Countryside vs Willow Springs

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

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

Countryside has the higher population (6,294 vs 5,871 in Willow Springs). Willow Springs has the higher median household income ($103,429 vs $78,132 in Countryside). Willow Springs has the higher median home value ($370,900 vs $330,700 in Countryside).

Population, income & housing

	Countryside	Willow Springs
Population	6,294	5,871
Median age	48.5 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,132	$103,429
Median home value	$330,700	$370,900
Median gross rent	$1,212	$1,328
Housing units	2,939	2,654
Homeownership rate	71.4%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Countryside	Willow Springs
Population	5,961 → 6,294 (+5.6%)	5,604 → 5,871 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$60,833 → $78,132 (+28.4%)	$83,860 → $103,429 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$228,100 → $330,700 (+45.0%)	$323,600 → $370,900 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,058 → $1,212 (+14.6%)	$1,142 → $1,328 (+16.3%)

Countryside

Population

5,9616,294

Median household income

$60,833$78,132

Median home value

$228,100$330,700

Median gross rent

$1,058$1,212

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)

	Countryside	Willow Springs
Under 5	3.1%	2.9%
5 to 17	15.4%	14.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	8.8%	14.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	17.0%	15.3%
65 to 74	14.5%	11.1%
75 and over	8.7%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Countryside	Willow Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	84.0%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Countryside	Willow Springs
No high school diploma	8.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	25.1%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Countryside	Willow Springs
Drove alone	70.1%	80.8%
Carpooled	8.0%	6.4%
Public transit	4.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	12.3%
Other means	2.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Countryside	Willow Springs
1-unit, detached	43.2%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	17.4%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	7.3%
20 or more units	23.3%	10.2%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Countryside	Willow Springs
Poverty rate	8.8%	5.1%
Average household size	2.30	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1975	1977