City safety & data profile

WestlakeOH

Westlake, OH is a 32K-resident city in Cuyahoga County with a median household income of $112,200.

Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Westlake, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Westlake has a population larger than 66% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $368,200, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

32K
Population (place)
Top 34%
By size
$112,200
Median income (place)
$368,200
Median home (place)
4.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Westlake

Westlake posts a median household income higher than 78% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Westlake area.

Top 22%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Westlake

Where Westlake income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$112,200 Top 22% higher than 78% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Westlake $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in OH

Population among 185 OH places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Columbus is the largest OH city on this list; Powell leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in OH

Median household income among the same 185-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Powell posts the highest place-level median income in OH; Columbus is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Westlake, OH beyond the headline numbers

Westlake sits inside Cuyahoga County, Ohio, at roughly 41.46°N, -81.92°W. Population 32,428, $112,200 median household income. Median home value $368,200, median rent $1,570. Poverty rate 4.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Westlake, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Hardship is low by national standards: 4.9% of Westlake, OH residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Westlake costs roughly 3.3 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

21.4% of Westlake workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 12.8% in Westlake, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Westlake workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 46.9 years, Westlake's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Westlake from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
32,428
Westlake · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$112,200
+25% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$368,200
-11% vs avg
Median Age (place)
46.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Cuyahoga County): Westlake's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
1.2M-2%
Median Income
$64,468+47%
Median Home Value
$195,400+55%
Poverty Rate
16.1%-12%
Unemployment
6.6%-45%

Economics

Economics indicators for Westlake, OH
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,570/mo
Poverty Rate
4.9% -60% vs avg
Unemployment 3.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 60.2%
Work From Home 21.4%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 85.4%
African American 2.1%
Asian 6.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
34.3%
Short Sleep Duration
31.5%
Obesity
27.7%
Binge Drinking
18.8%
Physical Inactivity
17.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
12.8%
Frequent Physical Distress
10.9%
Current Asthma
10.2%
Diabetes
10.1%
Current Smoking
9.5%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 75.5%
Annual Checkup 81.1%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
6.3%
Lack of Health Insurance
4.9%
Stroke
3.1%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
UH ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTER
WESTLAKE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Westlake?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Westlake right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet OH-WESTLAKE · Westlake

Westlake: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Westlake; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Ohio state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Westlake, OH? ▼
Westlake, OH has a population of 32,428 people, located in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
What is the median household income in Westlake? ▼
The median household income in Westlake, OH is $112,200 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 4.9%.
What is the median home value in Westlake? ▼
The median home value in Westlake, OH is $368,200. Median rent is $1,570/month.
What are the top health concerns in Westlake? ▼
The top health indicators in Westlake include High Blood Pressure (34.3%), Short Sleep Duration (31.5%), Obesity (27.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Westlake? ▼
Westlake has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Westlake? ▼
The median age in Westlake, OH is 46.9 years. 60.2% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Westlake, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (4.9% here).

Livermore, CA 4.9% Marana, AZ 4.9% Moorpark, CA 4.9% Oak Creek, WI 4.9%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($112,200 here).

Muskego, WI $112,221 Sandy, UT $112,176 Plano, TX $112,253 Rowlett, TX $112,081

Compare Westlake with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Bay Village, OH 15K North Olmsted, OH 32K Fairview Park, OH 16K Rocky River, OH 20K Avon Center, OH 16K Berea, OH 19K Avon, OH 23K North Ridgeville, OH 32K
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Using Westlake's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Westlake area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Cuyahoga County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.