Bay Village is Ranked #3 of Best Places to Live

Press Release
June 2, 2025

The results are in! Bay Village is ranked #3 for “Best Places to Live” in the annual Cleveland Magazine Rating the Suburbs poll.

The City of Bay Village has been featured in the top 10 “Best Places to Live” since the inception of the annual Rating the Suburbs poll, which provides the data behind Greater Cleveland’s “Best Places to Live”. Three major factors evaluated are: safety, education and housing.

Featured as a “West Side suburb, known for its top-10 school system” with “much to do within its own city limits, bursting with lakeside parks, charming houses and eclectic shops and vendor markets” with “walkability”.

Helping to position Bay Village in the top 3, the city was ranked at:

• #9 for safety (#1 among the Westshore communities)
• #6 in school districts (#2 in the Westshore, behind Rocky River)
• #1 (tied with Westlake and six other communities) for highest % of roads with sidewalks
• #11 for 10-year Median Home Sale Price % Increase (#2 in the Westshore, behind Lakewood)

View the comprehensive list of vital stats for each community and the full Cleveland Magazine article Cleveland’s Top 20 Suburbs of 2025: Best Places to Live, in the June 2025 edition.