Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Willowick works elsewhere
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 5.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 11.7 in Cleveland. Employers in Willowick report 1,417 jobs, and 7,098 of its residents work somewhere. Willowick grades A− for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Willowick, in a few figures
The better-paid jobs are outside Willowick
63% of Willowick residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 37% of the jobs based in Willowick pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Willowick is a place people come home to
There are 1,417 jobs based in Willowick, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Willowick has about 8,500 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Many jobs in Willowick pay little
28% of the jobs based in Willowick pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 30% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Willowick’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Willowick is better than 77% of U.S. towns, #306 of 992 in Ohio. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($77,228, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Willowick could be anywhere from B to A.
The kinds of work in Willowick
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Willowick, 2013 → 2023: 1,645 → 1,417. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Willowick’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Willowick, and who commutes in
On a workday 6,914 residents head out to work, 184 work right here, and 1,233 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,500 people are in Willowick on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
18% of working residents work in Cleveland
Where Willowick clocks in
18% of workers
12% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How long Willowick spends getting to work: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Willowick workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,402 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Willowick
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Willowick is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Willowick is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns, #77 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 7,724 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 86% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.8% of Willowick households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Willowick’s commuters take a bus or train.
Willowick next to U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000: 792nd of 2,227 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 790 | Exeter NH | 16,213 | $110K | 4.7% | 4.9% | 21% | A− |
| 791 | Meridianville AL | 11,150 | $97K | 4.9% | 4.2% | 2% | A− |
| 792 | Willowick OH | 14,178 | $77K | 5.7% | 3.8% | 3% | A− |
| 793 | Burlington WI | 10,951 | $83K | 7.0% | 3.2% | 23% | A− |
| 794 | Haddon Township NJ | 15,649 | $115K | 5.9% | 7.6% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Willowick, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns next door employ 21% of Willowick
The biggest share goes to Willoughby (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Willowick workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willowick | – | A− | A− | 21 min | $77,228 |
| Eastlake | 5% | B | B+ | 24 min | $62,072 |
| Wickliffe | 3% | A− | A− | 21 min | $81,750 |
| Euclid | 5% | C | A | 26 min | $50,285 |
| Willoughby | 8% | B | A− | 23 min | $71,309 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Willowick’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Willowick: questions
What is the median household income in Willowick?
$77,228 (±$4,939) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Willowick?
5.7%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Willowick?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Willowick work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (18%, 15 mi), Mentor (12%, 8 mi), Willoughby (8%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Willowick walkable?
Willowick is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Willowick without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Willowick, from the people who make the trip.
More of Willowick
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.