Carol Stream vs Woodridge

A side-by-side comparison of Carol Stream and Woodridge: population, income, housing, and more.

Carol Stream and Woodridge are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Carol Stream has the higher population (39,427 vs 33,889 in Woodridge). Carol Stream has the higher median household income ($105,395 vs $97,263 in Woodridge). Woodridge has the higher median home value ($345,200 vs $308,700 in Carol Stream).

Population, income & housing

	Carol Stream	Woodridge
Population	39,427	33,889
Median age	39.3 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$105,395	$97,263
Median home value	$308,700	$345,200
Median gross rent	$1,465	$1,547
Housing units	14,786	13,663
Homeownership rate	68.1%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.8%	46.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carol Stream	Woodridge
Population	39,726 → 39,427 (-0.8%)	33,455 → 33,889 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$82,062 → $105,395 (+28.4%)	$86,094 → $97,263 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$247,600 → $308,700 (+24.7%)	$271,800 → $345,200 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $1,465 (+22.9%)	$1,342 → $1,547 (+15.3%)

Carol Stream

Population

39,72639,427

Median household income

$82,062$105,395

Median home value

$247,600$308,700

Median gross rent

$1,192$1,465

Woodridge

Population

33,45533,889

Median household income

$86,094$97,263

Median home value

$271,800$345,200

Median gross rent

$1,342$1,547

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carol Stream	Woodridge
Under 5	5.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.4%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.8%
25 to 34	13.1%	15.2%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.6%
75 and over	6.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carol Stream	Woodridge
White (non-Hispanic)	50.5%	57.4%
Black or African American	6.4%	11.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	19.5%	11.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carol Stream	Woodridge
No high school diploma	9.7%	6.2%
High school graduate	20.0%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carol Stream	Woodridge
Drove alone	71.3%	65.7%
Carpooled	10.9%	9.0%
Public transit	2.7%	4.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	19.8%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carol Stream	Woodridge
1-unit, detached	48.1%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	17.4%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	19.6%	31.5%
20 or more units	11.1%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Carol Stream	Woodridge
Poverty rate	7.0%	5.8%
Average household size	2.73	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1984	1980