Painesville vs Willowick

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

Painesville and Willowick 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 14,182 in Willowick). Willowick has the higher median household income ($74,138 vs $50,455 in Painesville). Willowick has the higher median home value ($156,100 vs $151,400 in Painesville).

Population, income & housing

	Painesville	Willowick
Population	20,453	14,182
Median age	34.7 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,455	$74,138
Median home value	$151,400	$156,100
Median gross rent	$957	$1,021
Housing units	8,523	6,536
Homeownership rate	48.6%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Painesville	Willowick
Population	19,845 → 20,453 (+3.1%)	14,133 → 14,182 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$49,448 → $50,455 (+2.0%)	$62,016 → $74,138 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$103,300 → $151,400 (+46.6%)	$119,100 → $156,100 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $957 (+22.7%)	$860 → $1,021 (+18.7%)

Painesville

Population

19,84520,453

Median household income

$49,448$50,455

Median home value

$103,300$151,400

Median gross rent

$780$957

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)

	Painesville	Willowick
Under 5	7.6%	4.3%
5 to 17	20.1%	13.1%
18 to 24	9.9%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.9%	13.4%
35 to 44	15.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.6%	13.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	15.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.4%
75 and over	3.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Painesville	Willowick
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	85.2%
Black or African American	10.8%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	24.2%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Painesville	Willowick
No high school diploma	17.2%	4.9%
High school graduate	34.0%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Painesville	Willowick
Drove alone	72.0%	77.4%
Carpooled	12.7%	4.0%
Public transit	1.7%	0.7%
Walked	4.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	15.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Painesville	Willowick
1-unit, detached	62.1%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	3.4%
20 or more units	7.7%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Painesville	Willowick
Poverty rate	22.9%	5.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1971	1957