Painesville vs Willoughby

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

Painesville 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 20,453 in Painesville). Willoughby has the higher median household income ($70,884 vs $50,455 in Painesville). Willoughby has the higher median home value ($206,200 vs $151,400 in Painesville).

Population, income & housing

	Painesville	Willoughby
Population	20,453	23,934
Median age	34.7 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,455	$70,884
Median home value	$151,400	$206,200
Median gross rent	$957	$1,147
Housing units	8,523	12,398
Homeownership rate	48.6%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	35.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Painesville	Willoughby
Population	19,845 → 20,453 (+3.1%)	22,869 → 23,934 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$49,448 → $50,455 (+2.0%)	$60,332 → $70,884 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$103,300 → $151,400 (+46.6%)	$152,700 → $206,200 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $957 (+22.7%)	$940 → $1,147 (+22.0%)

Painesville

Population

19,84520,453

Median household income

$49,448$50,455

Median home value

$103,300$151,400

Median gross rent

$780$957

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)

	Painesville	Willoughby
Under 5	7.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	20.1%	13.2%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.9%	14.1%
35 to 44	15.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.5%	14.6%
65 to 74	8.0%	13.6%
75 and over	3.7%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Painesville	Willoughby
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	86.0%
Black or African American	10.8%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	24.2%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Painesville	Willoughby
No high school diploma	17.2%	4.3%
High school graduate	34.0%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Painesville	Willoughby
Drove alone	72.0%	73.3%
Carpooled	12.7%	9.5%
Public transit	1.7%	0.7%
Walked	4.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.9%	14.9%
Other means	0.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Painesville	Willoughby
1-unit, detached	62.1%	51.1%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	17.0%
20 or more units	7.7%	13.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Painesville	Willoughby
Poverty rate	22.9%	8.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1971	1975