East Cleveland vs Wildwood Lake

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

East 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.

Wildwood Lake has the higher population (3,490 vs 2,207 in East Cleveland). Wildwood Lake has the higher median household income ($61,824 vs $46,968 in East Cleveland). Wildwood Lake has the higher median home value ($196,600 vs $113,800 in East Cleveland).

Population, income & housing

	East Cleveland	Wildwood Lake
Population	2,207	3,490
Median age	34.7 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,968	$61,824
Median home value	$113,800	$196,600
Median gross rent	$918	$832
Housing units	751	1,574
Homeownership rate	36.3%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.8%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Cleveland	Wildwood Lake
Population	2,019 → 2,207 (+9.3%)	3,639 → 3,490 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$26,317 → $46,968 (+78.5%)	$43,775 → $61,824 (+41.2%)
Median home value	$69,500 → $113,800 (+63.7%)	$146,300 → $196,600 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $918 (+28.4%)	$709 → $832 (+17.3%)

East Cleveland

Population

2,0192,207

Median household income

$26,317$46,968

Median home value

$69,500$113,800

Median gross rent

$715$918

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)

	East Cleveland	Wildwood Lake
Under 5	7.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	20.8%	9.1%
35 to 44	14.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	17.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	10.6%	20.4%
65 to 74	5.0%	8.7%
75 and over	1.8%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Cleveland	Wildwood Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	83.3%
Black or African American	13.3%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Cleveland	Wildwood Lake
No high school diploma	20.2%	17.4%
High school graduate	54.4%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Cleveland	Wildwood Lake
Drove alone	62.9%	82.3%
Carpooled	21.9%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	5.0%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Cleveland	Wildwood Lake
1-unit, detached	43.5%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.1%	21.9%

Poverty & households

	East Cleveland	Wildwood Lake
Poverty rate	23.3%	19.1%
Average household size	3.28	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1983	1981