ZIP 44102
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
January. Asking rents in ZIP 44102 usually run 1.4% below trend in January and 0.7% above it in June, about $28 a month apart at today's median. Based on 8 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 44102 is 1.4% below its high of $1,375 in April 2026, at $1,356 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 44102 changed +1.8% over the year to September 2026. Across the 190 Ohio ZIP codes Zillow tracks, the typical change was +3.8%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in ZIP 44102 rose 43% while median household income rose 32% ($32,349 to $42,714). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 44102 is 50.3% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has fallen 3 months in a row, and rose in 7 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($42,714) is $1,068 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 1-bedroom ($940); a 2-bedroom is $1,130.
9th cheapest of 14 ZIP codes in Cleveland.
ZIP 44109, 3 miles away, rents for 17% less ($1,128/mo), about $2,700 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 44102. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
Who lives here
ZIP 44102 (Cleveland, OH) is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income below the national average, 25.9% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 44102 in Cleveland, OH has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in ZIP 44102 in Cleveland, OH paid around $1,011 a month. That figure now sits near $1,356, up 34.1% from the 2021 baseline. Median household income climbed from $33,188 to $42,714 between 2021 and 2024, a 28.7% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show ZIP 44102 in Cleveland, OH losing about 2,688 residents over the five-year window, down 6.3% on net. The renter share has eased from 67.8% to 65.4%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 21.2% to 25.9% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 44102 in Cleveland, OH reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
ZIP code 44102 covers Cleveland, OH. The median rent here is $1,356/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $940/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,130/mo.
At 38% of local median household income ($42,714/yr), ZIP 44102 ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 1.8% over the past year.
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