY CLEANERS INC Air pollution permit
COSTCO WHOLESALE #344 Air pollution permit
COSTCO WHOLESALE #344 Air pollution permit
RITE AID #7939 Hazardous waste compliance letter
COSTCO WHOLESALE #344 Hazardous waste report
COSTCO WHOLESALE #344 Hazardous waste compliance letter

Source: Ohio EPA eDocument portal (edocpub.epa.ohio.gov), indexed 2026-10-14. Facilities are placed on the map from Ohio EPA's own map layers, EPA's Facility Registry, coordinates written in the filings, or a geocoded street address. A permit filed under a private person's name (most are household septic systems) is counted but never named, placed or linked; licenses for individual workers and open-burning notices are left out entirely.

Quick answers

What county is Mayfield Heights, Ohio in?

Mayfield Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, with 20,500 residents.

When was Mayfield Heights, Ohio founded?

Mayfield Heights was settled 1819 (Mayfield Township); incorporated 1920 (separated from Mayfield Township); 1925 (village); 1951 (city). Source

How did Mayfield Heights, Ohio get its name?

Mayfield Heights takes its name from Mayfield Township, founded in 1819, from which it separated in 1920; no source we reviewed explains the origin of 'Mayfield' itself. Source

What ZIP code is Mayfield Heights, Ohio?

Mayfield Heights is served by ZIP codes 44124, 44040 and 44143; 44124 holds the largest share of its residents.

Where does Mayfield Heights, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for Mayfield Heights (Cleveland Public Water System): The Five Mile Crib, a small structure about 5 miles out in Lake Erie north of Cleveland's Edgewater Park.

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