Cleveland Heights vs Westlake

A side-by-side comparison of Cleveland Heights and Westlake: population, income, housing, and more.

Cleveland Heights and Westlake are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cleveland Heights has the higher population (44,694 vs 34,036 in Westlake). Westlake has the higher median household income ($110,101 vs $72,302 in Cleveland Heights). Westlake has the higher median home value ($336,100 vs $176,700 in Cleveland Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Cleveland Heights	Westlake
Population	44,694	34,036
Median age	36.4 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,302	$110,101
Median home value	$176,700	$336,100
Median gross rent	$1,139	$1,480
Housing units	21,902	15,781
Homeownership rate	58.0%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.5%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleveland Heights	Westlake
Population	44,571 → 44,694 (+0.3%)	32,275 → 34,036 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$57,768 → $72,302 (+25.2%)	$86,008 → $110,101 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$128,700 → $176,700 (+37.3%)	$258,600 → $336,100 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$965 → $1,139 (+18.0%)	$1,174 → $1,480 (+26.1%)

Cleveland Heights

Population

44,57144,694

Median household income

$57,768$72,302

Median home value

$128,700$176,700

Median gross rent

$965$1,139

Westlake

Population

32,27534,036

Median household income

$86,008$110,101

Median home value

$258,600$336,100

Median gross rent

$1,174$1,480

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cleveland Heights	Westlake
Under 5	4.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.8%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.7%
25 to 34	16.2%	9.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.0%
45 to 54	9.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	15.5%
65 to 74	11.3%	13.1%
75 and over	7.5%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleveland Heights	Westlake
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	84.6%
Black or African American	39.2%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleveland Heights	Westlake
No high school diploma	3.8%	4.5%
High school graduate	14.9%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	31.8%	26.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleveland Heights	Westlake
Drove alone	66.8%	73.4%
Carpooled	6.9%	5.4%
Public transit	3.0%	0.2%
Walked	4.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	16.4%	19.2%
Other means	1.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleveland Heights	Westlake
1-unit, detached	61.3%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	16.4%
20 or more units	10.8%	12.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Cleveland Heights	Westlake
Poverty rate	14.7%	5.1%
Average household size	2.23	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1938	1983