Eastlake vs Willoughby

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

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

Willoughby has the higher population (23,934 vs 17,538 in Eastlake). Willoughby has the higher median household income ($70,884 vs $62,510 in Eastlake). Willoughby has the higher median home value ($206,200 vs $168,300 in Eastlake).

Population, income & housing

	Eastlake	Willoughby
Population	17,538	23,934
Median age	46.3 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,510	$70,884
Median home value	$168,300	$206,200
Median gross rent	$968	$1,147
Housing units	8,560	12,398
Homeownership rate	73.6%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	35.9%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastlake	Willoughby
Population	18,156 → 17,538 (-3.4%)	22,869 → 23,934 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$54,698 → $62,510 (+14.3%)	$60,332 → $70,884 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$133,000 → $168,300 (+26.5%)	$152,700 → $206,200 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$869 → $968 (+11.4%)	$940 → $1,147 (+22.0%)

Eastlake

Population

18,15617,538

Median household income

$54,698$62,510

Median home value

$133,000$168,300

Median gross rent

$869$968

Willoughby

Population

22,86923,934

Median household income

$60,332$70,884

Median home value

$152,700$206,200

Median gross rent

$940$1,147

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastlake	Willoughby
Under 5	4.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	11.9%	13.2%
18 to 24	9.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	13.0%	14.1%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	13.3%	13.6%
75 and over	9.9%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastlake	Willoughby
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	86.0%
Black or African American	3.1%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastlake	Willoughby
No high school diploma	6.5%	4.3%
High school graduate	40.7%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastlake	Willoughby
Drove alone	79.4%	73.3%
Carpooled	8.2%	9.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.7%
Walked	2.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.1%	14.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastlake	Willoughby
1-unit, detached	82.6%	51.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	17.0%
20 or more units	5.8%	13.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Eastlake	Willoughby
Poverty rate	7.7%	8.9%
Average household size	2.18	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1965	1975