Painesville vs Willoughby Hills

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

Painesville and Willoughby Hills 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 9,979 in Willoughby Hills). Willoughby Hills has the higher median household income ($61,641 vs $50,455 in Painesville). Willoughby Hills has the higher median home value ($305,800 vs $151,400 in Painesville).

Population, income & housing

	Painesville	Willoughby Hills
Population	20,453	9,979
Median age	34.7 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,455	$61,641
Median home value	$151,400	$305,800
Median gross rent	$957	$1,091
Housing units	8,523	5,355
Homeownership rate	48.6%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Painesville	Willoughby Hills
Population	19,845 → 20,453 (+3.1%)	9,527 → 9,979 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$49,448 → $50,455 (+2.0%)	$59,328 → $61,641 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$103,300 → $151,400 (+46.6%)	$254,700 → $305,800 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $957 (+22.7%)	$925 → $1,091 (+17.9%)

Painesville

Population

19,84520,453

Median household income

$49,448$50,455

Median home value

$103,300$151,400

Median gross rent

$780$957

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)

	Painesville	Willoughby Hills
Under 5	7.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	20.1%	12.1%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.9%	17.0%
35 to 44	15.8%	15.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	11.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.9%
75 and over	3.7%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Painesville	Willoughby Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	68.4%
Black or African American	10.8%	23.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	1.6%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	24.2%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Painesville	Willoughby Hills
No high school diploma	17.2%	5.7%
High school graduate	34.0%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Painesville	Willoughby Hills
Drove alone	72.0%	75.0%
Carpooled	12.7%	6.9%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.9%	18.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Painesville	Willoughby Hills
1-unit, detached	62.1%	41.9%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	4.1%
20 or more units	7.7%	50.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Painesville	Willoughby Hills
Poverty rate	22.9%	8.7%
Average household size	2.43	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1971	1973