Cleveland's PULSEPRESENTED BY THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION We can turn your passion INTO PURPOSE. TERRI B. EASON MICHELLE M. FRITZ KEVIN J. LENHARD GINGER F. MLAKAR CINDY H. NAEGELE PAUL G. PUTMAN KAYE M. RIDOLFI JUDY M. SALM Working with the Cleveland Foundation offers you real tax advantages and the chance to make the greatest charitable impact. You supply the passion and ideas. Through our knowledge of the nonprofit community and our expertise with charitable techniques, we can help you achieve your philanthropic goals with purpose, so the causes you believe in can grow and prosper in perpetuity. For more on the advantages of working with the Cleveland Foundation, you can reach our Advancement Team by calling 877-554-5054 or emailing [email protected]. Cleveland's PULSE Contents A SUPPLEMENT OF PULSE STAFF PUBLISHER / John Campanelli COPY EDITOR / Cheryl Higley FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER / Staci Buck ADVERTISING DIRECTOR / Nicole Mastrangelo ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES John Banks Lindsie Bowman Dawn Donegan Andy Hollander Laura Kulber Mintz 3 Introduction 10-11 Housing PRODUCTION MANAGER / Craig Mackey 4 Letter from 12-13 Health the Publisher 14 Education 700 West St. Clair Ave, Suite 310 5 Population 15 Safety Cleveland, OH 44113 Phone: 216.522.1383 / Fax: 216.694.4264 6 Transportation 16-17 Environment www.crainscleveland.com 8-9 Economy 18 Arts & Culture All statistics are most recent available as off press time Introduction How Cleveland’s Quality of Life Adds Up Dear friends, exceeding these measures of a good life. Ronn We hope lawmakers, nonprofits, busi- Welcome to Cleveland’s Pulse, a first- Richard nesses, communities and residents invest- of-its-kind comprehensive look at life in ed in our future will use the facts and figures PRESIDENT Greater Cleveland, by the numbers. The AND CEO from the Pulse along with their own exper- Cleveland Foundation is proud to partner Cleveland tise and experience to continue enhancing with Crain’s Cleveland Business to take Foundation the lives of all Greater Clevelanders. this annual “pulse” of our community. We don’t need numbers to tell us that The idea of surveying the community we have big challenges ahead. Many in goes back to the foundation’s very the trends and issues most pressing for our our community face them every day. The beginning more than a century ago. In 1915, community: health, wellness, environment, disparity can be seen in neighborhoods our founder Frederick Goff commissioned a economy, transportation, safety, arts and close together but worlds apart. But series of surveys of Cleveland’s education, culture, and more. the data in Cleveland’s Pulse crystallize recreation and criminal justice systems The report shows us where we are on those challenges. They leave no room to better uncover and address the critical target as a community — those areas that for excuses, and instead give us the issues impacting so many. We are proud to have propelled Cleveland’s renaissance opportunity to unite for Cleveland. revisit the spirit of Goff’s earliest surveys, and made it such a spectacular place to Our community has always thrived now with big data at our fingertips. call home. It also exposes the areas that when we roll up our sleeves, get to work, The data you will see in the following require ingenuity, urgency, and action to and start solving problems. Now more pages reflect much more than numbers and ensure that our city continues to grow and than ever, the city has momentum on its graphs. They paint a sharply focused picture thrive, with no one left behind. Greater side. Together we can keep Cleveland’s of the true state of our beloved city, assessing Cleveland’s vitality hinges on meeting and pulse strong and steady. Let’s get started. Cleveland's PULSE 3 Letter from the Publisher Using Data to Help Improve Our City “You cannot manage what you do not that provides a wide view of the “pulse” of measure.” our city and our region. So goes one of the great modern John This supplement does that. business axioms. The thinking is that if Campanelli The goal is to provide the community, you want to improve your business — PUBLISHER business professionals, lawmakers, non- whether it’s sales, employee morale or Crain’s Cleveland profits and civic leaders the information the time it takes to manufacture a widget Business they need to establish baselines, set pri- — you need to measure things, create orities and then (hopefully) begin tracking a baseline and then (hopefully) begin improvement. quantifying improvement. neighborhoods, economic opportunity, Thank you to Ronn Richard and the It is Business 101. equality — there are many places where we Cleveland Foundation for recognizing It’s also Community Improvement 101. are eager to see and help spur improvement. the importance of this project and for We know that Greater Cleveland is a To do that, we need to measure. approaching Crain’s with the idea. wonderful