Painesville vs Wickliffe

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

Painesville and Wickliffe 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 12,639 in Wickliffe). Wickliffe has the higher median household income ($79,052 vs $50,455 in Painesville). Wickliffe has the higher median home value ($158,400 vs $151,400 in Painesville).

Population, income & housing

	Painesville	Wickliffe
Population	20,453	12,639
Median age	34.7 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,455	$79,052
Median home value	$151,400	$158,400
Median gross rent	$957	$1,234
Housing units	8,523	5,671
Homeownership rate	48.6%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Painesville	Wickliffe
Population	19,845 → 20,453 (+3.1%)	12,743 → 12,639 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$49,448 → $50,455 (+2.0%)	$61,105 → $79,052 (+29.4%)
Median home value	$103,300 → $151,400 (+46.6%)	$121,500 → $158,400 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $957 (+22.7%)	$1,029 → $1,234 (+19.9%)

Painesville

Population

19,84520,453

Median household income

$49,448$50,455

Median home value

$103,300$151,400

Median gross rent

$780$957

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)

	Painesville	Wickliffe
Under 5	7.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	20.1%	14.3%
18 to 24	9.9%	9.6%
25 to 34	12.9%	10.3%
35 to 44	15.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.8%
55 to 64	11.5%	16.3%
65 to 74	8.0%	11.8%
75 and over	3.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Painesville	Wickliffe
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	84.5%
Black or African American	10.8%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	24.2%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Painesville	Wickliffe
No high school diploma	17.2%	5.1%
High school graduate	34.0%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Painesville	Wickliffe
Drove alone	72.0%	84.7%
Carpooled	12.7%	5.0%
Public transit	1.7%	0.3%
Walked	4.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.9%	8.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Painesville	Wickliffe
1-unit, detached	62.1%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	4.1%
20 or more units	7.7%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Painesville	Wickliffe
Poverty rate	22.9%	6.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1971	1957