Clarendon Hills vs Willowbrook

A side-by-side comparison of Clarendon Hills and Willowbrook: population, income, housing, and more.

Clarendon Hills and Willowbrook are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Willowbrook has the higher population (9,138 vs 8,642 in Clarendon Hills). Clarendon Hills has the higher median household income ($125,826 vs $97,861 in Willowbrook). Clarendon Hills has the higher median home value ($595,500 vs $367,000 in Willowbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Clarendon Hills	Willowbrook
Population	8,642	9,138
Median age	41.4 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$125,826	$97,861
Median home value	$595,500	$367,000
Median gross rent	$1,124	$1,691
Housing units	3,417	4,472
Homeownership rate	82.9%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.4%	54.1%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarendon Hills	Willowbrook
Population	8,716 → 8,642 (-0.8%)	8,673 → 9,138 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$111,958 → $125,826 (+12.4%)	$76,997 → $97,861 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$506,400 → $595,500 (+17.6%)	$254,700 → $367,000 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$978 → $1,124 (+14.9%)	$1,585 → $1,691 (+6.7%)

Clarendon Hills

Population

8,7168,642

Median household income

$111,958$125,826

Median home value

$506,400$595,500

Median gross rent

$978$1,124

Willowbrook

Population

8,6739,138

Median household income

$76,997$97,861

Median home value

$254,700$367,000

Median gross rent

$1,585$1,691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarendon Hills	Willowbrook
Under 5	5.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	24.0%	10.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	8.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	15.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	6.7%	13.3%
75 and over	7.9%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarendon Hills	Willowbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	65.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.1%	18.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	3.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarendon Hills	Willowbrook
No high school diploma	0.6%	3.4%
High school graduate	10.0%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	12.1%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	39.0%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	38.4%	25.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarendon Hills	Willowbrook
Drove alone	48.9%	78.5%
Carpooled	2.3%	4.9%
Public transit	10.3%	4.8%
Walked	1.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.4%	10.0%
Other means	1.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarendon Hills	Willowbrook
1-unit, detached	69.4%	36.6%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	22.8%
20 or more units	10.9%	21.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clarendon Hills	Willowbrook
Poverty rate	7.9%	6.3%
Average household size	2.59	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1981	1980