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Berea

Cuyahoga County · 18,611 residents

Tap water here comes from Surface water from the East Branch of the Rocky River, treated at Berea City Water Treatment Plant. The water here

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44017 in 10 facts

The 10 things that stand out about this ZIP against the other 1,232 in Ohio, each with its source.

  1. Where the water comes from Where the water here comes from: Surface water from the East Branch of the Rocky River, treated at the Berea WTP. EPA SDWIS lists this intake as the system's only active source (permanent, filtered). Two older intakes, Coe Lake and Baldwin Creek, were deactivated 2002-06-13. No purchased-water (seller) connection is listed.. Source: EPA SDWIS
  2. Local history 1809 The town here was settled around 1809, earlier than 53% of the Ohio ZIPs with a researched town. Source: Ohio History Connection
  3. Air 12.7 µg/m³ Air quality runs worse here: PM2.5 at the nearest monitor averages 12.7 µg/m³, higher than 98% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: EPA air data files
  4. Airports and Amtrak 2.8 mi This ZIP sits close to a scheduled-service airport: the nearest is 2.8 miles away, closer than 99% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: BTS transportation atlas
  5. Nursing homes 0.4 mi This ZIP sits close to a nursing home: the nearest certified nursing home is 0.4 miles away, closer than 93% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: CMS Care Compare data
  6. Colleges 0.7 mi This ZIP sits close to a college or university: the nearest is 0.7 miles away, closer than 93% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: NCES IPEDS
  7. Algal toxins 0.0 µg/L Algal toxins run low here: raw water has tested up to 0.0 µg/L of microcystin, lower than 85% of Ohio ZIPs with a result. Source: Ohio EPA HAB information for public water systems
  8. Climate 64 in Winters run snowy here: 64 inches of snow a year on average, more than 91% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: NOAA climate normals
  9. Disasters 8 This ZIP has a lot of tornado history: 8 recorded with a track within 5 miles since 1950, more than 89% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: NOAA SPC tornado data
  10. Historic places 7 This ZIP has a lot of listed historic places: 7 on the National Register, more than 90% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: National Register data

Local events in 44017

70 events in the next 90 days from 5 public calendars. All local events in 44017

  1. Hapkido

    9 to 10 a.m. · Berea Recreation Center > Group Exercise Room · From City of Berea

  2. Jazzercise

    9 to 10 a.m. · Berea Recreation Center > Gym Floor · From City of Berea

  3. Water Yoga

    9 to 10 a.m. · From City of Berea

Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.

Your ballot

Who represents 44017, and what is on its ballot for the November 3, 2026 general election.

Locator: Cuyahoga County and Cuyahoga's U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House districtsLocator: Cuyahoga County and Cuyahoga's U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House districts.Cuyahoga CountyU.S. House district 7: Max Miller (R)Ohio Senate district 24: not on the 2026 ballot; the sitting member is Thomas F. Patton (R)Ohio House district 17: Michael D. Dovilla (R)
Cuyahoga County and 44017's U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House districts.
ChamberDistrictMemberParty
U.S. HouseDistrict 7——
Ohio SenateDistrict 24Thomas F. PattonR
Ohio HouseDistrict 17Michael D. DovillaR

U.S. House districts were redrawn for 2026 (Ohio Redistricting Commission, October 31, 2025). The district shown is the one on the November 3, 2026 ballot, which may differ from the district of your current representative.

Statewide races:

44017's district races:

Local questions and issues on 44017's 2026 ballot
JurisdictionTypeQuestion
Berea CityTax Levy (Renewal)Renews a 4.1-mill property tax levy for the current expenses of Berea City for 5 years, beginning in 2026.
Berea CityMiscellaneousMiscellaneous, for Charter Amendment 4.1.
Berea CityMiscellaneousMiscellaneous, for Charter Amendment 13.2.
Cuyahoga CountyMiscellaneousMiscellaneous, for Charter Amendment: Article II, Section 2.03 & Article VI, Section 6.04.
Cuyahoga CountyMiscellaneousMiscellaneous, for Charter Amendment: Article XII, Section 12.09.
Cuyahoga CountyMiscellaneousMiscellaneous, for Charter Amendment: Article V, Section 5.06.
Cuyahoga CountyTax Levy (Additional)Authorizes an additional 2.25-mill property tax levy to acquire, construct, renovate, finance, maintain & operate developmental disabilities facilities of Cuyahoga County for 10 years, beginning in 2026.
Cuyahoga CountyTax Levy (Renewal/Increase)Renews and increases a 7.2-mill property tax levy for the general fund, health & human social services of Cuyahoga County for 10 years, beginning in 2026.

The full ballot language for charter and other questions is on the Cuyahoga County page.

Matched to this ZIP by jurisdiction name: Berea, Berea City.

Last day of early in-person voting — 2026-11-01. Early in-person voting at county boards of elections ends on Sunday, November 1; the hours that day are 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the table above. By October 29, nearly 1.3 million Ohioans had already voted early in person or returned absentee ballots (Journal-News; Signal Ohio's counts from the Secretary of State's daily absentee file add to 1,289,090). The 2022 midterm saw 1.47 million early votes, then a record.

What's on my ballot in 44017 · Election 2026

Where does the tap water come from?

Where the tap water comes from and what is in it: the lake, river, reservoir or aquifer behind every tap, the plant that treats it, and what the compliance record and the lab results say about it.

Where the water comes from

Inland rivers

Surface water from the East Branch of the Rocky River, treated at the Berea WTP. EPA SDWIS lists this intake as the system's only active source (permanent, filtered). Two older intakes, Coe Lake and Baldwin Creek, were deactivated 2002-06-13. No purchased-water (seller) connection is listed.Berea City Water Treatment Plant · Berea City

Source: U.S. EPA SDWIS and Community Water System Service Area Boundaries (v3, 2026), Ohio EPA primacy data, 2020 census blocks: the system serving most residents, traced through purchases to the treating utility; Ohio EPA 2023 Sewer and Water… · EPA SDWIS · EPA service area boundaries · Ohio EPA drinking water · Ohio EPA rate survey

Elevation 679–828 ft, averaging 784 ft · Berea 679–828 ft, averaging 784 · Cuyahoga County 568–1,285 ft (USGS 3DEP)

East Branch Rocky River
Inland river · via Berea City
Drawn from: Surface water from the East Branch of the Rocky River, treated at the Berea WTP. EPA SDWIS lists this intake as the system's only active source (permanent, filtered). Two older intakes, Coe Lake and Baldwin Creek, were deactivated 2002-06-13. No purchased-water (seller) connection is listed.
Treated at Berea City Water Treatment Plant, Berea, Cuyahoga County, OH 44017
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Berea City is owned by a local government, with 6,985 service connections serving 18,789 people; it has substantially implemented source water protection under Ohio's program. Office: 440-826-5814 (SDWIS).

Bills, 2023: a household using 5,000 gallons a month paid about $289 a year for water ($24 a month; $185 at 2,500 gallons, $413 at 8,000) (Ohio EPA rate survey, inside-city rates).

Ohio EPA loans since 2016 for projects inside this ZIP: $707,000 across 1 project (stream and wetland restoration $707K); largest: Baldwin Creek Lowhead Dam Removal (Cleveland Metroparks, 2024, $707K).

Water bodies
Rocky River (East Branch)
Raw intakes
Berea Branch Rocky
Serves
18,789 people · Cuyahoga County
EPA ID
OH1800111
bereaohio.com

About this area's water

Berea Falls on the East Branch Rocky River, Berea's water source
Berea Falls on the East Branch Rocky River, Berea's water sourcePhoto: Central Avenue, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Did you know
  • In 1984 Berea's plant was the first drinking water plant in Ohio to disinfect with ozone. The ozone is long gone, replaced by activated carbon filtration and ultraviolet light.
  • Berea makes its own water — about 2.1 million gallons a day — in a city that calls itself the 'Grindstone Capital of the World' for the sandstone quarries that made it, and it is one of only a handful of Cuyahoga County…
  • When the river will not do, the plant switches to Coe Lake, a lake in a city park, as its raw water source.
  • Berea started pumping water in 1898 mainly to stop the town burning down.
  • The city publishes a detailed annual water quality report but no water rate schedule at all — customers get a quarterly bill and are pointed to a separate agency, NEORSD, for the sewer half of it.

Source: cityofberea.orgen.wikipedia.orgcityofberea.org

History6
  • 1898Berea begins pumping water, prompted by a series of destructive fires.
  • 1920sWater treatment processes introduced at the plant to prevent waterborne disease.
  • 1980sPlant modernization led by Dr. Dimiter Ramadanoff.
  • 1984Berea becomes the first drinking water plant in Ohio to use ozonation for disinfection; ozone has since been replaced by activated carbon filtration and ultraviolet light.
  • 2014Ultraviolet disinfection added, approved by Ohio EPA to inactivate cryptosporidium.
  • 2017City begins a voluntary corrosion control study following national attention to lead in drinking water.

