For planning purposes, the City of Cleveland is divided into 34 traditional neighborhoods, technically known as Statistical Planning Areas (SPAs). As the name implies, SPAs provide a framework for summarizing socio-economic and other statistics within the City. SPA boundaries were last revised in 2012.

The City of Cleveland’s Tree Canopy, as noted above, was at 17.9% of its land area in 2017. The canopy in fourteen of its SPAs were below the City average. Four of those low-canopy neighborhoods are dominated by non-residential uses characterized by impervious areas. (including two airports): Downtown, Cuyahoga Valley, Goodrich-Kirtland Park, and Hopkins. All four had extremely low canopy (below 8%) and high concentrations of impervious cover. These four areas together encompass almost 16% of the City’s land area.

Twenty neighborhoods exceeded the City average for tree canopy, including four with canopy near or above 25%.

Existing Tree Canopy

Possible Tree Canopy

Components of Tree Canopy

Change, 2011-2017

As observed among the County’s 59 communities, nearly all Cleveland neighborhoods lost tree canopy from 2011-2017. Losses exceeding 10% occurred in Detroit-Shoreway, Edgewater, and University Circle.

Only the heavily urbanized Downtown and Cuyahoga Valley neighborhoods showed increases above the countywide margin of error of +/- 1.5%. Cuyahoga Valley showed an increase of over 10%, though it is among the lowest in existing tree canopy overall.

Tree Canopy Data by Neighborhood

Existing Tree CanopyPossible Planting Area (Vegetated)Possible Planting Area (Impervious)Not SuitableChange
NameTotal
Area,
Excluding
Water
(Acres)
AcresPercentAcresPercentAcresPercentAcresPercentAcresPercent
Bellaire-Puritas2,19230914%67031%58427%62829%-19-6%
Broadway-Slavic Village2,89653418%79227%78127%78827%61%
Brooklyn Centre93421123%25427%20922%26028%-6-3%
Buckeye-Shaker Square74217123%17323%17524%22330%-13-7%
Buckeye-Woodhill79017322%24831%18423%18523%-16-8%
Central1,50118212%42228%45730%44029%-12-6%
Clark-Fulton61110617%14123%15626%20734%-6-6%
Collinwood-Nottingham2,10728514%52925%66231%63230%31%
Cudell69810415%15222%19228%24936%-7-6%
Cuyahoga Valley2,3361306%40917%1,11848%68029%1210%
Detroit Shoreway97315516%25126%24826%31833%-24-14%
Downtown1,747734%45426%58834%63236%23%
Edgewater53213525%13826%11722%14327%-22-14%
Euclid-Green73226036%17924%13418%15922%-20-7%
Fairfax1,03117517%26326%30430%28828%-8-4%
Glenville2,45260525%66927%52822%65127%-15-2%
Goodrich-Kirtland Pk1,068828%18617%33832%46343%-8-9%
Hopkins2,6252088%1,20546%60023%61323%-10-5%
Hough1,08925323%33331%22621%27625%-10-4%
Jefferson1,65527316%39724%45127%53432%-12-4%
Kamm's3,15396631%88928%59619%70222%-93-9%
Kinsman1,07122521%37235%23522%24022%-4-2%
Lee-Harvard1,05919218%36635%23822%26225%-15-7%
Lee-Seville91316818%33937%21023%19722%-14-8%
Mount Pleasant1,40229721%42330%31823%36626%-9-3%
North Shore Collinwood1,44129220%40628%34124%40228%-24-8%
Ohio City70914320%14721%16423%25536%-11-7%
Old Brooklyn3,76979621%1,12530%88223%96626%-25-3%
St.Clair-Superior1,03119819%27326%28127%28027%-2-1%
Stockyards1,06417016%28827%30228%30429%00%
Tremont1,06815815%27826%29728%33431%-14-8%
Union-Miles2,04443121%59129%48824%53426%-12-3%
University96321923%20822%24025%29631%-33-13%
West Boulevard1,21823219%28824%29724%40233%-13-5%
Total49,6158,91018%13,85628%12,94226%13,90828%-453-1%