Northfield vs Willow Springs

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

Northfield 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 5,683 in Northfield). Northfield has the higher median household income ($180,492 vs $103,429 in Willow Springs). Northfield has the higher median home value ($807,700 vs $370,900 in Willow Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Northfield	Willow Springs
Population	5,683	5,871
Median age	50.5 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$180,492	$103,429
Median home value	$807,700	$370,900
Median gross rent	$2,917	$1,328
Housing units	2,492	2,654
Homeownership rate	91.7%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	81.7%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northfield	Willow Springs
Population	5,534 → 5,683 (+2.7%)	5,604 → 5,871 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$148,077 → $180,492 (+21.9%)	$83,860 → $103,429 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$638,400 → $807,700 (+26.5%)	$323,600 → $370,900 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,083 → $2,917 (+40.0%)	$1,142 → $1,328 (+16.3%)

Northfield

Population

5,5345,683

Median household income

$148,077$180,492

Median home value

$638,400$807,700

Median gross rent

$2,083$2,917

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)

	Northfield	Willow Springs
Under 5	5.1%	2.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	14.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	6.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	8.8%	14.4%
45 to 54	16.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	15.6%	15.3%
65 to 74	14.0%	11.1%
75 and over	11.6%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northfield	Willow Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	84.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northfield	Willow Springs
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	2.1%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	40.7%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	41.0%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northfield	Willow Springs
Drove alone	54.4%	80.8%
Carpooled	5.5%	6.4%
Public transit	7.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.7%	12.3%
Other means	1.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northfield	Willow Springs
1-unit, detached	73.2%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	17.4%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	7.3%
20 or more units	5.2%	10.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Northfield	Willow Springs
Poverty rate	5.2%	5.1%
Average household size	2.42	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1968	1977