Willoughby vs Willoughby Hills

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

Willoughby and Willoughby Hills 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 9,979 in Willoughby Hills). Willoughby has the higher median household income ($70,884 vs $61,641 in Willoughby Hills). Willoughby Hills has the higher median home value ($305,800 vs $206,200 in Willoughby).

Population, income & housing

	Willoughby	Willoughby Hills
Population	23,934	9,979
Median age	45.5 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,884	$61,641
Median home value	$206,200	$305,800
Median gross rent	$1,147	$1,091
Housing units	12,398	5,355
Homeownership rate	62.5%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Willoughby	Willoughby Hills
Population	22,869 → 23,934 (+4.7%)	9,527 → 9,979 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$60,332 → $70,884 (+17.5%)	$59,328 → $61,641 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$152,700 → $206,200 (+35.0%)	$254,700 → $305,800 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $1,147 (+22.0%)	$925 → $1,091 (+17.9%)

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

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)

	Willoughby	Willoughby Hills
Under 5	3.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.2%	12.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.1%	17.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	15.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.4%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	13.6%	9.9%
75 and over	10.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Willoughby	Willoughby Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	68.4%
Black or African American	7.2%	23.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Willoughby	Willoughby Hills
No high school diploma	4.3%	5.7%
High school graduate	29.3%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Willoughby	Willoughby Hills
Drove alone	73.3%	75.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	6.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	14.9%	18.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Willoughby	Willoughby Hills
1-unit, detached	51.1%	41.9%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	13.2%	50.7%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Willoughby	Willoughby Hills
Poverty rate	8.9%	8.7%
Average household size	2.01	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1975	1973