Parma is home to 79,870 people in Ohio. About 24% of adults have finished a four-year degree. The typical home is worth $170,100. There are 3,989 people per square mile. The median age is 42.4, about 3 years above the US median. 72% of homes are owner-occupied.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $69,295, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.4
US median: 38.9
Less educated
24% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 18%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Parma
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate4.1% → 10.1%(+6.0 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants77.8% → 72.4%(−5.4 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree15.3% → 24.4%(+9.2 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Parma's population equals 6.4% of Cuyahoga County's. Its number of households without a car equals 2.3% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 4.0% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)16.1%(561)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)17.9%(624)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era39.4%(1,374)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.5%(156)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.6%(21)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 3,491 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Parma, decade by decade
Parma population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
87,876
$79,877
$176,165
15.3%
6.7
2000
85,655
$80,007
$206,758
17.8%
12.8
2010
81,601
$70,418
$187,877
19.6%
21.4
2020
81,146
$70,312
$143,748
22.8%
39.4
2024
79,870
$69,295
$170,100
24.4%
43.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