place to live, work and raise a While many of the important data This is not going to be a one-off family, but we also know much work needs points on the following pages are publicly publication. We at Crain’s look forward to be done to improve our region. Education, available from various sources, nobody to checking back annually to see how public health, transportation, housing, has compiled them into a single resource “Cleveland’s Pulse” is growing stronger. We know that Greater Cleveland is a wonderful place“ to live, work and raise a family, but we also know much work needs to be done “ to improve our region. Strategic Risk Management. Property & Casualty | Employee Benefits| Life Insurance | Retirement Plan Services www.oswaldcompanies.com Cleveland's PULSE Our Millennials make up more than 22% of Cleveland’s Population current population. he city of Cleveland has seen its only keep people in the city core but also “We’re beginning to see neighborhoods T population shrink for several years to make the city a desirable destination coming back and income levels increasing. as jobs dried up and more and more for new residents. Those are good signs,” says Bob Eckardt, sought the safety and comforts of the Black, white, young, old . Cleveland Executive Vice President of the Cleveland suburbs. But for Cleveland to truly must band together to face its challenges Foundation. “We’re as hopeful as we’ve experience lasting growth beyond the and emerge a stronger, unified global been that perhaps we’ve figured out how downtown boom, it must find a way to not community. to slow the population loss.” DEMOGRAPHICS //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// City and County 2014 Comparison Past, Present, Future CLEVELAND Population: 384,427 Total Population Age (55-74) Gender Race 400,000 M F Black White 395,815 384,427 376,461 Asian Other 300,000 2% 8% 37% 200,000 48% 52% 53% 82,777 69,247 76,500 100,000 (21.9%) (17.5%) (19.8%) COUNTY Population: 1,258,105 0 City 2010 City 2014 City 2019 (Estimate) Gender Race M F Black White Asian Other Foreign Born Clevelanders Cleveland’s 3% 4% Marital Status 30% (age 15 and over) 48% 52% 2009: 21,363 63% 14.9% 2013: 17,970 25.6% 7.4% 48.6% Population 2014 Approximately 598 refugees were resettled in Married STATE: NATION: Cuyahoga County in 2012 Widowed 11,594,163 318,857,056 and a total of 4,518 refugees Never married from 2000 to 2012. Divorced SOURCES: Refugee Services Collaborative of Greater Cleveland; US Census Bureau Cleveland's PULSE 5 Our Transportation strong transportation system is million in capital improvements. New rail their cultural and civic assets. A imperative to give Clevelanders a lines and rapid stations have been added RTA also has worked to reduce the stable pathway to work. According to the or rehabilitated. The RTA Healthline environmental impact of its services by US Census Bureau, nearly 11% of Cleveland project opened access from downtown replacing outdated diesel buses with 240 residents use public transportation to to University Circle and East Cleveland, compressed natural gas buses. The goal travel to work, nearly double that of and the new Cleveland State Line has is to add 115 more to the fleet by 2017. Cuyahoga County residents, who rely improved transit along Clifton Boulevard A small but growing number are getting more heavily on personal vehicles. with express service to the western to work on two wheels. Approximately Over the past five years, the Greater suburbs. The new Cedar/University Circle 440 Clevelanders bike to work, and efforts Cleveland Regional Transit Authority and upcoming Little Italy-University Circle by organizations like Bike Cleveland are has been working with other public and Station will not only provide additional working to promote the benefits of biking private partners to improve access for transportation options but open up and advocate for safer, more bicycle- the city’s residents with more than $226 access for neighborhoods to promote friendly roadways. Commuter Data RTA Ridership 87.7% 80.4% MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION 60/40 SPLIT BETWEEN TO WORK CITY OF CLEVELAND AND SUBURBS Cuyahoga County Cleveland TRIP PURPOSE 10.8% 55 to 60% Work Trip 5.0% 2.2% 4.2% 3.7% 2.8% 20% School Trip Car, truck, Public Walked Worked or van transportation at home 12% College, University, (excluding Trade/Technical School taxicab) 10% Social/Discretionary MEAN TRAVEL 8% Middle and High Schools TIME TO WORK 24.8 MINUTES 8% Shopping RTA Usage Over Time 60 million 57.3 57.9 49.9 49.2 49.2 50 million 48.2 44.7 46.2 TRIPS PASSENGER PASSENGER 40 million 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 RTA has invested more than $226 million toward capital improvements since 2010 SOURCE: 2013 American Community Survey; Greater Cleveland RTA; US Census Bureau 6 Cleveland's PULSE MY ADDRESS CONNECTS IDEAS TO CAPITAL NICHELLE MCCALL, CEO BOLD Guidance is finding the capital and connections it BOLD GUIDANCE needs in Downtown Cleveland.