Source: cityofberea.orgcityofberea.orgcityofberea.org

Treatment & pressure

How it is treated

Berea owns and operates its own surface-water treatment plant in downtown Berea, average production about 2.1 million gallons per day. Raw water is drawn from the East Branch of the Rocky River, with Coe Lake available as an alternate source; a backup interconnection with Cleveland Water exists and…

Source: cityofberea.orgcityofberea.orgcityofberea.org

Water pressure

Not published. No CCR, city page or Ohio EPA record reviewed gives a system psi figure or a pressure-zone map.

What it costs

Not published anywhere retrievable. Berea bills water quarterly (three months of usage per bill), but the Water Department page, the Water Billing page and the payment FAQ all…

Source: cityofberea.orgcityofberea.orgcityofberea.org

Water quality & impurities10
ContaminantLevelLimitYear
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)
Range of detections 27.5-106.1 ppb — individual samples exceeded the 80 ppb standard, but compliance is judged on a…		64.2 ppb802025
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Range 6.0-18.5 ppb. 2023: 13.5 ppb (range 6.0-17.2).		12.2 ppb602025
Total Chlorine
Range 0.91-1.36 ppm.		1.27 ppm4 (MRDL)2025
Nitrate
Range 0.5-6.2 ppm — the highest single result reached 62% of the MCL. The CCR carries the blue-baby-syndrome advisory…		6.2 ppm102025
Fluoride
Range 0.76-1.24 ppm.		1.24 ppm42025
Turbidity
Range 0.03-0.230 NTU. Turbidity is the performance check on the filters for a surface-water plant.		0.23 (highest)… NTU0.3 (TT)2025
Total Organic Carbon (removal ratio)
Range 1.85-3.45; a value above 1 means the plant is meeting its required TOC removal. TOC is the precursor material…		2.08 ratioTT (value must…2025
Lead (90th percentile)
0 of 30 samples above the action level. 2023 result was <2 ug/L.		2.6 ppb15 (AL)2025
Copper (90th percentile)
0 of 30 samples above the action level. 2023: 0.0170 ppm.		0.099 ppm1.3 (AL)2025
Lithium
Quarterly UCMR 5 results: 11 (Jan), 9.4 (Apr), 8.8 (Jul), 8.3 (Oct) ug/L against a minimum reporting level of 9 ug/L.		8.3-11 ug/Lunregulated…2024

Source: cityofberea.orgcityofberea.org

EPA compliance record

Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).

EPA health-based violations since 2015:

  • 2019Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) · above the legal limit on average · measured 0.082 MG/L (limit 0.08 MG/L) · returned to compliance

3 violations of any kind logged since 2020: 1 for required testing that was missed or reported late; 2 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records).

Projects & plans2

Planned or needed

  • Replacement of aging water mains installed in the 1950s · needed
    The Water Plant page names this the department's major priority, attributing discolored water and frequent breaks to the 1950s-era mains. No cost, schedule or…
  • Lead service line inventory — unknown-material follow-up · under construction
    Letters to residents whose service lines are designated 'unknown' go out in September 2026, offering a self-identification form or a city inspection; results…

Source: cityofberea.orgcityofberea.org

Supply stress

Berea is one of the very few Cuyahoga County communities that still makes its own water rather than buying from Cleveland, and its entire supply is a small urban stream. Wikipedia's account is that the East Branch of the Rocky River provides the supply 'for most of the year' — the city's own material confirms Coe Lake as the alternate…

Source: cityofberea.orgcityofberea.orgcityofberea.org

Sewers

Sanitary

Sanitary sewage is handled by the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. Berea's own Water Billing page tells customers that NEORSD sets and bills wastewater rates and links directly to NEORSD's rate page and summer sprinkling program, confirming NEORSD membership from a city source rather than an inference. Which NEORSD treatment plant…

Storm

NEORSD's Regional Stormwater Management Program covers Berea, and the city's Water Billing page links to it directly; NEORSD bills the stormwater fee alongside the wastewater charge. The city's own storm water pages focus on local drainage and rain gardens…

Source: cityofberea.orgneorsd.orgneorsd.org

Sourcesverified
cityofberea.orgcityofberea.orgcityofberea.orgcityofberea.orgcityofberea.orgcityofberea.orgneorsd.orgen.wikipedia.orgneorsd.org

Compiled from the utility's own reports and public records, then independently re-checked against primary sources.

Water systems in this ZIP

Source: U.S. EPA SDWIS and Community Water System Service Area Boundaries (v3, 2026), Ohio EPA primacy data, 2020 census blocks: the system serving most residents, traced through purchases to the treating utility; Ohio EPA 2023 Sewer and Water Rate Survey (Ohio State, May 2025) for household bills; Ohio EPA DEFA loan awards since 2016 for the loans paragraph · EPA SDWIS · EPA service area boundaries · Ohio EPA drinking water · Ohio EPA rate survey

Violations1 health-based since 2015, lead 0 ppbRadon3.1 pCi/L avg, 24% above 4Stream health100% of land drains to streams failing aquatic lifeNearest sewage plantCity of Strongsville C Wwtp, 2.5 mi, 7/12 quarters in violationGroundwaterDRASTIC 89, 86 well logsElectricThe Illuminating CompanyGas pipelinenearest transmission line 3.2 miNearest power plantWest Lorain 21.2 mi, 500 MW gasGasColumbia Gas of Ohio, 85% on gasSchool districtBerea CitySocial vulnerability44th percentile in OhioUpward mobilityrank 43.2 for low-income childrenPeople37.4% with a degree, 2.6% born abroadJobs8K jobs hereSchool tax31.2 mills, ~$2,181 on a $200K homePhoneAT&T OhioFlood1.0% in floodplainInternet100% served, fiber 69%Hazard risk17, above 17% of US tractsOil and gas wells44 in the ZIP, 5 producingSoilsMitiwanga, septic very limitedAbandoned minesnone mappedSpills4 reported since 2021, mostly oils and hydraulic fluidDisasters8 tornado tracks within 5 mi, 22 FEMA declarationsDams2 high-hazard within 10 mi, nearest 6.2 miTraffic42K a day on I-80Bridges0 of 13 rated poorRail crossings1 public crossing, up to 53 trains a dayTransit40% within half a mile of a stopWalkability10.1 of 20, below averageAirportCLE 2.8 mi, Amtrak 12.1 miClimate64" snow, 52°F averageAlgal toxinsmonitored, none foundPFASnone detectedLeadnone at the 90th-percentile tap, 46 lead or galvanized lines, 2,157 unknownByproductsTTHM 50 µg/L (2019)Fluoridefluoridated, 9 treatment stepsWatershedBlack-Rocky, Baldwin Creek-East Branch Rocky RiverLocal governmentBerea (city)Cell signal5G on 100% of landU.S. HouseOH-7 Max Miller (R)Life expectancy78.4 yearsHealth17% fair or poor health, obesity 32%Nearest hospitalSouthwest Gen. Health Center, 1.6 mi, 4★Toxic sitesSuperfund 11 mi away, 7 TRIToxic releases97 lb on site, 3 facilitiesAirPM2.5 12.7 µg/m³, monitor 11.7 miFire/EMSBerea Fire Department, 0.4 miLibraryBerea Branch Library, 0.6 miGroceries20% over 1 mi from a supermarketEV chargersfast charger 2.5 mi, 3 stations hereHistorysettled 1809Historic places7 listed, incl. Berea District 7 SchoolWetlands2.7% of land, 106 acresLand cover82% developed, 21% tree canopyParks2.1% public land, Findley State Park 23.5 miNursing homeBEREA CENTER, 0.4 mi, 5★PoliceBerea Police Department, 0.6 miCrime0.2 violent per 1,000, Berea PoliceAquifer92% sensitive settingCollegeBaldwin Wallace University, 0.7 miSchool ratings4 stars, Berea CityHome prices$245K typical, +101% in ten yearsBuilding permits232 units 2016 to 2025 in BereaHomes and income$198K home, $75K incomeHousesbuilt 1957, 6,487 homes

Infrastructure in this ZIP

4.96 mi of highway (SR 237, I-80) · 5.74 mi of railroad (Norfolk Southern, CSX) · 1 transit route (Greater Cleveland RTA) · 3.87 mi of oil, fuel or NGL pipeline (Buckeye Partners) · 33.1 mi of electric transmission line · 5.22 mi of interceptor sewer mapped (NEORSD) · 3 substations · 1 wind turbine · 2 grade crossings (Norfolk Southern) · 3 public EV charger listings · 1 fire or EMS station · 1 police station · 1 post office · 2 water towers or tanks in OpenStreetMap · 1 water works or pumping station in OpenStreetMap · 3.82 mi of trail and bike route · 30 transit stops · 13 bridges and culverts in the inventory · 10 sites with underground fuel tanks in use · 2 open leaking-tank releases · 2 source water protection zones (Berea City PWS) · 6 stormwater (MS4) permit areas (City of Berea, City of Brook Park, City of Middleburg Heights) · 2 brownfield or cleanup sites.

