Wickliffe vs Willoughby Hills

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

Wickliffe and Willoughby Hills are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wickliffe has the higher population (12,639 vs 9,979 in Willoughby Hills). Wickliffe has the higher median household income ($79,052 vs $61,641 in Willoughby Hills). Willoughby Hills has the higher median home value ($305,800 vs $158,400 in Wickliffe).

Population, income & housing

	Wickliffe	Willoughby Hills
Population	12,639	9,979
Median age	43.1 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$79,052	$61,641
Median home value	$158,400	$305,800
Median gross rent	$1,234	$1,091
Housing units	5,671	5,355
Homeownership rate	77.0%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wickliffe	Willoughby Hills
Population	12,743 → 12,639 (-0.8%)	9,527 → 9,979 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$61,105 → $79,052 (+29.4%)	$59,328 → $61,641 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$121,500 → $158,400 (+30.4%)	$254,700 → $305,800 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,029 → $1,234 (+19.9%)	$925 → $1,091 (+17.9%)

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 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)

	Wickliffe	Willoughby Hills
Under 5	6.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.3%	12.1%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.3%	17.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	15.5%
45 to 54	9.8%	9.4%
55 to 64	16.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.9%
75 and over	9.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wickliffe	Willoughby Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	68.4%
Black or African American	4.0%	23.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.6%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wickliffe	Willoughby Hills
No high school diploma	5.1%	5.7%
High school graduate	36.6%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wickliffe	Willoughby Hills
Drove alone	84.7%	75.0%
Carpooled	5.0%	6.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.7%	18.0%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wickliffe	Willoughby Hills
1-unit, detached	87.2%	41.9%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	4.1%
20 or more units	2.7%	50.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Wickliffe	Willoughby Hills
Poverty rate	6.8%	8.7%
Average household size	2.29	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1957	1973