Posen vs Willow Springs

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

Posen 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 5,331 in Posen). Willow Springs has the higher median household income ($103,429 vs $71,994 in Posen). Willow Springs has the higher median home value ($370,900 vs $172,800 in Posen).

Population, income & housing

	Posen	Willow Springs
Population	5,331	5,871
Median age	33.0 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,994	$103,429
Median home value	$172,800	$370,900
Median gross rent	$1,478	$1,328
Housing units	1,721	2,654
Homeownership rate	71.6%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Posen	Willow Springs
Population	6,149 → 5,331 (-13.3%)	5,604 → 5,871 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$42,370 → $71,994 (+69.9%)	$83,860 → $103,429 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$121,100 → $172,800 (+42.7%)	$323,600 → $370,900 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,109 → $1,478 (+33.3%)	$1,142 → $1,328 (+16.3%)

Posen

Population

6,1495,331

Median household income

$42,370$71,994

Median home value

$121,100$172,800

Median gross rent

$1,109$1,478

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)

	Posen	Willow Springs
Under 5	5.1%	2.9%
5 to 17	17.7%	14.1%
18 to 24	16.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	15.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	9.6%	14.4%
45 to 54	14.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.3%
65 to 74	3.9%	11.1%
75 and over	3.3%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Posen	Willow Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	18.5%	84.0%
Black or African American	18.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	61.3%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Posen	Willow Springs
No high school diploma	14.7%	5.1%
High school graduate	36.6%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Posen	Willow Springs
Drove alone	74.8%	80.8%
Carpooled	17.1%	6.4%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	12.3%
Other means	2.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Posen	Willow Springs
1-unit, detached	87.7%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	17.4%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Posen	Willow Springs
Poverty rate	5.7%	5.1%
Average household size	3.26	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1960	1977