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Intakes and plants

Inland rivers

Surface water from the East Branch of the Rocky River, treated at the Berea WTP. EPA SDWIS lists this intake as the system's only active source (permanent, filtered). Two older intakes, Coe Lake and Baldwin Creek, were deactivated 2002-06-13. No purchased-water (seller) connection is listed.Berea City Water Treatment Plant · Berea City

Source: U.S. EPA SDWIS and Community Water System Service Area Boundaries (v3, 2026), Ohio EPA primacy data, 2020 census blocks: the system serving most residents, traced through purchases to the treating utility; Ohio EPA 2023 Sewer and Water… · EPA SDWIS · Ohio EPA source water protection

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Violations

One violation

1 health-based violation since 2015Berea City · lead 0 ppb (2025) · 3 of any kind since 2020

Source: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled September 2026): health-based violations since 2015, all violations since 2020, lead and copper 90th-percentile results, for the system serving most of the ZIP · EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts) · EPA ECHO

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Disinfection byproducts

40 to 60

TTHM 50 µg/L (2019)Berea City · HAA5 12 · worst year 62

Source: EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019: total trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids (HAA5) sampled in the distribution system, nitrate, arsenic, combined radium, gross alpha and uranium at entry points; yearly means…

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PFAS

No PFAS detected

No PFAS detectedBerea City · UCMR 5, 4 samples · Ohio EPA 2020

Source: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data (final release, August 2026: 29 PFAS and lithium at 347 Ohio systems) and Ohio EPA statewide PFAS sampling 2019 to 2021 (1,479 systems), for the system serving most of each ZIP; Ohio EPA water treatment plant… · Ohio EPA PFAS

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Lead

No lead detected

No lead at the 90th-percentile tapBerea City · period ending 2025-12 · 46 of 6,974 service lines lead or galvanized, 2,157 unknown

Source: SDWIS lead and copper 90th-percentile tap results (Envirofacts) and EPA's service line inventory dashboard (2026 Q2 submissions), for the system serving most of each ZIP; Ohio Department of Health high-risk ZIP code list for childhood… · ODH childhood lead testing · ODH high-risk ZIP list (CCBH PDF) · Ohio EPA lead and copper · H2Ohio

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Fluoride and treatment

Fluoridated

FluoridatedBerea City · corrosion control, coagulation and settling, chlorine disinfection, iron and manganese removal

Source: CDC My Water's Fluoride (fluoridation status of each system as reported by the Ohio Department of Health, fetched 2026-09-10); SDWIS treatment table (Envirofacts): each system's registered treatment steps, inherited from the supplier for… · EPA SDWIS search

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Algal toxins

Monitored, no microcystin found

Monitored, none foundBerea City

Source: Ohio EPA public water system harmful algal bloom monitoring (geo.epa.ohio.gov DrinkingWater/HAB): microcystin results in raw and treated water since 2016 for surface-water systems, for the system serving most of each ZIP · Ohio EPA HAB information for public water systems

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Groundwater

DRASTIC index under 100

DRASTIC 89 · Shale86 well logs · median 49 ft deep

Source: ODNR Division of Geological Survey: DRASTIC groundwater vulnerability polygon at each ZIP's population center, mapped karst features, and the state water well log inventory (about 655,000 logs) counted inside each ZIP; ODNR glacial… · ODNR Geological Survey · Ohio EPA GIS services · USGS water data

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Aquifer

85% or more

92% sensitive geologic settingunder 0.5% wellhead protection

Source: Ohio EPA Sensitive Geologic Settings (geology/Geology layer 0) intersected with ZCTA polygons; ODNR karst geology at the ZIP center (layer 7, point query) and karst and spring points (layer 5); Ohio EPA source water protection areas… · Ohio EPA geology layers · Ohio EPA source water protection (SWAP) · ODNR Geological Survey

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Sewage plants

4 to 7 quarters

City of Strongsville C Wwtp · 2.5 mi7 of 12 quarters in violation · significant noncompliance · 1.8 MGD

Source: EPA ECHO Clean Water Act facilities, Ohio NPDES permits with a publicly owned treatment works component, plants of 0.1 MGD or more or designated major: nearest plant, design flow, significant-noncompliance status, quarters in… · EPA ECHO · EPA CSO inventory · Ohio EPA GIS services · EPA Facility Finder

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Stream health

Three quarters or more

100% of the land drains to streams failing aquatic lifeBaldwin Creek-East Branch Rocky River · bacteria (pathogens), habitat damage

Source: EPA ATTAINS, Ohio 2024 Integrated Report assessment units (1,545 watershed polygons) overlaid on ZCTAs in Albers equal-area with the Lake Erie units clipped out: share of land in units not supporting aquatic life, recreation, fish… · EPA ATTAINS · Ohio integrated report · Ohio sport fish advisory · Ohio EPA advisory map

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Watershed

Drains to Lake Erie

Black-Rocky subbasinBaldwin Creek-East Branch Rocky River · drains to Lake Erie

Source: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset: HUC-8 subbasins by resident share (2020 census blocks) and the HUC-12 subwatershed at each ZIP's population-weighted center with its downstream chain; USGS county water use 2015 (Dieter and others 2018) for… · USGS watershed boundaries · EPA EnviroAtlas · Ohio EPA 401 map · ODNR Water Withdrawal Atlas (archived copy) · USGS county water use 2015 · ODNR H2Ohio projects · ODNR Lake Erie Coastal Management Area · Ohio EPA source water protection (SWAP) · Ohio EPA nine-element plans · Ohio EPA 319, GLRI and SWIF project lists · Ohio EPA chloride reduction grants · NOAA Lake Erie water levels

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Home

The houses themselves and what they cost: who lives in them, what a typical one looks like down to the parcel record, how much new housing has gone up, and what a household pays in property tax.

Homes and income

$175,000 to $250,000

Median home $198,400household income $75,231 · rent $1,062 · 73% own

Source: Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year by ZCTA: median home value, median gross rent, median household income, owner share, median year built; Eviction Lab tract estimates 2016 to 2018 (Gromis and others 2022), population-weighted to ZIPs; HUD fiscal… · Census ACS · Eviction Lab · HUD data · IRS ZIP statistics · Mapping Inequality · HUD eGIS open data · FDIC BankFind · NCUA call report data

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House by house

1940 to 1959

Median year built 19576,487 homes · $199K median appraised

Source: Residential parcels (Ohio land-use classes 500 to 599, apartments 401 to 403, farmhouses) placed in ZIPs by scripts/join_parcels.py on 2026-09-15, the houses loading on demand; county auditors' appraisal records, house by house (year… · Cuyahoga County Fiscal Officer

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Building permits

5 to 15

232 housing units permitted 2016 to 2025Berea · 12.5 per 1,000 residents · 21 in 2025

Source: Census Bureau Building Permits Survey, annual place files 2016 to 2025: new privately owned housing units, buildings and construction value authorized by each Ohio permit office, given to each ZIP through the jurisdiction where most of its… · Census building permits

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Home prices

100 to 150%

+101% in ten years+54% in five · +5% in 2025

Source: FHFA House Price Index, annual five-digit ZIP all-transactions series (repeat sales and refinance appraisals of conforming-mortgage homes, developmental, not seasonally adjusted): ten-, five- and one-year changes and the level against… · FHFA house price index · Zillow research data · Realtor.com data

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School tax

30 to 40 mills

31.2 effective school millsBerea City · about $2,181 a year on a $200,000 home

Source: Ohio Department of Taxation, Aggregate Property Tax Rates by School District, tax year 2025 (DTE 515), joined by IRN and weighted by each ZIP's residents in every district; school levies only; Ohio Department of Taxation The Finder rate… · Ohio tax data series · The Finder

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Utilities and getting around

The companies and networks that keep a house running and a resident moving: electric, gas, phone and internet service, and the roads, transit, rail and airports around it.

