Living in Lakewood Ohio

If you're looking to move to Lakewood Ohio, this video will help you decided if living in Lakewood Ohio is right for you and your family. Lakewood is not a huge city filled with tons of commerical businesses, as a result, Lakewood is one of the most walkable cities in Ohio.
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[@hungrysoles]

My father and his brothers grew up in Lakewood. In the early 1990s, my father took me around and showed me the homes the family lived in , They are still there and well card for.

[@fatihazair4823]

As a Immigrant from Morocco🇲🇦we Still living in lakewood since 1997..we love it!🙏💚💖👌🇱🇷

[@livinginnortheastohio8643]

Hey!!! That’s amazing to hear 😊

[@Shawninlakewood]

Lakewood’s an awesome city to live! Crime isn’t too bad but we have our issues from time to time. It’s relatively safe. We have many diverse restaurants and lots of independent stores that are very unique.

[@livinginnortheastohio8643]

Couldn't agree more man. how long have you lived there?

[@marksmith4892]

I heard Lakewood crime is relatively light. It's what you would expect with a younger crowd though. It's not a retirement community. Also policing is quite good, response time is 2 minutes or less, usually 30 seconds. Of course let's not forget the saying, when seconds count police are only minutes away. I have a CCW but I really don't want to have to defend myself with lethal force against some 20 year old inebriated punk making a foolish decision so the mediocre crime severity does put me in a pickle.

[@wyattearpswoman838]

@@marksmith4892 I would definitely say crime is not light. I lived there for 6 years.

[@marksmith4892]

@@wyattearpswoman838 but are we talking about violent crimes or petty theft

[@manbtm1]

@@marksmith4892 , I really like living in Lakewood also, it’s such a great diverse community with so much to offer, and you’re practically in the city itself. All types of people living together. I know there are lots of people that feel the same way, real estate values have gone through the roof, with many properties selling in days, as well as any new construction going up, (and it’s not cheap by any means), seems to be sold out within a matter of a couple months. That says a lot about desirability.

[@sustainfem]

Lived in Lakewood for 14 years. In North Royalton now, but my heart is in Lakewood. Best place I ever lived! Thanks for an interesting and informative video

[@wyattearpswoman838]

Then why did you move to North Royalton? Just curious.

[@hughjazz743]

​@@wyattearpswoman838 I'm assuming that it's because it's easier to buy a home in North Royalton.

[@dougtagg9162]

I lived in on Madison and Lake avenues over the years and with my Raleigh Record it was a great place to bicycle from Edgewater to the Rocky River marina and everything in between. It was a great time in my life to live in Lakewood in my twenties and early thirties. Also it’s more affordable than the east side.

[@brenrenn8306]

Lakewood is an absolute great place to live, it is so well situated, it’s extremely diverse and welcoming, it has a little bit of everything, whether you want a relatively affordable rental or a very expensive home, the lake is its neighbor, and you can get into downtown Cleveland in five minutes if you want to on the Shorway . Nice people, of all types which I personally like. It’s also relatively affordable compared to so many other parts of the country. I don’t find it to be particularly unsafe either, of course there’s some crime, but that’s almost unavoidable in any inner ring suburb of any city, in fact it’s pretty low.

[@wyattearpswoman838]

I lived there and personally experienced pretty high crime. Also, there is 12 miles of shoreline with no public beach. There were 3 car jackings in one day a week or two ago. And it isn't just on the "eastern edge" that the crime is happening, btw. The property taxes are ridiculous, and the schools are under-performing. The people were pretty rude as well. Anyway, just our experience. We moved out of state a week before the murder spree started early this year.

[@brenrenn8306]

@@wyattearpswoman838 I'm sorry to hear that, if you have experienced that, and yes there has been some lately you're right, personally I haven't had any problem whatsoever, I really enjoy where I live in our condo on the goldcoast, we have wonderful Neighbors, unfortunately as for carjackings there was also one in the far west suburbs, near Avon last week, this can happen anywhere so you we always need to be vigilant no matter where you are at.

[@DanFreeman723]

Beachwood & Lakewood are the 2 best places to live in Ohio.

[@livinginnortheastohio8643]

Preach 🙌🏻

[@216goldgoddess5]

, Westlake, North Olmsted a few places

[@zythr9999]

@@216goldgoddess5 LOL N Olmsted, uh No

[@Sallaykargbo3480]

YESS ooo social security we are coming thank you for sharing this video this is 2024❤❤❤ you make me understand what I needed to know thanks

[@keybdwizrd]

I went to Lakewood High and spent a decade living in Lakewood back in the 90s. My father lived there until he passed in 2019. I love Lakewood.

