Willoughby is a medium-sized city located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 22,586 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Willoughby is the 69th largest community in Ohio.

Unlike some cities, Willoughby isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Willoughby are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Willoughby is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Willoughby who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.10%), sales jobs (11.02%), and management occupations (9.41%).

Also of interest is that Willoughby has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Willoughby is a very car-oriented city. This is because most people - 96.9% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Willoughby.

Being a small city, Willoughby does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Willoughby Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Willoughby is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 23.79% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Willoughby in 2000 was $23,653, which is upper middle income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $94,612 for a family of four.

The people who call Willoughby home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Willoughby is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Willoughby include German, Italian, Irish, English, Polish, Slovene, Hungarian, and Slovak.

The most common language spoken in Willoughby is English.