Electric

The Illuminating Company

The Illuminating CompanyInvestor-owned utility

Source: PUCO certified electric territories via ODOT plus HIFLD municipal systems (EIA-861) with ODOT corporate limits; EIA-861 reliability (outages), sales to ultimate customers (residential prices and bills), net metering and advanced meters by… · PUCO electricity · ODOT territories service · EIA-861 · DOE LEAD Tool · HIFLD retail service territories

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Gas

Columbia Gas of Ohio

Columbia Gas of OhioPUCO-regulated utility · 85% of homes heat with utility gas

Source: PUCO 2026 county map of gas distribution companies, HIFLD/EIA-176 territory polygons, ACS 2020-2024 heating fuel · PUCO natural gas · HIFLD

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Power plants

20 to 35 miles

West Lorain · 21.2 migas, 500 MW · 1 plant within 10 miles

Power plants within 10 miles

  1. Cuyahoga County LandfillSolar · 4 MW · 7.7 mi
    Capacity
    4 MW
    Main source
    Solar
    Technology
    Solar Photovoltaic
    Operator
    Madison Energy Holdings LLC
    Sector
    IPP Non-CHP
    Where
    Brooklyn, Cuyahoga County
    Generating units
    1
    Built
    2018
    EIA plant code
    62041

    EIA plant page ↗ EIA-860 (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: EIA-860 power plant inventory via HIFLD (February 2025), with plant codes, units and years from EIA-860 2025. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Source: EIA-860 power plant inventory via HIFLD (202 Ohio plants, February 2025): nearest plant, nearest plant of 100 MW or more, plants and capacity by fuel within 10 miles; USGS U.S. Wind Turbine Database (June 2026) and U.S. Large-Scale Solar… · EIA-860 · HIFLD · USGS wind turbines · USGS solar · NRC emergency planning zones

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Pipelines

3 to 10 miles

Nearest transmission line 3.2 miColumbia Gas Trans Co (interstate)

Source: EIA natural gas interstate and intrastate transmission pipelines via Esri's Federal User Community copy on ArcGIS Online (data last updated July 2025; 1,239 segments in and around Ohio): miles inside each ZIP by operator, distance from the… · EIA U.S. Energy Atlas · ArcGIS Online item

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Phone

AT&T Ohio

AT&T OhioIncumbent telephone company

Source: PUCO Telecom map service, layer 7 ILEC Company Service Area (incumbent local exchange carriers, fetched 2026-09-08) by resident share of 2020 census blocks · PUCO telephone

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Internet

Under 2% lack 100/20 service

100% can get 100/20 Mbpsfiber 69% · cable 100% · 5,828 locations

Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection, June 2024, fixed availability by H3 hexagon (Esri Living Atlas, Ohio subset); Census ACS 2020-2024 table B28002 internet subscriptions; Ookla Open Data fixed speed tests 2025 Q2 by tile, averaged inside the… · FCC broadband map · Ookla open data · Census ACS

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Cell signal

5G nearly everywhere

5G on 100% of the land4G or better 100% · AT&T 100% · T-Mobile 100% · Verizon 100%

Source: FCC Mobile Broadband Data Collection, carrier-reported 4G LTE and 5G coverage by H3 hexagon (Esri Living Atlas layer last updated 24 November 2025, most likely the June 30, 2025 filing round), fetched 2026-09-08; FCC Antenna Structure… · FCC broadband map · FCC antenna registration · Ookla open data

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EV chargers

2 to 5 miles

Fast charger 2.5 mi: MIDDLEBERG H CPE250 #23 public stations in the ZIP (6 Level 2, 0 DC fast ports) · 19 within 5 miles of its center

Public EV charging inside ZIP 44017

  1. Riverside Gables Bed & Breakfast - Tesla Destination2 Level 2 · Berea · 0.5 mi
    Address
    50 N Rocky River Dr, Berea, OH 44017
    Ports
    2 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772, Tesla (NACS)
    Network
    Tesla Destination
    Phone
    877-798-3752

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

  2. Baldwin Wallace University - 380 Front Street2 Level 2 · Berea · 0.7 mi
    Address
    380 Front Street, Berea, OH 44017
    Ports
    2 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Blink Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-998-2546

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

  3. Baldwin Wallace University - 139 Tressel Street2 Level 2 · Berea · 0.8 mi
    Address
    139 Tressel Street, Berea, OH 44017
    Ports
    2 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Blink Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-998-2546

    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. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.

Source: NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center station list as of May 29, 2026 (USDOT BTS copy: 2,136 Ohio electric stations, of which the 1,850 public and open are used, NREL restricted-access records such as dealer-service and hotel-guest chargers… · Alternative Fuels Data Center · BTS Alternative Fueling Stations (NTAD)

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Transit

10 to 40%

40% within half a mile of a stop30 stops in the ZIP · Greater Cleveland RTA

None inside the ZIP; the nearest station or terminal

  1. Strongsville Park-N-RideRail transit stop · Greater Cleveland RTA · 2.8 mi
    What it is
    Rail transit stop
    Operator
    Greater Cleveland RTA
    Coordinates
    41.33901, -81.82699

    BTS National Transit Map (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: BTS Intermodal Passenger Connectivity Database and National Transit Map (2025). Bus stops are counted on the card and drawn on the full map. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.

Source: USDOT BTS National Transit Map stops (National Transportation Atlas Database, 2025 vintage, fetched September 2026), plus the Springfield, Lancaster-Fairfield, Knox County Transit, WayGo and BGSU Shuttle GTFS feeds: share of residents… · BTS National Transit Map · BTS transportation atlas · Springfield City Area Transit GTFS feed · Lancaster-Fairfield Public Transit GTFS feed · Knox County Transit GTFS feed · WayGo GTFS feed · BGSU Shuttle GTFS feed

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Walkability

Below average (5.76 to 10.5)

Walkability 10.1 of 2081 intersections per square mile · 33% near transit

Source: EPA National Walkability Index (Smart Location Database 3.0, 2021) by block group, population-weighted to ZIPs through 2020 census block points; car-free household share from Census ACS 2020 to 2024 table B25044, or where missing the Smart… · EPA walkability index · Smart Location Database · Census ACS

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Rail crossings

1 to 3 crossings

1 public crossing1 gated · up to 53 trains a day · Norfolk Southern

Source: FRA Grade Crossing Inventory (current records, Ohio): open at-grade crossings inside each ZIP, gates, trains a day at the busiest, timetable speed, railroads; nearest crossing to the population-weighted center; FRA highway-rail grade… · FRA crossing inventory (Form 71, current) · FRA crossing incidents (Form 57) · FRA rail equipment accidents (Form 54) · FRA safety data · DOT open data

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Bridges

No bridge rated poor

13 bridges, 0 rated poortypical build year 1998 · busiest Bagley Road CR 27, 27,480 vehicles a day

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory 2025 (26,713 Ohio structures; 26,616 fall inside a ZIP area and are counted, the other 97 land outside every ZIP polygon): bridges inside each ZIP, poor-condition ratings, ages, traffic · FHWA bridge inventory · ODOT TIMS bridge inventory (live)

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Traffic

20,000 to 50,000

41,501 vehicles a day on I-8014,942 trucks · 188K vehicle-miles a day inside the ZIP

Source: ODOT traffic count segments (2025 annual average daily traffic by road segment, ODOT Transportation Information Mapping System): segments assigned to the ZIP holding their midpoint; NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System 2020 to 2024… · ODOT TIMS traffic count segments · NHTSA FARS

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Airports and Amtrak

Airline airport under 15 miles

CLE · 2.8 miCleveland-Hopkins International · Amtrak at Elyria 12.1 mi

Source: FAA airport facilities (NASR landing-facility record) and Amtrak stations via USDOT BTS National Transportation Atlas Database, fetched September 2026: nearest airport with scheduled airline service (Part 139 class I), nearest public-use… · BTS transportation atlas

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Land, air and risk

The ground itself and what can go wrong on it: radon, flood risk, air quality, old mines and wells, and the parks, wetlands and open land still left.

Radon

2 to 4 pCi/L

3.1 pCi/L average radon638 tests · 24% above 4 pCi/L · median 2.1

Source: Ohio Department of Health radon test results by ZIP code since 2010 (pre-mitigation), ZIPs with five or more tests · ODH radon program

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Flood

Under 2% of residents

1.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain11% of the land is floodplain · zone A

Source: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, flood hazard zones, fetched 2026-09-08; OpenFEMA NFIP redacted claims for Ohio (frozen June 2026), by reported ZIP; USGS NWIS annual peak flows for the nearest active stream gauge; NOAA Atlas 14… · FEMA flood hazard layer · FEMA Map Service Center · OpenFEMA · NOAA Atlas 14 · USGS stream gauges

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Hazard risk

Under 20 (lowest fifth of US tracts)

Risk score 17 · higher than about 17% of US tractsCold wave 72 · Tornado 52

Source: FEMA National Risk Index, census tracts, December 2025 release, population-weighted to ZIPs · FEMA National Risk Index · NRI census tract layer (ArcGIS)

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Climate

45 to 70 inches

64" of snow a year · 52.4°F averageJanuary low 22° · July high 84° · 41" of precipitation

Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals, annual and monthly, 261 Ohio stations; each ZIP takes the nearest station reporting each element from its population-weighted center; U.S. Drought Monitor weekly county statistics 2000 to 2026… · NOAA climate normals · NOAA climate at a glance · U.S. Drought Monitor

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Air

10 µg/m³ and up

PM2.5 12.7 µg/m³ at Harvard Yards, 11.7 miozone 68 ppb at Berea BOE · Cuyahoga County median AQI 53

Source: EPA Air Quality System 2025 annual summaries: nearest PM2.5 and ozone monitors from each ZIP's population-weighted center, county AQI day counts; EPA ECHO Clean Air Act permitted sources in Ohio (air_rest_services, September 2026); EPA… · EPA air data files · EPA AirToxScreen · EPA Green Book · EPA ECHO

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Toxic sites

8 to 15 miles

Nearest NPL site 11 mi: Chemical & Minerals Reclamation7 toxic-release reporters · 0 Superfund program sites in the ZIP

