Glendale Heights vs Woodridge

A side-by-side comparison of Glendale Heights and Woodridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Woodridge has the higher population (33,889 vs 32,864 in Glendale Heights). Woodridge has the higher median household income ($97,263 vs $82,232 in Glendale Heights). Woodridge has the higher median home value ($345,200 vs $249,000 in Glendale Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Glendale Heights	Woodridge
Population	32,864	33,889
Median age	35.5 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,232	$97,263
Median home value	$249,000	$345,200
Median gross rent	$1,562	$1,547
Housing units	11,835	13,663
Homeownership rate	64.2%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	46.1%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glendale Heights	Woodridge
Population	34,079 → 32,864 (-3.6%)	33,455 → 33,889 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$68,495 → $82,232 (+20.1%)	$86,094 → $97,263 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$194,400 → $249,000 (+28.1%)	$271,800 → $345,200 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,272 → $1,562 (+22.8%)	$1,342 → $1,547 (+15.3%)

Glendale Heights

Population

34,07932,864

Median household income

$68,495$82,232

Median home value

$194,400$249,000

Median gross rent

$1,272$1,562

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)

	Glendale Heights	Woodridge
Under 5	5.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	17.3%
18 to 24	13.4%	7.8%
25 to 34	15.7%	15.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.6%
75 and over	4.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glendale Heights	Woodridge
White (non-Hispanic)	29.6%	57.4%
Black or African American	11.6%	11.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	24.0%	11.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	31.4%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glendale Heights	Woodridge
No high school diploma	16.9%	6.2%
High school graduate	28.6%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glendale Heights	Woodridge
Drove alone	71.4%	65.7%
Carpooled	13.8%	9.0%
Public transit	1.5%	4.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	19.8%
Other means	1.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glendale Heights	Woodridge
1-unit, detached	45.6%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	20.6%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	23.7%	31.5%
20 or more units	5.5%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Glendale Heights	Woodridge
Poverty rate	9.5%	5.8%
Average household size	2.88	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1978	1980