Burr Ridge vs Wood Dale

A side-by-side comparison of Burr Ridge and Wood Dale: population, income, housing, and more.

Burr Ridge and Wood Dale are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wood Dale has the higher population (13,926 vs 11,119 in Burr Ridge). Burr Ridge has the higher median household income ($154,508 vs $90,408 in Wood Dale). Burr Ridge has the higher median home value ($694,800 vs $303,400 in Wood Dale).

Population, income & housing

	Burr Ridge	Wood Dale
Population	11,119	13,926
Median age	58.1 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$154,508	$90,408
Median home value	$694,800	$303,400
Median gross rent	$3,000	$1,652
Housing units	4,909	5,394
Homeownership rate	94.4%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.2%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burr Ridge	Wood Dale
Population	10,763 → 11,119 (+3.3%)	13,796 → 13,926 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$159,335 → $154,508 (-3.0%)	$70,552 → $90,408 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$686,600 → $694,800 (+1.2%)	$236,900 → $303,400 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,263 → $3,000 (+32.6%)	$1,244 → $1,652 (+32.8%)

Burr Ridge

Population

10,76311,119

Median household income

$159,335$154,508

Median home value

$686,600$694,800

Median gross rent

$2,263$3,000

Wood Dale

Population

13,79613,926

Median household income

$70,552$90,408

Median home value

$236,900$303,400

Median gross rent

$1,244$1,652

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burr Ridge	Wood Dale
Under 5	3.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.9%	14.2%
18 to 24	4.1%	10.1%
25 to 34	6.8%	10.9%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.0%
45 to 54	8.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	19.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	20.7%	11.2%
75 and over	15.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burr Ridge	Wood Dale
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	62.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.9%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	28.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burr Ridge	Wood Dale
No high school diploma	3.0%	11.7%
High school graduate	10.0%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	35.6%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burr Ridge	Wood Dale
Drove alone	54.3%	75.6%
Carpooled	8.3%	10.5%
Public transit	8.7%	1.2%
Walked	0.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	25.5%	10.6%
Other means	2.7%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burr Ridge	Wood Dale
1-unit, detached	74.4%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	14.8%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	13.5%
20 or more units	10.8%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Burr Ridge	Wood Dale
Poverty rate	5.2%	6.2%
Average household size	2.41	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1989	1972