Berkeley vs Willow Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Berkeley and Willow Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Berkeley and Willow Springs are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Willow Springs has the higher population (5,871 vs 5,222 in Berkeley). Willow Springs has the higher median household income ($103,429 vs $83,224 in Berkeley). Willow Springs has the higher median home value ($370,900 vs $222,400 in Berkeley).

Population, income & housing

	Berkeley	Willow Springs
Population	5,222	5,871
Median age	37.1 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,224	$103,429
Median home value	$222,400	$370,900
Median gross rent	$1,292	$1,328
Housing units	2,056	2,654
Homeownership rate	84.0%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berkeley	Willow Springs
Population	5,116 → 5,222 (+2.1%)	5,604 → 5,871 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$64,193 → $83,224 (+29.6%)	$83,860 → $103,429 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$178,700 → $222,400 (+24.5%)	$323,600 → $370,900 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$943 → $1,292 (+37.0%)	$1,142 → $1,328 (+16.3%)

Berkeley

Population

5,1165,222

Median household income

$64,193$83,224

Median home value

$178,700$222,400

Median gross rent

$943$1,292

Willow Springs

Population

5,6045,871

Median household income

$83,860$103,429

Median home value

$323,600$370,900

Median gross rent

$1,142$1,328

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berkeley	Willow Springs
Under 5	6.8%	2.9%
5 to 17	14.5%	14.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	17.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	8.7%	14.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.1%
75 and over	7.2%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berkeley	Willow Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	26.2%	84.0%
Black or African American	25.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	44.0%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berkeley	Willow Springs
No high school diploma	11.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	43.1%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berkeley	Willow Springs
Drove alone	68.5%	80.8%
Carpooled	15.5%	6.4%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berkeley	Willow Springs
1-unit, detached	85.4%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	17.4%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	7.3%
20 or more units	1.0%	10.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Berkeley	Willow Springs
Poverty rate	6.6%	5.1%
Average household size	2.60	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1955	1977