Eastlake vs Willowick

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

Eastlake and Willowick 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 14,182 in Willowick). Willowick has the higher median household income ($74,138 vs $62,510 in Eastlake). Eastlake has the higher median home value ($168,300 vs $156,100 in Willowick).

Population, income & housing

	Eastlake	Willowick
Population	17,538	14,182
Median age	46.3 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,510	$74,138
Median home value	$168,300	$156,100
Median gross rent	$968	$1,021
Housing units	8,560	6,536
Homeownership rate	73.6%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eastlake	Willowick
Population	18,156 → 17,538 (-3.4%)	14,133 → 14,182 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$54,698 → $62,510 (+14.3%)	$62,016 → $74,138 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$133,000 → $168,300 (+26.5%)	$119,100 → $156,100 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$869 → $968 (+11.4%)	$860 → $1,021 (+18.7%)

Eastlake

Population

18,15617,538

Median household income

$54,698$62,510

Median home value

$133,000$168,300

Median gross rent

$869$968

Willowick

Population

14,13314,182

Median household income

$62,016$74,138

Median home value

$119,100$156,100

Median gross rent

$860$1,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eastlake	Willowick
Under 5	4.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.9%	13.1%
18 to 24	9.8%	9.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	13.4%
35 to 44	9.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.4%
65 to 74	13.3%	9.4%
75 and over	9.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eastlake	Willowick
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	85.2%
Black or African American	3.1%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eastlake	Willowick
No high school diploma	6.5%	4.9%
High school graduate	40.7%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eastlake	Willowick
Drove alone	79.4%	77.4%
Carpooled	8.2%	4.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.7%
Walked	2.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	15.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eastlake	Willowick
1-unit, detached	82.6%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	3.4%
20 or more units	5.8%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Eastlake	Willowick
Poverty rate	7.7%	5.3%
Average household size	2.18	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1965	1957