DSCR Loans in Shaker Heights, Ohio
Here's the local picture for a DSCR-financed rental in Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
Affluent, historic Cleveland-metro inner-ring suburb.
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Shaker Heights at a glance
- County
- Cuyahoga County
- Population
- 29,439 (2020 Census)
- Type
- City
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Home values and rent in Shaker Heights
Countywide, Cuyahoga County's median home value is $195,400 (ACS 2020-2024 5yr) — a Shaker Heights-specific figure isn't independently published, so this reflects the whole county, not Shaker Heights alone. Countywide, Cuyahoga County's median gross rent is $1,060/mo (ACS 2020-2024 5yr) — again, a county figure standing in for a Shaker Heights number we don't have.
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The county tax-drag math applies here
Shaker Heights sits in Cuyahoga County, where the effective property tax rate is 1.80% — above Ohio's 1.36% statewide average. The full worked PITIA and DSCR example, built on a property at the county's median value, is on the Cuyahoga County page — here's the tax line specifically for a property at Shaker Heights's own numbers:
- Property value used
- $195,400 (countywide)
- Cuyahoga County effective tax rate
- 1.80%
- Estimated monthly property tax
- $293
That estimate uses an observed Ohio DSCR average of 7.20% (Q2 2026)¹ elsewhere in the full county example — this is a market observation, not an offer; your rate depends on your DSCR, credit, LTV and loan purpose, and is set by the lender, not by us.
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Near Shaker Heights
Nearby Cuyahoga County cities and villages worth running the same math on — Shaker Heights's tax rate applies to all of them:
- Cleveland → — 372,624
- Parma → — 81,146
- Lakewood → — 50,942
- Euclid → — 49,692
- Strongsville → — 46,491
- Cleveland Heights → — 45,312
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Get your Shaker Heights DSCR quote
Median figures are a starting point, not a quote. See what lenders offer on a specific Shaker Heights rental.
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Sources for this page
- Wikipedia, "List of municipalities in Ohio" (population, 2020 Census) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Ohio
- CostByCounty, "Cost of Living in Ohio by County" (Cuyahoga County median home value, county-fallback) — https://costbycounty.com/ohio
- Private Lender Link (Ohio DSCR rate average, Q2 2026) — https://privatelenderlink.com/region/usa/ohio/residential-long-term-rental-ohio-usa/
Last updated 2026-08-25. Figures are refreshed periodically from the sources above, each with its own as-of date.