Eastlake vs Wickliffe

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

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

Eastlake has the higher population (17,538 vs 12,639 in Wickliffe). Wickliffe has the higher median household income ($79,052 vs $62,510 in Eastlake). Eastlake has the higher median home value ($168,300 vs $158,400 in Wickliffe).

Population, income & housing

	Eastlake	Wickliffe
Population	17,538	12,639
Median age	46.3 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,510	$79,052
Median home value	$168,300	$158,400
Median gross rent	$968	$1,234
Housing units	8,560	5,671
Homeownership rate	73.6%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastlake	Wickliffe
Population	18,156 → 17,538 (-3.4%)	12,743 → 12,639 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$54,698 → $62,510 (+14.3%)	$61,105 → $79,052 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$133,000 → $168,300 (+26.5%)	$121,500 → $158,400 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$869 → $968 (+11.4%)	$1,029 → $1,234 (+19.9%)

Eastlake

Population

18,15617,538

Median household income

$54,698$62,510

Median home value

$133,000$168,300

Median gross rent

$869$968

Wickliffe

Population

12,74312,639

Median household income

$61,105$79,052

Median home value

$121,500$158,400

Median gross rent

$1,029$1,234

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastlake	Wickliffe
Under 5	4.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	11.9%	14.3%
18 to 24	9.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	9.8%
55 to 64	14.4%	16.3%
65 to 74	13.3%	11.8%
75 and over	9.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastlake	Wickliffe
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	84.5%
Black or African American	3.1%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.7%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastlake	Wickliffe
No high school diploma	6.5%	5.1%
High school graduate	40.7%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastlake	Wickliffe
Drove alone	79.4%	84.7%
Carpooled	8.2%	5.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	2.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.1%	8.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastlake	Wickliffe
1-unit, detached	82.6%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	4.1%
20 or more units	5.8%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eastlake	Wickliffe
Poverty rate	7.7%	6.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1965	1957