City safety & data profile
WillowickOH
Willowick, OH is a 14K-resident city in Lake County with a median household income of $77,228.
Lake County, Ohio. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Willowick, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Willowick has a population larger than 23% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $166,000, and 5 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
- 14K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 24%
- By size
- $77,228
- Median income (place)
- $166,000
- Median home (place)
- 5.7%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Willowick
Willowick posts a median household income higher than 46% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 5 hospitals serve the Willowick area.
- Bottom 47%
- by median income, US cities
- 5
- hospitals in & near Willowick
Composite score · Willowick, 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.
Curious how Willowick stacks up nationwide? See the full tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Willowick income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$77,228 Bottom 46% higher than 46% 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
Population among 185 OH places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- 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.
Highest median incomes in OH
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 Income honors go to Powell here -- by headcount, that title belongs to Columbus.
The quick read
Reading Willowick, OH beyond the headline numbers
Willowick sits inside Lake County, Ohio, at roughly 41.63°N, -81.47°W. Population 13,957, $77,228 median household income. Median home value $166,000, median rent $1,053. Poverty rate 5.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
5 hospitals in/around Willowick (nearest 4.9 mi away), 4/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER. Climate: 49.9°F annual average, 48.2" precipitation.
Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Willowick runs about 2.1 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 17.7% in Willowick, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
At 42.4 years, Willowick's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.
Hardship is low by national standards: 5.7% of Willowick, OH residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.
A typical renter in Willowick, OH pays $1,053/month, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities -- rent here is not what strains a local paycheck.
17.1% of Willowick workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Unemployment in Willowick sits at 3.8%, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
26.1% of Willowick adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Willowick 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.
The 10-Year Trend 2013–2024
County-level trend (Lake County): Willowick'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 Willowick's economic profile: poverty rate at 5.7%, 54% below the average across tracked places. Median rent also diverges: $1,053/mo, 32% below average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 5.7% -54% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 3.8% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 26.1% |
| Work From Home | 17.1% |
| Public Transit | 0.6% |
Population Snapshot
Community Health 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 NormalsNFIP Flood Claim History
FEMA NFIP, county-levelSince 2016, NFIP has paid out $782K across 30 flood insurance claims filed in Lake County.
Most claims in this county are not tied to a single named storm or hurricane in the NFIP record.
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 Willowick?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Willowick right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet OH-WILLOWICK · Willowick
Willowick: 1 tagged alert; lead category NWS weather alert.
- VOL-TRACE 1 on record
- WX-LED 100% weather
- DESK-MIX NOAA
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston
Tagged alert mix: Willowick
Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag
- Weather Alerts
Weather Alerts
1
What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Willowick.
Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Willowick; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Ohio state hubs · Methodology
Cities tracking a comparable alert volume 4
Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.
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Similar poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Willowick, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside OH (5.7% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside OH ($77,228 here).
Compare Willowick 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.
Nearby Places 8
Turning this into a research checklist
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- Compare Willowick against Ohio peers on any ranking lens. Explore Ohio
Place-level figures for population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) come from U.S. Census ACS; health data is CDC PLACES; hospital counts cover facilities in and around the city. Any county-level trend is labeled as such.
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.