Garfield Heights vs Westlake

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

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

Westlake has the higher population (34,036 vs 29,369 in Garfield Heights). Westlake has the higher median household income ($110,101 vs $52,006 in Garfield Heights). Westlake has the higher median home value ($336,100 vs $100,000 in Garfield Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Garfield Heights	Westlake
Population	29,369	34,036
Median age	39.0 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,006	$110,101
Median home value	$100,000	$336,100
Median gross rent	$1,085	$1,480
Housing units	12,970	15,781
Homeownership rate	57.9%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garfield Heights	Westlake
Population	27,814 → 29,369 (+5.6%)	32,275 → 34,036 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$43,971 → $52,006 (+18.3%)	$86,008 → $110,101 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$72,700 → $100,000 (+37.6%)	$258,600 → $336,100 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$932 → $1,085 (+16.4%)	$1,174 → $1,480 (+26.1%)

Garfield Heights

Population

27,81429,369

Median household income

$43,971$52,006

Median home value

$72,700$100,000

Median gross rent

$932$1,085

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)

	Garfield Heights	Westlake
Under 5	7.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.8%	9.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	9.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	16.5%	15.5%
65 to 74	9.1%	13.1%
75 and over	6.8%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garfield Heights	Westlake
White (non-Hispanic)	33.5%	84.6%
Black or African American	53.5%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garfield Heights	Westlake
No high school diploma	11.1%	4.5%
High school graduate	36.8%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	26.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garfield Heights	Westlake
Drove alone	81.4%	73.4%
Carpooled	7.5%	5.4%
Public transit	1.3%	0.2%
Walked	2.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.6%	19.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garfield Heights	Westlake
1-unit, detached	73.6%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	16.4%
20 or more units	4.1%	12.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Garfield Heights	Westlake
Poverty rate	21.4%	5.1%
Average household size	2.43	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1955	1983