Kirtland Hills, Ohio

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Kirtland Hills is a village in Lake County, Ohio, United States. The population was 597 at the 2000 census.

[edit] Geography

Kirtland Hills is located at 41°38′33″N, 81°19′4″W (41.642530, -81.317879)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 14.7 km² (5.7 mi²). 14.5 km² (5.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (1.24%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 597 people, 223 households, and 179 families residing in the village. The population density was 41.3/km² (106.9/mi²). There were 242 housing units at an average density of 16.7/km² (43.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 98.16% White, 0.34% African American, 0.17% Asian, and 1.34% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.50% of the population.

There were 223 households out of which 29.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 74.0% were married couples living together, 4.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.3% were non-families. 14.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 2.99.

In the village the population was spread out with 24.0% under the age of 18, 3.9% from 18 to 24, 22.6% from 25 to 44, 36.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 92.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.1 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $112,421, and the median income for a family was $144,134. Males had a median income of $87,424 versus $37,083 for females. The per capita income for the village was $78,896. About 2.1% of families and 3.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.

Kirtland Hills has the third highest estate tax distribution in the state (1998-2003), receiving over $11,000,000. See http://www.harrisforohio.com "Harris For Ohio"], "www.HarrisForOhio.com", an anti-tax website discussing the regressive distribution of state estate taxes to municipalities and townships in Ohio.