ZIP 44136

44136 is one of 52 ZIP codes that lie mostly in Cuyahoga County, OH.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 7 of the 39 nearby ZIPs shown.

4 school locations in 44136: 2 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high.

In alphabetical order: Chapman Elementary School, Strongsville Middle School, Strongsville Online Learning Opportunity Academy, Whitney Elementary School. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In January 2000 the typical home in 44136 was worth $167,067.

Values peaked at $360,797 in August 2026. The latest reading is the peak.

As of August 2026: $360,797, +3.0% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $246,250. This calculation prices the home with Lotvox's affordability series as of August 2026, so it differs from the latest monthly value above ($360,797). Put 20% down and borrow $197,000 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $1,364 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $93,713 a year, $7,809 a month. So the payment takes 17.5% of income — rated “affordable” (Lotvox ZIP bands: under 28% affordable · 28–36% stretched · 36%+ severe).

The line holds today's rate fixed and moves only the price: at that rate, the same share was 11.8% in 2000.

Take the typical home's price each month, borrow 80% at that month's actual 30-year average rate: in January 2000 (8.21%) the payment was $1,000.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $805.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $1,856 — +131% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +45%.

Reported values rose +116% since January 2000.

General prices (CPI-U) rose +97% over the same span.

Divide one by the other: in August 2026 dollars, the 2000 home was worth $329,724. So the real change is +9%, not +116%.

44136: +116% since January 2000.

Cuyahoga County: +107% since January 2000.

Ohio: +133% since January 2000 — 44136 ran behind it by 17 points.

Owning the typical home costs about $1,610 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $2,004 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 10.2. Lotvox reads under 15 as favoring buying and 20 or more as favoring renting.

Picture the Listings Flow Ladder as a basin: new listings pour in from the faucet, the homes for sale are the water, and closed sales run out the drain. Coming in — new listings: about 32 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026). That is 79% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 39.

Going out — closed sales: about 26 a month. That is 72% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

The ladder: homes for sale ÷ monthly sales = 1.5 months of supply — below the 4–6 month range Lotvox treats as balanced. In the basin, that is the water level against the shaded balanced band.

The net reading: about 6 more homes came on than sold each month, so inventory is growing. The basin is filling.

Homes sold: about 26 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 34 — so sales ran at 76% of it, and below it in 21 of the last 24 months.

Across Cuyahoga County, builders pulled permits for 1,896 new homes in 2025.

Of those, 40% were in 1-unit buildings (the Census Bureau's category for detached and attached single homes).

This ZIP sits in Cuyahoga County. IRS tax returns for 2022-2023: among the ten counties sending the most households, 9,796 moved in. Among the ten receiving the most, 12,251 moved out.

Net across those counties: −2,455 households. Beside it, homes for sale in this ZIP: 39 in June 2026.

Most arrivals came from Lorain, OH (2,213 households); most departures went to Lorain, OH (2,947).

County assessor records list 423 properties with a market value here. Their average assessed market value is $205,000; the typical home value is $246,250.

The assessor average sits −16.8% from the market figure — an average against a typical value, so treat it as a check, not a verdict.