Norwalk vs Willard

A side-by-side comparison of Norwalk and Willard: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Norwalk has the higher population (17,054 vs 6,174 in Willard). Norwalk has the higher median household income ($58,940 vs $54,572 in Willard). Norwalk has the higher median home value ($156,000 vs $110,500 in Willard).

Population, income & housing

	Norwalk	Willard
Population	17,054	6,174
Median age	39.7 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,940	$54,572
Median home value	$156,000	$110,500
Median gross rent	$804	$853
Housing units	7,975	2,822
Homeownership rate	64.5%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norwalk	Willard
Population	16,857 → 17,054 (+1.2%)	6,041 → 6,174 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$45,752 → $58,940 (+28.8%)	$41,696 → $54,572 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$126,300 → $156,000 (+23.5%)	$83,400 → $110,500 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $804 (+19.1%)	$702 → $853 (+21.5%)

Norwalk

Population

16,85717,054

Median household income

$45,752$58,940

Median home value

$126,300$156,000

Median gross rent

$675$804

Willard

Population

6,0416,174

Median household income

$41,696$54,572

Median home value

$83,400$110,500

Median gross rent

$702$853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norwalk	Willard
Under 5	5.9%	7.6%
5 to 17	18.5%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.2%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	8.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	9.8%
65 to 74	11.4%	8.7%
75 and over	7.6%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norwalk	Willard
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	78.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	18.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norwalk	Willard
No high school diploma	7.9%	11.8%
High school graduate	42.5%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norwalk	Willard
Drove alone	82.6%	82.2%
Carpooled	10.0%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	2.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norwalk	Willard
1-unit, detached	59.2%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	2.2%
20 or more units	3.4%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Norwalk	Willard
Poverty rate	15.0%	15.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1968	1962