Wickliffe vs Willoughby

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

Wickliffe 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 12,639 in Wickliffe). Wickliffe has the higher median household income ($79,052 vs $70,884 in Willoughby). Willoughby has the higher median home value ($206,200 vs $158,400 in Wickliffe).

Population, income & housing

	Wickliffe	Willoughby
Population	12,639	23,934
Median age	43.1 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$79,052	$70,884
Median home value	$158,400	$206,200
Median gross rent	$1,234	$1,147
Housing units	5,671	12,398
Homeownership rate	77.0%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	35.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wickliffe	Willoughby
Population	12,743 → 12,639 (-0.8%)	22,869 → 23,934 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$61,105 → $79,052 (+29.4%)	$60,332 → $70,884 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$121,500 → $158,400 (+30.4%)	$152,700 → $206,200 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,029 → $1,234 (+19.9%)	$940 → $1,147 (+22.0%)

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

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)

	Wickliffe	Willoughby
Under 5	6.2%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.3%	13.2%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.3%	14.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	16.3%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	13.6%
75 and over	9.1%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wickliffe	Willoughby
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	86.0%
Black or African American	4.0%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wickliffe	Willoughby
No high school diploma	5.1%	4.3%
High school graduate	36.6%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wickliffe	Willoughby
Drove alone	84.7%	73.3%
Carpooled	5.0%	9.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.7%
Walked	0.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.7%	14.9%
Other means	0.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wickliffe	Willoughby
1-unit, detached	87.2%	51.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	17.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	13.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Wickliffe	Willoughby
Poverty rate	6.8%	8.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1957	1975