Eastlake vs Willoughby Hills

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

Eastlake and Willoughby Hills 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 9,979 in Willoughby Hills). Eastlake has the higher median household income ($62,510 vs $61,641 in Willoughby Hills). Willoughby Hills has the higher median home value ($305,800 vs $168,300 in Eastlake).

Population, income & housing

	Eastlake	Willoughby Hills
Population	17,538	9,979
Median age	46.3 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,510	$61,641
Median home value	$168,300	$305,800
Median gross rent	$968	$1,091
Housing units	8,560	5,355
Homeownership rate	73.6%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastlake	Willoughby Hills
Population	18,156 → 17,538 (-3.4%)	9,527 → 9,979 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$54,698 → $62,510 (+14.3%)	$59,328 → $61,641 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$133,000 → $168,300 (+26.5%)	$254,700 → $305,800 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$869 → $968 (+11.4%)	$925 → $1,091 (+17.9%)

Eastlake

Population

18,15617,538

Median household income

$54,698$62,510

Median home value

$133,000$168,300

Median gross rent

$869$968

Willoughby Hills

Population

9,5279,979

Median household income

$59,328$61,641

Median home value

$254,700$305,800

Median gross rent

$925$1,091

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastlake	Willoughby Hills
Under 5	4.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	11.9%	12.1%
18 to 24	9.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	17.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	15.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	9.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	13.3%	9.9%
75 and over	9.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastlake	Willoughby Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	68.4%
Black or African American	3.1%	23.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastlake	Willoughby Hills
No high school diploma	6.5%	5.7%
High school graduate	40.7%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastlake	Willoughby Hills
Drove alone	79.4%	75.0%
Carpooled	8.2%	6.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.1%	18.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastlake	Willoughby Hills
1-unit, detached	82.6%	41.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	4.1%
20 or more units	5.8%	50.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eastlake	Willoughby Hills
Poverty rate	7.7%	8.7%
Average household size	2.18	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1965	1973