Ohio · Census place 3985512

Willoughby Hills, Ohio

Willoughby Hills is a city in Lake County, Ohio with an estimated 9,986 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 177th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,986
#177 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
-0.3%
-30 people
Land area
10.8 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
928 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Willoughby Hills. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Willoughby Hills population, 2020 to 2024

Willoughby Hills lost 30 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +17. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 121st; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Willoughby Hills is 72% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,015. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Willoughby Hills covers 10.76 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 928 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Willoughby Hills is less dense than the typical town.

What county Willoughby Hills is in

All of Willoughby Hills's residents live in Lake County, which had 232,360 residents in 2024. Willoughby Hills holds 4.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Willoughby Hills

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Willoughby Hills by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 44092, 44094. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Willoughby Hills is

The Census internal point of Willoughby Hills is at 41.584200, -81.433000. Columbus, the capital, is 138.9 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wickliffe, OH (12,659 people), 2.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cleveland, OH, 14.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.584200, -81.433000
DMS
41°35'3.12"N 81°25'58.80"W
UTM
17N 463907.4E 4603702.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HWHHM8+MR

Daylight in Willoughby Hills

At 41.58° N, Willoughby Hills gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Willoughby Hills

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Wickliffe, 2.4 miles away, with 12,659 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Willoughby Hills, OH?

9,986 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 30 (0.3%) from 10,016 in July 2020.

What county is Willoughby Hills in?

Lake County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Willoughby Hills?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 44092, 44094.

How far is Willoughby Hills from Columbus?

138.9 miles (223.5 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Willoughby Hills.

What is the nearest larger city to Willoughby Hills?

Wickliffe, OH, with 12,659 residents, 2.4 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.