Source: EPA Facility Registry Service: Superfund NPL and SEMS sites, Toxics Release Inventory reporters (EPA geoplatform), fetched 2026-09-08; the nearest NPL site also considers sites in PA, WV, KY, IN and MI within about 20 miles of the border… · EPA Facility Registry · EPA Superfund sites · Ohio EPA cleanup sites · EPA UST Finder · EPA ECHO

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Toxic releases

Under 1,000 lb a year

97 lb released on site in 20243 facilities · Color Matrix Corp

Facilities reporting toxic releases inside ZIP 44017

  1. Voss Industries LlcToxics Release Inventory · Berea · 1.0 mi
    Address
    1000 W Bagley Rd, Berea, OH 44017
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44135TTHLL1000B
    EPA registry ID
    110000766760

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

  2. International Paint Llc (1318067810)Toxics Release Inventory · Berea · 1.0 mi
    Address
    640 North Rocky River Dr., Berea, OH 44017
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44017LRNCK640NO
    EPA registry ID
    110054242707

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

  3. Color Matrix CorpToxics Release Inventory · Berea · 1.1 mi
    Address
    680 N Rocky River Dr, Berea, OH 44017
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    4401WCLRMT68NRC
    EPA registry ID
    110025332771

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

  4. Chemix CorpToxics Release Inventory · Berea · 1.1 mi
    Address
    55 1St Avenue, Berea, OH 44017
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44017CHMXC55FIR
    EPA registry ID
    110000385208

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

  5. Dearborn IncToxics Release Inventory · Berea · 1.2 mi
    Address
    678 Front St, Berea, OH 44017
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44017DRBRN678FR
    EPA registry ID
    110002110073

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  6. Hunt Imaging LlcToxics Release Inventory · Berea · 1.7 mi
    Address
    210 Sheldon Rd., Berea, OH 44017
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44017LNHNT210SH
    EPA registry ID
    110000385217

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

  7. Vesuvius Usa Corporation - Cd (1318126134)Toxics Release Inventory · Brook Park · 1.8 mi
    Address
    20200 Sheldon Road, Brook Park, OH 44142
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (open)
    EPA program ID
    44142FSCNC20200
    EPA registry ID
    110000388063

    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. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.

Source: EPA Toxics Release Inventory basic data files, Ohio, reporting years 2020 to 2024 (2024 shown, 2020 for the trend); facilities placed in the ZCTA holding their coordinates; dioxin rows reported in grams left out of pound totals · EPA TRI data files

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Dams

1 or 2

2 high-hazard dams within 10 milesNearest: Hollenbeck Lake Dam, 6.2 mi, condition poor

High-hazard dams within 10 miles

  1. Hollenbeck Lake Dam PoorTributary To Big Creek · condition: poor · 6.2 mi
    Hazard class
    High: a failure would probably cost a life
    Condition
    Poor (assessed 11/02/2021)
    River or stream
    Tributary To Big Creek
    Purpose
    Recreation
    Type
    Earth
    Height
    22 ft
    Storage
    64 acre-feet
    Completed
    1953
    Owner type
    Private
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Nearest town (NID)
    Parma Heights
    Last inspection
    11/02/2021
    Emergency action plan
    Yes
    NID ID
    OH01487

    National Inventory of Dams record ↗ National Inventory of Dams (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Lake Brunswick DamPlum Creek · condition: satisfactory · 9.7 mi
    Hazard class
    High: a failure would probably cost a life
    Condition
    Satisfactory (assessed 09/02/2024)
    River or stream
    Plum Creek
    Purpose
    Recreation
    Type
    Earth
    Height
    16 ft
    Storage
    133 acre-feet
    Completed
    1930
    Owner type
    Local Government
    County
    Medina County
    Nearest town (NID)
    Brunswick
    Last inspection
    11/21/2023
    Emergency action plan
    Yes
    NID ID
    OH00623

    National Inventory of Dams record ↗ National Inventory of Dams (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, August 2026. "High hazard" rates what a failure would cost downstream, not how likely one is; the condition is the state's assessment. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams (1,376 Ohio dams, August 2026; 26 Corps levees and dikes counted with their parent dam): high-hazard dams near each ZIP's population-weighted center, with the state's condition… · National Inventory of Dams

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Disasters

6 to 10

8 tornado tracks within 5 miles since 19504 rated F2/EF2+ · 22 federal declarations for Cuyahoga County · 4 quakes M2+ within 25 mi

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database 1950-2025 (tracks within 5 miles of each ZIP's population-weighted center), OpenFEMA disaster declarations by county since 1956, USGS earthquake catalog M2+ since 1970 within 25 miles… · NOAA SPC tornado data · OpenFEMA · USGS earthquakes · NOAA storm events · IEM warning archive

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Spills

1 to 4 reports

4 spills reported since 2021mostly oils and hydraulic fluid · 1 reached water

Spills reported since 2021 inside ZIP 44017

  1. Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon Reached water2025-10-28 · Berea · 0.3 mi
    Reported
    2025-10-28
    What spilled
    Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Berea, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2510EPA0001763

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

  2. Oil Transformer Non Pcb2025-12-12 · Berea · 0.3 mi
    Reported
    2025-12-12
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    60 gallons
    Where
    Berea, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2512EPA0001991

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

  3. Fuel Jet / Kerosene (All)2026-07-29 · Cleveland · 1.2 mi
    Reported
    2026-07-29
    What spilled
    Fuel Jet / Kerosene (All)
    Largest amount reported
    27 gallons
    Where
    Cleveland, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2607EPA0001388

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

  4. Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle2024-04-10 · Berea · 1.3 mi
    Reported
    2024-04-10
    What spilled
    Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle
    Largest amount reported
    1 gallons
    Where
    Berea, Cuyahoga County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2404EPA0000585

    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. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.

Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports (geo.epa.ohio.gov EmergResponse/Spills2_OpenData): cases with a location inside each ZIP, 2021 to date · Ohio EPA spills data · Ohio EPA Office of Emergency Response

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Oil and gas wells

11 to 50

44 wells in the ZIP5 producing · 0 shale · 10 orphan · nearest 0.22 mi

Source: ODNR Division of Oil and Gas Resources public well inventory (242,324 well heads, fetched 2026-09-08): wells inside each ZIP by status, horizontal shale wells, injection wells, orphan-program wells · ODNR oil and gas · ODNR GIS services

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Abandoned mines

No mapped underground mine

No mapped minenearest mapped coal mine 21.6 mi

Source: ODNR Mines of Ohio: abandoned underground coal and industrial-mineral mines mapped before 1977 (5,116 polygons), overlaid on ZCTAs in Albers equal-area: share of each ZCTA's total area (land plus inland water) over a mapped mine; ODNR… · ODNR mines of Ohio · ODNR Geological Survey

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Soils

Very limited

Mitiwanga-Urban land compex, undulatingseptic very limited · somewhat poorly drained

Source: USDA NRCS SSURGO via Soil Data Access: the soil map unit under each ZIP's population-weighted center with its dominant component, drainage, hydric and farmland class, flooding, and the Ohio septic and basement interpretation ratings… · USDA Soil Data Access · Web Soil Survey · Open-Meteo elevation

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Parks

2 to 5%

2.1% public land · 85 acresCoe Lake Park · Findley State Park 23.5 mi

Source: USGS Protected Areas Database 4.1 (Ohio state package, flattened combined layer, open-access fee, designation and easement polygons plus the six ODNR state parks PAD-US codes closed by default: Buckeye Lake, Forked Run, Hueston Woods, Lake… · USGS PAD-US · ODNR GIS services

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Wetlands

1 to 3%

2.7% wetland · 106 acresforested/shrub wetland 91 · pond 13 · emergent wetland 3

Source: USFWS National Wetlands Inventory, Ohio geodatabase (imagery mostly 2004 to 2007, Lake Erie basin 2021), freshwater wetlands and ponds clipped to each ZIP (lakes and rivers excluded); Ohio EPA potential high-quality vernal pools… · USFWS wetlands inventory · Ohio EPA GIS services

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Land cover

75% or more

82% developed · 21% tree canopyforest 13% · wetland 3% · water 1%

Source: National Land Cover Database, 2021 edition (USGS and the MRLC consortium; MRLC has since published Annual NLCD and annual tree canopy through 2025, not yet pulled here): land cover, percent impervious surface and tree canopy at 30 m… · NLCD · USDA Cropland Data Layer · ODNR pre-settlement vegetation

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People and health

Who lives here and how well: education, jobs, health and life expectancy, and how far the nearest hospital, police station or grocery store sits.

