With 24,046 people, Willoughby is a city in Ohio. At a median age of 45.6, this is an older place than the country as a whole. Home values have risen by half since 2000, reaching $216,900. Density works out to 2,349 people per square mile. The foreign-born share is 5%. Households take in $71,309 at the median, 13% less than the US figure.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $71,309, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 45.6
US median: 38.9
Average education
37% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Willoughby
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$174,485 → $216,900(+24%)US over the same years: +67%
Median age35.2 → 45.6(+10.4 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
White share97.3% → 86.0%(−11.2 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Willoughby's population equals 10% of Lake County's. Its number of households without a car equals 16% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 14% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)12.8%(133)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)5.2%(54)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era36.5%(380)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War12.7%(132)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II6.8%(71)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,041 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Willoughby, decade by decade
Willoughby population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
20,510
$76,065
$174,485
19.4%
6.7
2000
22,621
$79,036
$226,067
23.8%
10.0
2010
22,268
$72,373
$219,526
29.0%
17.5
2020
23,959
$73,099
$192,593
31.2%
34.0
2024
24,046
$71,309
$216,900
36.6%
31.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