[@AlexD53]

My plan after college in 2017 was to move to Lakewood. I ended up in California instead, but I am considering moving back soon once I have my jobs lined up 😊

[@livinginnortheastohio8643]

Very cool! Well if you end up back here, make sure you reach out 😁

[@beverlypitty-jo1wt]

I have been to lake wood ohio went through there when I visited my brother who lived in Sandusky ohio

[@livinginnortheastohio8643]

@@beverlypitty-jo1wt very cool! I haven’t really been to Sandusky besides when we drive to cedar point 😃

[@siirall]

I lived there for just over a year while finishing my studies at the Clinic. Simply amazing! Now that I'm back in Columbus, I miss those walks I used to take daily.

[@livinginnortheastohio8643]

Love to hear that! Thanks for the comment and best of luck to you in Columbus 😃

[@miriambucholtz9315]

My daughter & I rented apartments in Lakewood around 20 years ago. At one time I worked as a leasing agent in a building that was very close to several bars. I used to tell young people interested in renting a unit that they could walk to the bar and stagger back home again.

[@livinginnortheastohio8643]

wow 20 years ago! and thats still the case, which is why this city attracts a lot of young professionals (:

[@sagixxarius]

I’m moving here this month! You got me hyped man

[@IonaGrave]

Idiot

[@thelastremainingmoderate1997]

Of all the places I've lived in my life, around Cleveland and some in southeast Michigan, Lakewood is absolutely my favorite. Everything said here is true. I should point out, however, that the reason it's so "walkable" is that traffic on Detroit Rd. makes it difficult to drive anywhere.

[@SusanHoltsusanmadonnastar]

I love walking around Lakewood

[@ewilliams1594]

Lakewood is a beautiful city and has everything (shopping, parks, nightlife, etc.)!

[@livinginnortheastohio8643]

Couldn’t agree more!

[@MoRuss1976]

How are the price for rentals? Looking to relocate.

[@wyattearpswoman838]

@@MoRuss1976 Very overpriced for what it is. I guess you might be able to find something for 700/mo if you look really hard.

[@wyattearpswoman838]

...and shootings, vehicle theft and car jackings...Yep, everything.

[@joetterolison4093]

Federal Tax, State tax, Cleveland Tax, Lakewood Tax, plus property taxes Which Ones am I wrong on? How much does that cost in total taxes I was born at St Johns Hospital on Detroit I live in Florida I don't buy snow tires, My car is not rusting out, and We have a lot of sun

[@wyattearpswoman838]

Amen.

[@richardcook4111]

Sorry, I'll take Lakewood over Florida any day. Florida is the complete opposite of a walkable place to live. I once visited a friend in Miami and wanted to rent a car. I could see the airport from her apartment window and told her I'd walk there to rent the car. I almost died! And this was in September! If you were near the coast, it was not so bad. Also my swim in her pool was nixed as an alligator decided to sun itself by the pool. Then there was the bugs!

[@joetterolison4093]

My favorite part of Lakewood was the steep entrance road You drove down into the Metropolitan Park. I would drive from Parma on Summer days just to cruise that park. Absolutely My favorite part of Ohio.

[@lilamayoral1031]

You forgot to mention the Churches! Lakewood is famous for Churches and bars... And if you're a YMCA member Lakewood have one of the best... Constantly renovating and bringing new equipment ..

[@malsharked]

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[@keithboseman9405]

Another masterpiece! You broke down Lakewood like no other. Thank you so much! You made it a very attractive option for those coming back!

[@livinginnortheastohio8643]

Thank you so much Keith!!

[@216goldgoddess5]

Funny I just left Lakewood, got on youtube and this popped up lol.

[@toyoscio]

Desirable areas in Lakewood, Clifton and Warren, Clifton and Bunts, Bunts between Clifton and Detroit, Warren between Clifton and Detroit

[@bluedragon4]

I went tp Mayfield high in the 80's. I am gay and all gay people ended up in Lakewood in the 90's. it seemed EVERYONE was gay. There were so many gay owned businesses and gay bars. The whole Clifton strip was gay. I moved to phoenix almost 20 years ago from Lakewood so I do not know how it is now. All my friends at the time moved to Columbus which became the new gay area. I had some great times in Lakewood! Crazy times.

[@jeffreyfwagner]

His statements on property tax made no sense. Three percent of 225k is 6, 750 per year. Or 562$ per month. What did I miss? That is a lot of dollars.

[@livinginnortheastohio8643]

Hey! Just to clarify. Property taxes are 2.64% of the assessed property value here in Lakewood. Property values will be assessed in 2024 by the county. Odds are, if I pull up 5 homes that just sold for $225,000 in Lakewood, they are all likely to have different property taxes based on what value they were last assessed at. Regardless though, it is a lot of dollars.