People

25 to 40%

37.4% bachelor's or higher79.5% white · 7.9% Black · 4% Hispanic · 1.3% Asian · 2.6% foreign-born

Source: Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year by ZCTA: educational attainment (B15003), race and Hispanic origin (B03002), nativity (B05002), veterans (B21001); IRS Statistics of Income county migration flows 2022 to 2023 for the county; Census Bureau… · Census ACS · Census population estimates · IRS migration data · USDA ERS county codes · USDA ERS commuting area codes · 2020 Census redistricting data · Census SAIPE · IRS exempt organizations

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Jobs

0.6 to 1

8,157 jobs · 9,316 employed residentsHealth care and social assistance leads

Source: Census LEHD LODES 8, 2023, all jobs: workplace and residence counts by census block summed into ZCTAs (workplace-only blocks by block-group or tract majority), origin-destination flows for where residents work; Census ZIP Code Business… · Census LEHD · BLS local unemployment · BLS QCEW · BEA county GDP · USAspending · OSHA enforcement data · Census ZIP Business Patterns · Census ACS · USDA ERS county typology · CDFI Fund Opportunity Zones

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Economic history

Inland rivers

Surface water from the East Branch of the Rocky River, treated at the Berea WTP. EPA SDWIS lists this intake as the system's only active source (permanent, filtered). Two older intakes, Coe Lake and Baldwin Creek, were deactivated 2002-06-13. No purchased-water (seller) connection is listed.Berea City Water Treatment Plant · Berea City

Source: Historical economic data: Census Bureau historical county population via the NBER mirror (1900) and Census Bureau population estimates (current and peak), Census County Business Patterns, USDA Census of Agriculture, FHFA House Price Index… · FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) · Census County Business Patterns · USDA Census of Agriculture · FHFA House Price Index · BEA GDP by county · Census American Community Survey · IPUMS NHGIS historical census · Zillow Home Value Index

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Upward mobility

40th to 45th

Percentile rank 43.2income rank at 35 for children of low-income parents · 1.45% incarcerated in 2010

Source: Opportunity Atlas (Chetty, Friedman, Hendren, Jones and Porter, Census Bureau): tract outcomes for children born 1978 to 1983, population-weighted to ZIPs through 2020 census blocks · Opportunity Atlas · Opportunity Insights data

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Social vulnerability

40th to 60th

44th percentile of Ohio tractssocioeconomic 43 · household 27 · minority status 57 · housing and transport 56

Source: CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 by census tract (percentile ranks among Ohio tracts), population-weighted to ZIPs through 2020 census blocks · CDC/ATSDR SVI

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Health

16 to 20%

16.9% in fair or poor healthobesity 31.5% · diabetes 10.7% · smoking 13.6% · depression 26.5%

Source: CDC PLACES 2025 release, ZCTA model-based estimates of adult health (BRFSS 2023, ACS): fair or poor health, obesity, diabetes, smoking, depression, lack of health insurance among adults 18-64 and more; County Health Rankings 2025… · CDC PLACES · County Health Rankings · CDC overdose data · NCI cancer profiles · HRSA data

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Life expectancy

76 to 79

78.4 years life expectancy8 tracts, from 74.4 to 80.6, 87% of residents covered

Source: CDC/NCHS U.S. Small-area Life Expectancy Estimates Project (USALEEP, deaths 2010-2015, 2010 census tracts) weighted into ZIPs by 2020 block population · CDC USALEEP

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Hospitals

Under 3 miles

Southwest Gen. Health Center · 1.6 miMiddleburg Hts · 352 beds · Level III trauma · 6 within 10 miles

Hospitals within 5 miles, and the nearest beyond

  1. Southwest Gen. Health Center Trauma level IIIGeneral hospital · Middleburg Hts · 1.6 mi
    What it is
    General hospital
    Address
    18697 Bagley Road, Middleburg Hts, OH 44130
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Beds
    352
    Trauma center
    Level IIi
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Non-profit
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    Yes
    Medicare reports it as
    Southwest General Health Center
    Phone
    (440) 816-6702
    Medicare ID
    360155

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

  2. Regency Hospital of Cleveland WestLong-term acute care hospital · Middleburg Heights · 2.0 mi
    What it is
    Long-term acute care hospital
    Address
    6990 Engle Road, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Beds
    43
    Ownership
    Proprietary
    Phone
    (717) 975-4503

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  3. Metrohealth Parma Hospital Trauma level IIIGeneral hospital · Parma · 5.2 mi
    What it is
    General hospital
    Address
    12301 Snow Road, Parma, OH 44130
    County
    Cuyahoga County
    Beds
    16
    Trauma center
    Level IIi
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Government - local
    Phone
    (216) 778-7800

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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. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

The nearest health centers

  1. Puritas Community Health CenterHealth center · Cleveland · 5.6 mi
    Run by
    a federally qualified health center
    Setting
    Clinic
    City
    Cleveland
    Coordinates
    41.43342, -81.79775

    Find a Health Center (HRSA) ↗ HRSA data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Health and Wellness WestHealth center · Cleveland · 5.9 mi
    Run by
    a federally qualified health center
    Setting
    Clinic
    City
    Cleveland
    Coordinates
    41.44782, -81.81709

    Find a Health Center (HRSA) ↗ HRSA data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: HRSA health center service delivery sites, active, September 2026 (school-based sites left out). Health centers see patients whether or not they have insurance, with fees on a sliding scale. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Dialysis centers within 5 miles

  1. Center For Dialysis Care Middleburg HeightsDialysis · Middleburg Heights · 1.3 mi
    Address
    6749 Eastland Road, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130
    Dialysis stations
    20
    Medicare star rating
    2 of 5 stars
    Services
    in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis
    Ownership
    for profit
    Chain
    Centers for Dialysis Care
    Medicare certified since
    2018-08-16
    Phone
    (440) 234-3916
    Medicare ID
    362878

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS dialysis facility list (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Davita Middleburg Heights DialysisDialysis · Middleburg Heights · 2.0 mi
    Address
    7360 Engle Road, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130
    Dialysis stations
    24
    Medicare star rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Services
    in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis
    Shift starting after 5 pm
    Yes
    Ownership
    for profit
    Chain
    DaVita
    Medicare certified since
    1997-01-07
    Phone
    (440) 891-5645
    Medicare ID
    362572

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  3. Fmc - Cleveland Clinic WestDialysis · Brook Park · 4.2 mi
    Address
    14670 Snow Road, Brook Park, OH 44142
    Dialysis stations
    24
    Medicare star rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Services
    in-center hemodialysis
    Ownership
    for profit
    Chain
    Fresenius Medical Care
    Medicare certified since
    1988-01-01
    Phone
    (216) 267-1451
    Medicare ID
    362568

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Source: CMS dialysis facility list, September 2026, geocoded with the Census Bureau batch geocoder (an address it could not place sits at its ZIP center). Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Source: Nearest hospital: miles from each ZIP's population-weighted center to the nearest open general or critical-access hospital in Ohio, or, within 40 miles of the state line in Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Michigan, the… · CMS Care Compare data · HIFLD · HRSA data · CMS NPI files

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Nursing homes

Under 1 mile

BEREA CENTER · 0.4 mi5 of 5 stars · 50 beds · 20 within 5 miles

Nursing homes within 3 miles

  1. Berea Center5 of 5 stars · Berea · 0.4 mi
    Address
    49 Sheldon Rd, Berea, OH 44017
    Certified beds
    50
    Residents on an average day
    46
    Medicare overall rating
    5 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    4 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    2 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    COMMUNICARE HEALTH
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (440) 234-0454
    Medicare ID
    365893
    Map point
    the ZIP's center (the address did not geocode)

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  2. Aristocrat Berea Healthcare and Rehabilitation2 of 5 stars · Berea · 0.6 mi
    Address
    255 Front Street, Berea, OH 44017
    Certified beds
    165
    Residents on an average day
    136
    Medicare overall rating
    2 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    2 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    1 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    1 payment denial (latest 2024-07-03)
    Ownership
    For profit - Limited Liability company
    Chain
    CERTUS HEALTHCARE
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (440) 243-4000
    Medicare ID
    365608

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  3. Northwestern Healthcare Center3 of 5 stars · Berea · 0.8 mi
    Address
    570 North Rocky River Drive, Berea, OH 44017
    Certified beds
    100
    Residents on an average day
    48
    Medicare overall rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    2 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    2 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    3 fines totalling $152,195 (latest 2025-08-27)
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    COMMUNICARE HEALTH
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (440) 243-2122
    Medicare ID
    365811

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  4. Hopkins Rehabilitation and Care Center2 of 5 stars · Middleburg Heights · 1.3 mi
    Address
    19530 Bagley Road, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130
    Certified beds
    90
    Residents on an average day
    65
    Medicare overall rating
    2 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    2 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    2 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    4 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    2 fines totalling $76,040 (latest 2024-12-04)
    Ownership
    For profit - Limited Liability company
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (440) 816-7500
    Medicare ID
    366057

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  5. O'Neill Healthcare Middleburg Heights5 of 5 stars · Middleburg Heights · 1.6 mi
    Address
    7250 Old Oak Blvd, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130
    Certified beds
    82
    Residents on an average day
    69
    Medicare overall rating
    5 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    4 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    2 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    1 fine totalling $166,764 (latest 2024-10-29)
    Ownership
    For profit - Limited Liability company
    Chain
    O'NEILL HEALTHCARE
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (440) 243-7888
    Medicare ID
    365702

