Ohio · Census place 85484
Willoughby, OH population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Willoughby, Ohio (Willoughby, OH — Census place “Willoughby city”) is 23,934 residents, ranking #70 of 1265 places in Ohio. Median household income is $70,884, the median home is worth $206,200 and median gross rent runs $1,147 a month. Looking for the Willoughby Ohio ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Willoughby, OH: 44094.
- Population
- 23,934Willoughby city residents
- Median household income
- $70,884Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $206,200Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,147Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 45.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 62.5%Owner-occupied households
Willoughby ZIP codes (Ohio)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Willoughby.
The Willoughby OH ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Willoughby city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Willoughby city median would spend about 19.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.9% of residents and 62.5% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Willoughby city, OH in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Willoughby city is a mid-size town in Ohio, with 23,934 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #70 of 1,265 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 45.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Willoughby city earn a median of $70,884 a year, 9.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 7% above the $66,250 median for the 689 Ohio cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 8.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Willoughby city is valued at $206,200, 32% below the national figure and 22% above the $168,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,147 a month, 18.4% below the national figure, or roughly $13,764 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 62.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Willoughby city?
- Willoughby city has 23,934 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #70 of 1,265 in Ohio.
- What is the median household income in Willoughby city?
- Median household income in Willoughby city is $70,884 a year, 9.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Willoughby city?
- Median gross rent is $1,147 a month and the median home value is $206,200, so rent absorbs about 19.4% of median household income.
- Is Willoughby city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Willoughby city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Willoughby city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.