[@SusanHoltsusanmadonnastar]

Merry Christmas 🎄 Blessings to all ❤

[@SusanHoltsusanmadonnastar]

Lakewood Ohio is Awesome 💯

[@davidm4781]

Lakewood is a great place to live, I would suggest not living anywhere near 117th Street though, that's the border between Cleveland and Lakewood. The west side of 117th is Lakewood and you can buy a $250,000 home the east side of 117th is Cleveland where the homes are about $40,000 so you could figure for yourself where all the crime comes from.

[@wyattearpswoman838]

The three car jackings that just occured in one day were in the center of Lakewood and in "good" neighborhoods...nice try. Better wake up.

[@davidm4781]

@@wyattearpswoman838 no need to wake up as if you would have read my comment we all know where the crime is coming from it's not coming from Lakewood it's coming from Cleveland.

[@apispraetorium3275]

There are no houses in Edgewater for 40k LOL.

[@roibaptiste3648]

racist unecessary comment.

[@Pgilly]

I love Lakewood the community is great

[@naturebound2901]

I'm actually looking at this area because my husband and I may need to move to Cleveland for a year or two if he makes it on the lung transplant list for Cleveland Clinic. We are in evaluation process right now and have been traveling back and forth to Cleveland from Duluth MN. I keep running into apartments for rent in Lakewood area hence finding videos about this area. Reminds me somewhat of Duluth as we are also right on a Great Lake, Lake Superior, and it is an old city with large style houses. Would love any tips on apartments to rent, grocery shopping in the area, safe versus unsafe areas, bus system there. Though we were hoping to rent a furnished short term style apartment, I am now thinking unfurnished would be cheaper for our situation since we would be there more than a few months. We have a dog but if we can't find a place we can have here there, we may place her with family for a while. We do need to be within one hour of Cleveland Clinic so this seems like an ideal area.

[@livinginnortheastohio8643]

Very cool & Exciting! Lakewood is a very dense area with tons of home and apartments to choose from. Nearly 50% of the residents here are renters! The city is only growing with popularity so both home prices and rental prices are increasing. I wouldn't be necessarily worried about an unsafe area, overall its a great town. Most of everything is found on Madison and Detroit Ave. For public transportation, look into the RTA system here.

[@joeb8301]

You have a huge swimming pool at Lakewood park called fosters pool. As a matter of fact they are redoing it this year to make it more toddler friendly. You also have Madison park’s pool which has water slides.... lives in Akron trying to talk about Lakewood....

[@joeb8301]

And there’s well over 25 bars.... more like one on every corner

[@richardcook4111]

One day I'm going to drive down Madison and Detroit to actually count how many bars there are. Almost one on every corner.

[@williamanthony9090]

Lakewood was the most densely populated city between New York and Chicago, when I was growing up there in the 1960s and 70s, and there were 70,000 people residing in the city. I lived there from 1967 to 1975, 1977 to 1980, and 1989 to 1997. So all together, I spent about nineteen years in Lakewood. It was also, in those days, one of the safest cities in the country for it's size. When we walked around late at night in the 1970's, the biggest problem we faced was running into a policeman! Now, the east end of Lakewood has become, the ridiculous term you like so much... "Sketchy," and it's no longer the safest city anywhere within it's borders. Gee... I Wonder WHY?

[@joetterolison4093]

I lived in Parma from 1965 to 1976. Before the West 157th and Chatfield, Before that West 54th and Clark by the stockyards. Joined the Navy in 1976 and never moved back. Anyone remember Rini's Stop N Shop?

[@nacdaddy5591]

The best thing about Lakewood was Players restaurant, Phoenix Coffee Company, The Mars Bar and Around The Corner.

[@livinginnortheastohio8643]

YES!

[@chicatita4753]

Can you make a video on affordable, safe, low taxes and good schools areas to invest?

[@ScottCleve33]

And just like that the 16-Bit Cafe closes and moves into Cleveland.

[@livinginnortheastohio8643]

Wow! I just looked it up. Looks like they are moving to Ohio City.

[@juliuscaesart]

Wonder what they’ll put there. In Ohio City I think it’ll do incredibly well.

[@toyoscio]

@@juliuscaesart Ohio City is nice.

[@216goldgoddess5]

Ohio city that's my spot👏🏽

[@apispraetorium3275]

It's been closed since 2020, and the footage in the video wasn't Lakewood or even Ohio it was from Indianapolis.

[@sickofthissh]

I am in Florida. I intend to return to Cleveland in early 2023.

