Eastlake vs Painesville

A side-by-side comparison of Eastlake and Painesville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Painesville has the higher population (20,453 vs 17,538 in Eastlake). Eastlake has the higher median household income ($62,510 vs $50,455 in Painesville). Eastlake has the higher median home value ($168,300 vs $151,400 in Painesville).

Population, income & housing

	Eastlake	Painesville
Population	17,538	20,453
Median age	46.3 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,510	$50,455
Median home value	$168,300	$151,400
Median gross rent	$968	$957
Housing units	8,560	8,523
Homeownership rate	73.6%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastlake	Painesville
Population	18,156 → 17,538 (-3.4%)	19,845 → 20,453 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$54,698 → $62,510 (+14.3%)	$49,448 → $50,455 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$133,000 → $168,300 (+26.5%)	$103,300 → $151,400 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$869 → $968 (+11.4%)	$780 → $957 (+22.7%)

Eastlake

Population

18,15617,538

Median household income

$54,698$62,510

Median home value

$133,000$168,300

Median gross rent

$869$968

Painesville

Population

19,84520,453

Median household income

$49,448$50,455

Median home value

$103,300$151,400

Median gross rent

$780$957

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastlake	Painesville
Under 5	4.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	11.9%	20.1%
18 to 24	9.8%	9.9%
25 to 34	13.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	9.8%	15.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.5%
65 to 74	13.3%	8.0%
75 and over	9.9%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastlake	Painesville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	59.5%
Black or African American	3.1%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	24.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastlake	Painesville
No high school diploma	6.5%	17.2%
High school graduate	40.7%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastlake	Painesville
Drove alone	79.4%	72.0%
Carpooled	8.2%	12.7%
Public transit	0.2%	1.7%
Walked	2.5%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.1%	8.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastlake	Painesville
1-unit, detached	82.6%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	12.6%
20 or more units	5.8%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Eastlake	Painesville
Poverty rate	7.7%	22.9%
Average household size	2.18	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1965	1971