Willoughby Hills vs Willowick

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

Willoughby Hills 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 9,979 in Willoughby Hills). Willowick has the higher median household income ($74,138 vs $61,641 in Willoughby Hills). Willoughby Hills has the higher median home value ($305,800 vs $156,100 in Willowick).

Population, income & housing

	Willoughby Hills	Willowick
Population	9,979	14,182
Median age	39.3 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,641	$74,138
Median home value	$305,800	$156,100
Median gross rent	$1,091	$1,021
Housing units	5,355	6,536
Homeownership rate	42.4%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.9%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Willoughby Hills	Willowick
Population	9,527 → 9,979 (+4.7%)	14,133 → 14,182 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$59,328 → $61,641 (+3.9%)	$62,016 → $74,138 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$254,700 → $305,800 (+20.1%)	$119,100 → $156,100 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $1,091 (+17.9%)	$860 → $1,021 (+18.7%)

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

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)

	Willoughby Hills	Willowick
Under 5	5.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	12.1%	13.1%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.7%
25 to 34	17.0%	13.4%
35 to 44	15.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.4%
75 and over	8.6%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Willoughby Hills	Willowick
White (non-Hispanic)	68.4%	85.2%
Black or African American	23.8%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	4.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Willoughby Hills	Willowick
No high school diploma	5.7%	4.9%
High school graduate	24.2%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Willoughby Hills	Willowick
Drove alone	75.0%	77.4%
Carpooled	6.9%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Willoughby Hills	Willowick
1-unit, detached	41.9%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	3.4%
20 or more units	50.7%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Willoughby Hills	Willowick
Poverty rate	8.7%	5.3%
Average household size	1.95	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1973	1957