Best PlacesWillowick, OH Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Willowick, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Willowick ranks 6,798th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Willowick
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Willowick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Willowick ranks high
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
Where Willowick ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,273 a month, better than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 13% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Willowick
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Willowick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,122, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Willowick's effective rate of 1.89%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Willowick
Willowick's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Willowick.
Who works in Willowick, and how
Work in Willowick centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Willowick
Willowick has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Willowick and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Willowick, month by month
Willowick sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 82 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 30° | 24° |
| April | 59° | 50° | 41° |
| July | 82° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 64° | 57° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Willowick
Cleveland-Hopkins International sits about 25 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 4.9 million passengers in 2025, with 72 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Willowick
Schools across Willowick average an A−, better than 90% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Royalview Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- School Of InnovationA+ · 92% proficient
- Willowick Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Willoughby Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- South High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- North High SchoolB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Willowick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Willowick measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Willowick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Willowick
Is Willowick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Willowick ranks 6,798th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, low disaster risk, and cell coverage, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Willowick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $192,315. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $78,122 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Willowick safe?
Willowick is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $336 per resident a year.
Compare Willowick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Willowick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Willowick represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Willowick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Willowick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Willowick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Willowick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Willowick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Willowick detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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