Wickliffe vs Willowick

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

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

Willowick has the higher population (14,182 vs 12,639 in Wickliffe). Wickliffe has the higher median household income ($79,052 vs $74,138 in Willowick). Wickliffe has the higher median home value ($158,400 vs $156,100 in Willowick).

Population, income & housing

	Wickliffe	Willowick
Population	12,639	14,182
Median age	43.1 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$79,052	$74,138
Median home value	$158,400	$156,100
Median gross rent	$1,234	$1,021
Housing units	5,671	6,536
Homeownership rate	77.0%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wickliffe	Willowick
Population	12,743 → 12,639 (-0.8%)	14,133 → 14,182 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$61,105 → $79,052 (+29.4%)	$62,016 → $74,138 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$121,500 → $158,400 (+30.4%)	$119,100 → $156,100 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,029 → $1,234 (+19.9%)	$860 → $1,021 (+18.7%)

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

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)

	Wickliffe	Willowick
Under 5	6.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.3%	13.1%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.7%
25 to 34	10.3%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	16.3%	15.4%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.4%
75 and over	9.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wickliffe	Willowick
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	85.2%
Black or African American	4.0%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wickliffe	Willowick
No high school diploma	5.1%	4.9%
High school graduate	36.6%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wickliffe	Willowick
Drove alone	84.7%	77.4%
Carpooled	5.0%	4.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.7%
Walked	0.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	15.3%
Other means	0.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wickliffe	Willowick
1-unit, detached	87.2%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	3.4%
20 or more units	2.7%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Wickliffe	Willowick
Poverty rate	6.8%	5.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1957	1957