Darien vs Villa Park

A side-by-side comparison of Darien and Villa Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Darien and Villa Park are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Villa Park has the higher population (22,456 vs 21,855 in Darien). Darien has the higher median household income ($109,354 vs $94,698 in Villa Park). Darien has the higher median home value ($386,400 vs $313,100 in Villa Park).

Population, income & housing

	Darien	Villa Park
Population	21,855	22,456
Median age	44.8 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$109,354	$94,698
Median home value	$386,400	$313,100
Median gross rent	$1,671	$1,398
Housing units	9,101	8,841
Homeownership rate	78.5%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.7%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darien	Villa Park
Population	21,884 → 21,855 (-0.1%)	21,916 → 22,456 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$96,275 → $109,354 (+13.6%)	$77,739 → $94,698 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$330,000 → $386,400 (+17.1%)	$245,800 → $313,100 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,201 → $1,671 (+39.1%)	$1,161 → $1,398 (+20.4%)

Darien

Population

21,88421,855

Median household income

$96,275$109,354

Median home value

$330,000$386,400

Median gross rent

$1,201$1,671

Villa Park

Population

21,91622,456

Median household income

$77,739$94,698

Median home value

$245,800$313,100

Median gross rent

$1,161$1,398

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darien	Villa Park
Under 5	4.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	14.3%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.3%	12.6%
65 to 74	13.9%	7.7%
75 and over	9.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darien	Villa Park
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	63.0%
Black or African American	2.7%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.1%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darien	Villa Park
No high school diploma	4.9%	7.5%
High school graduate	18.0%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darien	Villa Park
Drove alone	70.4%	67.2%
Carpooled	6.1%	7.2%
Public transit	2.6%	3.6%
Walked	0.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	19.0%	19.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darien	Villa Park
1-unit, detached	60.8%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	15.6%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	13.7%
20 or more units	9.6%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Darien	Villa Park
Poverty rate	3.8%	4.2%
Average household size	2.47	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1978	1958