Willoughby vs Willowick

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

Willoughby and Willowick 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 14,182 in Willowick). Willowick has the higher median household income ($74,138 vs $70,884 in Willoughby). Willoughby has the higher median home value ($206,200 vs $156,100 in Willowick).

Population, income & housing

	Willoughby	Willowick
Population	23,934	14,182
Median age	45.5 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,884	$74,138
Median home value	$206,200	$156,100
Median gross rent	$1,147	$1,021
Housing units	12,398	6,536
Homeownership rate	62.5%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Willoughby	Willowick
Population	22,869 → 23,934 (+4.7%)	14,133 → 14,182 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$60,332 → $70,884 (+17.5%)	$62,016 → $74,138 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$152,700 → $206,200 (+35.0%)	$119,100 → $156,100 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $1,147 (+22.0%)	$860 → $1,021 (+18.7%)

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

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	Willowick
Under 5	3.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	13.2%	13.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.4%
65 to 74	13.6%	9.4%
75 and over	10.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Willoughby	Willowick
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	85.2%
Black or African American	7.2%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Willoughby	Willowick
No high school diploma	4.3%	4.9%
High school graduate	29.3%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Willoughby	Willowick
Drove alone	73.3%	77.4%
Carpooled	9.5%	4.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.7%
Walked	0.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	15.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Willoughby	Willowick
1-unit, detached	51.1%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	13.2%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Willoughby	Willowick
Poverty rate	8.9%	5.3%
Average household size	2.01	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1975	1957