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  6. Parkside Villa4 of 5 stars · Middleburg Heights · 1.7 mi
    Address
    7040 Hepburn Road, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130
    Certified beds
    178
    Residents on an average day
    156
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    3 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    2 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    LEGACY HEALTH SERVICES
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (440) 260-7626
    Medicare ID
    366229

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

  7. Riverview Pointe Care Center5 of 5 stars · Olmsted Falls · 2.1 mi
    Address
    9027 Columbia Road, Olmsted Falls, OH 44138
    Certified beds
    124
    Residents on an average day
    118
    Medicare overall rating
    5 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    4 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    2 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    FOUNDATIONS HEALTH SOLUTIONS
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (440) 427-8884
    Medicare ID
    366180

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  8. Village of The Falls5 of 5 stars · Olmsted Falls · 2.3 mi
    Address
    25920 Elm Street, Olmsted Falls, OH 44138
    Certified beds
    36
    Residents on an average day
    33
    Medicare overall rating
    5 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    4 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    2 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    SPRENGER HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (440) 989-5200
    Medicare ID
    366476

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Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider and penalties files; Medicare star ratings run 1 to 5. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider file (922 Ohio homes), addresses geocoded with the Census Bureau batch geocoder (67 unmatched placed at their ZIP center); CMS penalties file (fines and payment denials since 2023, matched by name and… · CMS Care Compare data

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Crime

Under 1 violent offense per 1,000

0.2 violent offenses per 1,000Berea Police · 4.1 property per 1,000 · 12 months · 22% of property cleared

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer NIBRS incident files for Ohio, 2024 (2023 file for the trend), as downloaded in September 2026; the FBI keeps accepting agency revisions after release, so an agency's live Explorer totals for the same year can… · FBI Crime Data Explorer · USGS structures service

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Police

Under 1 mile

Berea Police Department · 0.6 mi4 stations within 3 miles · post office 0.7 mi

Police stations within 3 miles

  1. Berea Police DepartmentBerea · 0.6 mi
    Address
    17 Berea Commons, Berea, OH 44017
    Coordinates
    41.36483, -81.85350

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  2. Olmsted Falls Police DepartmentOlmsted Falls · 2.4 mi
    Address
    26100 Bagley Road, Olmsted Falls, OH 44138
    Coordinates
    41.37314, -81.91056

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  3. Middleburg Heights Police DepartmentMiddleburg Heights · 2.8 mi
    Address
    15850 Bagley Road, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130
    Coordinates
    41.37263, -81.80985

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  4. Brook Park Police DepartmentBrook Park · 2.8 mi
    Address
    17401 Holland Road, Brook Park, OH 44142
    Coordinates
    41.39415, -81.82078

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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. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Source: USGS National Map structures: police stations (772 Ohio points: the inventory's 731 less 4 closed or duplicate records, with 4 wrong names corrected, plus 45 departments and sheriff's offices it lacks, placed from OpenStreetMap or the… · USGS structures service · OpenStreetMap · Census Bureau geocoder

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Fire and EMS

Under 1 mile

Berea Fire Department · 0.4 mi6 stations within 3 miles, 31 within 8

Fire and EMS stations within 3 miles

  1. Berea Fire DepartmentBerea · 0.4 mi
    Address
    2 Prospect Street, Berea, OH 44017
    Coordinates
    41.36712, -81.85731

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  2. Brook Park Fire Department Station 2Brook Park · 1.7 mi
    Address
    22530 Ruple Parkway, Brook Park, OH 44142
    Coordinates
    41.39302, -81.86994

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  3. Olmsted Falls Fire DepartmentOlmsted Falls · 2.2 mi
    Address
    9274 Columbia Road, Olmsted Falls, OH 44138
    Coordinates
    41.35825, -81.90448

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  4. Strongsville Fire and Emergency Services Station 3Strongsville · 2.6 mi
    Address
    22000 Albion Road, Strongsville, OH 44149
    Coordinates
    41.33137, -81.86775

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  5. Middleburg Heights Fire DepartmentMiddleburg Heights · 2.8 mi
    Address
    15800 Bagley Road, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130
    Coordinates
    41.37205, -81.81028

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  6. Brook Park Fire Department Station 3Brook Park · 2.8 mi
    Address
    17401 Holland Road, Brook Park, OH 44142
    Coordinates
    41.39414, -81.82093

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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. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Source: USGS National Map structures inventory (fire and EMS stations; most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022): 1,772 Ohio stations after removing duplicate records and checking Columbus- and Cleveland-area stations against the cities'… · USGS structures service · Columbus fire stations · Cleveland fire stations

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Libraries

Under 1 mile

Berea Branch Library · 0.6 miCuyahoga County Public Library · 4 within 3 miles, 16 within 8

Public libraries within 3 miles

  1. Berea Branch LibraryBranch · Berea · 0.6 mi
    Address
    7 Berea Commons, Berea, OH 44017
    What it is
    Branch
    Library system
    Cuyahoga County Public Library
    Open
    3,500 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    15,666 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    3,917,784
    System's loans, FY2024
    11,584,178
    People the system serves
    626,288
    Phone
    (440) 234-5475

    IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Olmsted Falls Branch LibraryBranch · Olmsted Falls · 2.4 mi
    Address
    8100 Mapleway Drive, Olmsted Falls, OH 44138
    What it is
    Branch
    Library system
    Cuyahoga County Public Library
    Open
    3,489 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    6,000 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    3,917,784
    System's loans, FY2024
    11,584,178
    People the system serves
    626,288
    Phone
    (440) 235-1150

    IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Middleburg Heights Branch LibraryBranch · Middleburg Hts · 2.5 mi
    Address
    16699 Bagley Rd., Middleburg Hts, OH 44130
    What it is
    Branch
    Library system
    Cuyahoga County Public Library
    Open
    3,496 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    16,007 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    3,917,784
    System's loans, FY2024
    11,584,178
    People the system serves
    626,288
    Phone
    (440) 234-3600

    IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  4. Brook Park Branch LibraryBranch · Brook Park · 2.9 mi
    Address
    6155 Engle Rd., Brook Park, OH 44142
    What it is
    Branch
    Library system
    Cuyahoga County Public Library
    Open
    3,454 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    13,225 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    3,917,784
    System's loans, FY2024
    11,584,178
    People the system serves
    626,288
    Phone
    (216) 267-5250

    IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 (outlets and their systems). Any Ohio resident can get a free card at any Ohio public library. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos inside ZIP 44017

  1. Berea Historical SocietyHistorical society · Berea · 0.1 mi
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    Berea
    Coordinates
    41.36919, -81.86187

    Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

    The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.

  2. Ohio Museum Of Transportation &IndustryMuseum · Berea · 0.6 mi
    What it is
    Museum
    City
    Berea
    Coordinates
    41.37297, -81.87424

    Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

    The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.

  3. International Center For Environmental ArtsArt museum · Berea · 0.8 mi
    What it is
    Art museum
    City
    Berea
    Coordinates
    41.38045, -81.86235

    Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

    The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.

  4. Quincy Gillmore Civil War Round TableHistorical society · Berea · 1.0 mi
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    Berea
    Coordinates
    41.38333, -81.86952

    Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

    The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.

Source: IMLS Museum Data Files, 2018. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.

Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 outlet and system files (720 open Ohio central libraries and branches of 251 systems, plus 62 bookmobiles); straight-line miles from each ZIP's population-weighted center to the nearest Ohio library… · IMLS Public Libraries Survey · IMLS Museum Data Files

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Groceries

No residents in a flagged tract

No residents in a low-income, low-access tract20% over 1 mile from a supermarket · 5% of households on SNAP (ACS)

Source: USDA Food Access Research Atlas 2019 Large Retailer Access Map (2010 tracts, ERS's name for the file since July 2026) weighted by 2020 block population: distance to the nearest supermarket and low-income low-access flags; Census ACS… · USDA ERS Large Retailer Access Map · USDA SNAP retailers · Census ACS

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History, schools and government

How the place began, who governs it now, and the schools that serve it, from the district boundary to its state report card.

