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Geographic Mobility
Table 4: Educational Attainment for Population 25 Years and Over, 2010-2019
Buckeye Neighborhood City of Cleveland 2010 ACS 2019 ACS 2010 ACS 2019 ACS
Less Than 9th Grade
3.5% 3.4% 6.2% 5.4% 9th to 12th Grade, No Diploma 20.7% 11.9% 18.1% 13.7% High School Graduate (Includes Equivalency) 31.1% 31.7% 35.0% 32.7% Some College, No Degree 23.0% 24.7% 21.7% 23.2% Associate's Degree 6.2% 9.1% 5.9% 7.4% Bachelor's Degree 8.6% 10.4% 8.2% 10.9% Graduate or Professional Degree 6.8% 8.8% 4.9% 6.6%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Most of the shifts in ethnic/racial composition for the Buckeye neighborhood mirrored the trends that are observable for the City of Cleveland as a whole. Namely:
• The share of African Americans residents is shrinking (89.1% of Buckeye in 2010 to 85.9% in 2020). • The share of White residents is increasing (7.4% of Buckeye in 2010 to 8.5% in 2020). • The share of Two-or-More Races is increasing (1.2% of Buckeye in 2010 to 2.3% in 2020). • The share of Asian Americans is increasing rapidly (1.2% of Buckeye in 2010 to 2.3% in 2020).
The only major citywide trend for which the Buckeye neighborhood is not aligned is the growth of Hispanics. The Buckeye neighborhood lost Hispanic residents (453 in 2010 to 427 in 2019), while the city’s Hispanic population grew by 22.6% during this period (see Table 5).
Table 5: Ethnic/Racial Composition, 2010-2019
Buckeye Neighborhood City of Cleveland 2010 ACS 2019 ACS 2010 ACS 2019 ACS
White Alone 2,349 7.4% 2,099 8.5% 142,753 34.9% 130,211 33.8%
Black or African American Alone 28,163 89.1% 21,335 85.9% 214,951 52.5% 185,624 48.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 76 0.2% 75 0.3% 941 0.2% 684 0.2%
Asian Alone 389 1.2% 575 2.3% 6,704 1.6% 9,768 2.5%
Native Hawaiian & other Pacific Islander Alone - - - - 36 0.0% 67 0.0%
Some other Race Alone - - 11 0.0% 443 0.1% 1,137 0.3%
Two or More Races 177 0.6% 310 1.2% 5,911 1.4% 11,821 3.1%
Hispanic (All Races) 453 1.4% 427 1.7% 37,482 9.2% 45,970 11.9% Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Urban Partners
Geographic Mobility
The geographic mobility data, which is a measure of how households move, indicate that Buckeye households are less mobile than the City of Cleveland and about equal to Cuyahoga County. According to the 2019 ACS, the percentage of people in the Buckeye neighborhood who changed residences between 2018 and 2019 was 15.8%, compared to 19.0% for the city and 15.2% for the county. Approximately 13% of the residents moved from within Cuyahoga
