Strongsville vs Westlake

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

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

Strongsville has the higher population (46,022 vs 34,036 in Westlake). Westlake has the higher median household income ($110,101 vs $102,574 in Strongsville). Westlake has the higher median home value ($336,100 vs $279,600 in Strongsville).

Population, income & housing

	Strongsville	Westlake
Population	46,022	34,036
Median age	46.0 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$102,574	$110,101
Median home value	$279,600	$336,100
Median gross rent	$1,253	$1,480
Housing units	19,596	15,781
Homeownership rate	81.7%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.2%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Strongsville	Westlake
Population	44,719 → 46,022 (+2.9%)	32,275 → 34,036 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$88,176 → $102,574 (+16.3%)	$86,008 → $110,101 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$206,300 → $279,600 (+35.5%)	$258,600 → $336,100 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,025 → $1,253 (+22.2%)	$1,174 → $1,480 (+26.1%)

Strongsville

Population

44,71946,022

Median household income

$88,176$102,574

Median home value

$206,300$279,600

Median gross rent

$1,025$1,253

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)

	Strongsville	Westlake
Under 5	5.3%	4.0%
5 to 17	14.9%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.8%	9.1%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.1%
55 to 64	16.0%	15.5%
65 to 74	13.0%	13.1%
75 and over	10.1%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Strongsville	Westlake
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	84.6%
Black or African American	2.2%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.3%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Strongsville	Westlake
No high school diploma	4.9%	4.5%
High school graduate	21.3%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	26.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Strongsville	Westlake
Drove alone	73.6%	73.4%
Carpooled	5.8%	5.4%
Public transit	1.1%	0.2%
Walked	1.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.7%	19.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Strongsville	Westlake
1-unit, detached	79.5%	58.2%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	16.4%
20 or more units	8.7%	12.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Strongsville	Westlake
Poverty rate	5.1%	5.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1981	1983