[@mpeezy358]

Hey man my wife and I are moving to the area soon because my wife is getting a 3-6 month contract working at the Cleveland Clinic. We need to be within 30 minutes of the hospital but we'd prefer a nice, quiet, walkable neighborhood. We don't have kids but are bringing our 3 dogs with us. We'd prefer somewhere that's fully furnished with electric, cable, water, and all the monthly bills included in the price. Any advice would fantastic. Thank you.

[@georgekhuri5660]

I live in lakewood great place. In case you want to know i go to clifton it is a private beach but it is very nice

[@jimmccormick6091]

The population is most probably closer to 55k to 60k, as many people never responded to the census, for whatever reason.

[@IonaGrave]

50K now per US censes. 70-75K when I lived there. Those of us who fled ain't looking back.

[@syedahmed7130]

Census also only counts state residents. I live in Lakewood but am not an Ohio resident.

[@pavman1000]

Yeah,you pay one of the highest property taxes in the state.

[@darlenedunlap7650]

Cherub yeah 🤞

[@georgekhuri5660]

I love cleveland i live in the lakefront houses

[@1.86agallon]

Good schools to.

[@wyattearpswoman838]

You should research that again.

[@surgen9499]

Lakewood has high taxes also . There's a suburb with serious urban planning .

[@dioncherry9612]

Solid job young fella!

[@livinginnortheastohio8643]

Thank you!

[@silver10188]

u pay $1500 monthly taxes? is that right? that's worse than renting.

[@mannydelacerna8829]

Thank you for this video!

[@livinginnortheastohio8643]

You bet ✅

[@TheDisBeat]

Lakewood lived there for 4 years 2011-2015. First year there many car breakins in my neighborhood and 2 younger adults shot and killed on my street right in front yards, lots of drugs, lots of people being assaulted while walking at night. Lakewood has the most full time police officer any Cleveland suburb for a reason. Don’t let people fool you that it’s the best neighborhood in Cleveland. I was so glad I moved out. Only thing I could say I miss is a maybe a few restaurants

[@richardcook4111]

This is happening in every neighborhood...Bay Village, Westlake,,Strongsville. I have no qualms walking anywhere in Lakewood, any time of day.

[@DavideCerriGA]

3yrs ago... Lakewood seemed so much cheaper.

[@livinginnortheastohio8643]

Prices keep going up! Still homes in Lakewood in the $250 range but they usually need work done to them.

[@hendrixlapitan3996]

Ohio

[@JERios-wv8lx]

Thank you so much for the info! How much is the average monthly rent in a 2br condo apartment?

[@livinginnortheastohio8643]

For a 2 bedroom apartment, it could be anywhere from $1,000 - $2,000 a month depending on location and updates.

[@richardcook4111]

There are several affordable condos within the city. They may not have all the amenities you'd find on the Gold Coast, but if you can come up with a down payment, the mortgage would be less than renting. Also, if you are handy, a double was my choice. I paid off the mortgage in 12 years, paid mostly by the renters.

[@dbspaceoditty]

this pops up as im looking for the recent shootings in lakewood XD

[@toyoscio]

Madison Ave area.

[@wyattearpswoman838]

Google the car jackings (Nov/2021).

[@pavman1000]

You will be fine if you carry your gun, They won't mess with you then. This guy is living in la,la,land in that aspect.

[@jacquifernkorn88]

I am so close to Lakewood park!

[@livinginnortheastohio8643]

Jealous!

[@IonaGrave]

So was I. Shit hole.

[@jonblehar7689]

Why didn't you talk more about the condos on the water?

[@livinginnortheastohio8643]

The Gold coast? I meant too lol

[@marksmith4892]

The title should be, Cleveland's LEAST DRIVABLE suburb. Lakewood is a more compact social scene so you have to walk to wherever you're going. If you like that, great, but don't think you have the option to commute from place to place easily. Don't misunderstand, I'm not saying Lakewood is bad; indeed I'm thinking of moving there myself, but lack of ability to commute goes decidedly into the negative column, for me at least.

[@DHIX33333]

Car commutes are easy within lakewood and from lakewood. Traffic is non existent

[@wyattearpswoman838]

@@DHIX33333 Another person who is either dishonest or delusional.

[@DHIX33333]

@@wyattearpswoman838 I live here. I think I have first hand knowledge.

[@apispraetorium3275]

Lakewood has almost no traffic for being so compact and parking is not too difficult.

[@spd_bird]

Also has amazing transit connectivity! Has access to the RTA red line and the 26/26A bus line, both of which run on some of the highest frequencies in the entire RTA network (15 minutes)

[@johnbailey2024]

Lakewood is a great city, kinda like Cleveland hts, but without the extremely overly liberal, mentality, there isn't a city anywhere that has cooler bus stops,, who ever designed those bus stops needs a raise, Forrest Gump would have rather sit in a lakewood bus stop