Cleveland vs Wildwood Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Cleveland and Wildwood Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Cleveland and Wildwood Lake are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cleveland has the higher population (48,185 vs 3,490 in Wildwood Lake). Wildwood Lake has the higher median household income ($61,824 vs $55,904 in Cleveland). Cleveland has the higher median home value ($241,800 vs $196,600 in Wildwood Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Cleveland	Wildwood Lake
Population	48,185	3,490
Median age	36.1 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,904	$61,824
Median home value	$241,800	$196,600
Median gross rent	$966	$832
Housing units	19,908	1,574
Homeownership rate	50.3%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cleveland	Wildwood Lake
Population	44,595 → 48,185 (+8.1%)	3,639 → 3,490 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$44,633 → $55,904 (+25.3%)	$43,775 → $61,824 (+41.2%)
Median home value	$171,500 → $241,800 (+41.0%)	$146,300 → $196,600 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $966 (+25.8%)	$709 → $832 (+17.3%)

Cleveland

Population

44,59548,185

Median household income

$44,633$55,904

Median home value

$171,500$241,800

Median gross rent

$768$966

Wildwood Lake

Population

3,6393,490

Median household income

$43,775$61,824

Median home value

$146,300$196,600

Median gross rent

$709$832

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cleveland	Wildwood Lake
Under 5	6.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	13.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.9%
55 to 64	10.6%	20.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.7%
75 and over	7.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cleveland	Wildwood Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	83.3%
Black or African American	7.6%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cleveland	Wildwood Lake
No high school diploma	13.0%	17.4%
High school graduate	25.5%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cleveland	Wildwood Lake
Drove alone	77.7%	82.3%
Carpooled	11.1%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	5.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cleveland	Wildwood Lake
1-unit, detached	56.7%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	2.9%
20 or more units	6.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	21.9%

Poverty & households

	Cleveland	Wildwood Lake
Poverty rate	17.4%	19.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1982	1981