City safety & data profile
WickliffeOH
Wickliffe, OH is a 13K-resident city in Lake County with a median household income of $81,750.
Lake County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Wickliffe, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Wickliffe has a population larger than 16% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $166,900, and 5 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 13K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 17%
- By size
- $81,750
- Median income (place)
- $166,900
- Median home (place)
- 6.6%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Wickliffe
Wickliffe posts a median household income higher than 51% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 5 hospitals serve the Wickliffe area.
- Top 49%
- by median income, US cities
- 5
- hospitals in & near Wickliffe
Composite score · Wickliffe, OH
54/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Compare against every tracked city: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Wickliffe income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$81,750 Top 49% higher than 51% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-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
OH cities ranked by population
Ranked by headcount across the 185 OH places Areazine tracks with both population and income data. Tooltip carries the income rank.
- Columbus
Columbus, OH
913,175 residents
- Cleveland
Cleveland, OH
365,379 residents
- Cincinnati 311,097
Cincinnati, OH
311,097 residents
- Toledo 265,638
Toledo, OH
265,638 residents
- Akron 197,542
Akron, OH
197,542 residents
- Dayton 135,512
Dayton, OH
135,512 residents
- Parma 79,937
Parma, OH
79,937 residents
- Canton 71,885
Canton, OH
71,885 residents
- Youngstown 64,628
Youngstown, OH
64,628 residents
- Lorain 63,647
Lorain, OH
63,647 residents
What this shows By headcount, Columbus ranks #1 here -- income honors go to Powell.
OH cities ranked by median household income
The same 185-city OH pool, sorted by median household income instead of headcount. Tooltip carries the population rank.
- Powell
Powell, OH
$195,495 median
- Hudson
Hudson, OH
$171,427 median
- Dublin
Dublin, OH
$160,296 median
- Bexley
Bexley, OH
$157,841 median
- Upper Arlington
Upper Arlington, OH
$155,167 median
- Montgomery
Montgomery, OH
$150,995 median
- Solon
Solon, OH
$139,089 median
- Avon
Avon, OH
$135,915 median
- Brecksville
Brecksville, OH
$135,000 median
- Bay Village
Bay Village, OH
$132,254 median
What this shows Powell posts the highest place-level median income in OH; Columbus is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Wickliffe, OH beyond the headline numbers
Wickliffe sits inside Lake County, Ohio, at roughly 41.61°N, -81.45°W. Population 12,545, $81,750 median household income. Median home value $166,900, median rent $1,207. Poverty rate 6.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
5 hospitals in/around Wickliffe (nearest 3.8 mi away), 4.3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER. Climate: 49.9°F annual average, 48.2" precipitation.
Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Wickliffe runs about 2.0 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 7.3% in Wickliffe, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.
At 41.9 years, Wickliffe's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.
Hardship is low by national standards: 6.6% of Wickliffe, OH residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.
Public transit carries 0% of Wickliffe workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
Unemployment in Wickliffe sits at 3.8%, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
25.5% of Wickliffe adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
Median rent in Wickliffe, OH runs $1,207/month, below the midpoint for reporting cities.
Remote work covers 10% of Wickliffe workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Wickliffe 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.
A Decade of Change 2013–2024
County-level trend (Lake County): Wickliffe'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.
The Economic Picture
What stands out most about Wickliffe's economic profile: poverty rate at 6.6%, 47% below the average across tracked places. A second figure worth noting: median rent at $1,207/mo, 22% below the tracked-city average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 6.6% -47% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 3.8% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 25.5% |
| Work From Home | 10% |
| Public Transit | 0% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals Within Range 5 within 25 mi
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsFlood Claims on Record
FEMA NFIP, county-level30 flood insurance claims have been filed in Lake County since 2016, with $782K paid out by the NFIP.
The NFIP record does not attribute most of this county's claims to one named flood event.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Wickliffe?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Wickliffe right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet OH-WICKLIFFE · Wickliffe
Wickliffe: 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 Wickliffe; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Ohio state hubs · Methodology
Frequently Asked Questions 8
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Comparable cities by poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Wickliffe, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (6.6% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($81,750 here).
Compare Wickliffe 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.
Cities Close By 8
What to do with Wickliffe's numbers
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 Wickliffe 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.
- Compare Wickliffe against Ohio peers on any ranking lens. Explore Ohio
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 (Lake 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 2026-09-16.