Local history

1800 to 1814

Berea · settled 1809first settled, platted or incorporated (earliest year recorded)

Source: Local history researched from Wikipedia, the 1880 county histories on archive.org, Ohio History Connection, National Register listings, Ohio historical markers, local historical societies and Wikimedia Commons, one file per municipality… · Ohio History Connection · Internet Archive (county histories) · Wikimedia Commons · Remarkable Ohio (historical markers)

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Historic places

7 to 15

7 listed historic placesBerea District 7 School

  1. Berea District 7 SchoolBuilding · Berea · listed 1975
    Address
    323 E. Bagley Rd.
    Where
    Berea, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44017
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1975
    NRIS reference number
    75001355
    Coordinates
    41.37274, -81.84132

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  2. Berea Union DepotBuilding · Berea · listed 1980
    Address
    30 Depot St.
    Where
    Berea, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44017
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1980
    NRIS reference number
    80002976
    Coordinates
    41.38130, -81.85434

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  3. Buehl HouseBuilding · Berea · listed 1976
    Address
    118 E. Bridge St.
    Where
    Berea, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44017
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1976
    NRIS reference number
    76001388
    Coordinates
    41.36611, -81.84960

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  4. Droppers, Carl, HouseBuilding · Berea
    Address
    345 Prospect Rd.
    Where
    Berea, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44017
    What it is
    Building
    Latest NPS certification action
    2023
    NRIS reference number
    100008761
    Coordinates
    41.35889, -81.85993

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  5. Lyceum Village Square And German Wallace CollegeHistoric district · Berea · listed 1975
    Address
    Seminary St.
    Where
    Berea, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44017
    What it is
    Historic district
    Listed on the National Register
    1975
    NRIS reference number
    75001356
    Coordinates
    41.36834, -81.85166

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  6. Wheeler, John, HouseBuilding · Berea · listed 1978
    Address
    445 S. Rocky River Dr.
    Where
    Berea, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44017
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1978
    NRIS reference number
    78002034
    Coordinates
    41.35793, -81.84722

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  7. Whitney, George W., HouseBuilding · Berea · listed 1974
    Address
    330 S. Rocky River Dr.
    Where
    Berea, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44017
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1974
    NRIS reference number
    74001429
    Coordinates
    41.35798, -81.85212

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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.

See them on the full map · every historic place in Cuyahoga County

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places point file (3,286 points for 3,232 of Ohio's roughly 4,200 listings; listings without a point are not counted, and a listing with several points is counted once); listings inside… · National Register data · USGS GNIS

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Schools

193 city school districts

Berea CityCity school district

Public schools inside ZIP 44017

  1. Grindstone Elementary School5 of 5 stars · Berea · 0.6 mi
    Address
    191 Race St, Berea, OH 44017
    School district
    Berea City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    664
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    39.2
    Report card, 2025-26
    5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    87.8%
    Ohio building IRN
    034710
    NCES school ID
    390436004414

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

  2. Berea-Midpark High School4.5 of 5 stars · Berea · 1.0 mi
    Address
    165 E Bagley Rd, Berea, OH 44017
    School district
    Berea City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    1,821
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    92
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    77.8%
    Four-year graduation rate
    98.4%
    Ohio building IRN
    024570
    NCES school ID
    390436000175

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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. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.

Private schools inside ZIP 44017

  1. St Mary SchoolPrivate, Catholic · Berea · 0.1 mi
    Address
    265 Baker St, Berea, OH 44017
    Kind
    Catholic
    Students, 2023-24
    163
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    15.1
    Students per teacher
    10.7947
    Phone
    (216) 318-4311
    NCES private school ID
    01058286

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Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.

Source: Ohio school district boundaries (U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line school districts, as of January 1, 2026) by resident share; NCES EDGE 2024-25 school buildings; NCES Private School Survey 2023-24 public-use file (schools inside the ZIP by… · ODOT GIS · NCES EDGE · NCES Common Core of Data · NCES private schools · Census SAIPE · Census school finances (F-33)

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School ratings

4 stars

4 stars overallBerea City · performance index 78% of the year's maximum · 98.4% graduate in four years

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Colleges

Under 3 miles

Baldwin Wallace University · 0.7 miBerea · 7 campuses within 10 miles

Colleges within 5 miles

  1. Baldwin Wallace UniversityPrivate nonprofit college · Berea · 0.7 mi
    What it is
    Private nonprofit college
    City
    Berea
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    3,646
    Tuition and fees, in state
    $37,938
    Graduation rate
    69% of bachelor's students, within six years (a class of 685)
    IPEDS unit ID
    201195

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  2. Polaris Career CenterPublic career school · Middleburg Heights · 1.7 mi
    What it is
    Public career school
    City
    Middleburg Heights
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    284
    IPEDS unit ID
    390905

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  3. Brown Aveda Institute-StrongsvilleFor-profit two-year college · Strongsville · 4.4 mi
    What it is
    For-profit two-year college
    City
    Strongsville
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    235
    Graduation rate
    88% within three years (a class of 33)
    IPEDS unit ID
    450395

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  4. Bryant & Stratton College-ParmaPrivate nonprofit college · Parma · 4.9 mi
    What it is
    Private nonprofit college
    City
    Parma
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    866
    Tuition and fees, in state
    $19,542
    Graduation rate
    21% (all programs, within 150% of normal time) (a class of 58)
    IPEDS unit ID
    201469

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Source: NCES IPEDS 2024 directory, 2023-24 enrollment and tuition, graduation rates for the 2017 (four-year) and 2020 (two-year) entering classes. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Source: NCES IPEDS: 2024 institutional directory (269 active Ohio institutions with coordinates, less the administrative units and the colleges that have closed since; plus 145 in Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Michigan within… · NCES IPEDS

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Local government

255 cities

Berea (city)Local government for nearly all residents

Source: ODOT municipal corporation and township boundaries by resident share of 2020 census blocks; Ohio EPA grants awarded in 2025 (OEPA_Achievements, MapServer layer 8); Auditor of State unauditable entities list · ODOT GIS · Auditor of State · Ohio EPA grants (OEPA_Achievements)

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Representatives

OH-7 · Max Miller (R)Senate 24 Thomas F. Patton · House 17 Michael D. Dovilla

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Deep dives about 44017 (Berea)

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Notable people from 44017 (Berea)

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History from 44017 (Berea)

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Rain and snow

How much has actually fallen on 44017 (Berea), day by day, from 1871 to now. Daily totals, not averages.

rain, last 30 days
2.34 in
2026-10-01 to 2026-10-30
rain so far in 2026
33.5 in
about normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
34.7 in
a normal year brings 63.1 in
a normal year
41.6 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 2.34 — 30
September 2026 2.69 — 30
August 2026 5.72 — 31
July 2026 3.13 — 31
June 2026 3.15 — 30
May 2026 4.20 — 31
April 2026 5.73 0.0 30
March 2026 3.89 1.4 31
February 2026 0.67 7.1 28
January 2026 2.02 26.2 31
December 2025 2.54 15.1 31
November 2025 2.23 5.6 30
On the record, 1871–2026
Wettest year2011 — 65.4 in
Driest year1963 — 18.5 in
Snowiest year2005 — 104.9 in
Wettest day on record27 August 1903 — 4.94 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day25 November 1950 — 13.13 in
Deepest snow on the ground5 February 2009 — 20.12 in

Mostly estimated. Only 4% of these days come from a gauge standing inside 44017 (Berea) - the rest are worked out from the nearest gauges around it, so read them as close estimates rather than readings.

56,916 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 44017 (Berea): 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
32
those placed on the map inside 44017 (Berea)
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Hazardous waste15
Wastewater and stormwater discharge7
Air pollution5
Voluntary cleanup2
Public drinking water1
State water loans1
Wetland and stream fill1
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
STEM EXPLORATION CENTER Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
VESUVIUS USA CORPORATION - CD Air pollution permit
BEREA CITY PWS Public drinking water warning letter
BEREA CITY PWS Public drinking water plan
BEREA CITY PWS Public drinking water plan
BEREA CITY PWS Public drinking water report
BEREA CITY PWS Public drinking water plan
HUNT IMAGING LLC Air pollution report
CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE CAMPUS Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
FRONT STREET EAST Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
FRONT STREET TOWNS Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
BEREA CITY PWS Public drinking water plan
VOSS INDUSTRIES LLC Hazardous waste report
BEREA CITY PWS Public drinking water letter
BEREA CITY PWS Public drinking water violation resolved
BEREA CITY PWS Public drinking water plan
BEREA CITY PWS Public drinking water inspection
BEREA CITY PWS Public drinking water inspection
BEREA CITY PWS Public drinking water inspection
BEREA CITY PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
BEREA CITY PWS Public drinking water inspection
HUNT IMAGING LLC Hazardous waste compliance letter
VESUVIUS USA CORPORATION - CD Air pollution permit
VOSS INDUSTRIES LLC Hazardous waste compliance letter
VESUVIUS USA CORPORATION - CD Air pollution permit

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.

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Places in this ZIP

  • Bereacity100% of residents

School districts

ZIP codes next door

44130 Cleveland 44138 Olmsted Falls 44142 Brookpark 44149 Strongsville

The county

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

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Quick answers

What city is ZIP code 44017?

ZIP code 44017 is the Berea, Ohio post office area in Cuyahoga County, home to 18,611 residents. Of its residents, 100% live in the city of Berea.

What county is ZIP code 44017 in?

ZIP code 44017 is in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

Where does the tap water in ZIP code 44017 come from?

Surface water from the East Branch of the Rocky River, treated at the Berea WTP. EPA SDWIS lists this intake as the system's only active source (permanent, filtered). Two older intakes, Coe Lake and Baldwin Creek, were deactivated 2002-06-13. No purchased-water (seller) connection is listed. Berea City Water Treatment Plant · Berea City.

What school district is ZIP code 44017 in?

ZIP code 44017 is in the Berea City School District.

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