Hanover Park vs Woodridge

A side-by-side comparison of Hanover Park and Woodridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hanover Park has the higher population (36,850 vs 33,889 in Woodridge). Woodridge has the higher median household income ($97,263 vs $92,263 in Hanover Park). Woodridge has the higher median home value ($345,200 vs $260,900 in Hanover Park).

Population, income & housing

	Hanover Park	Woodridge
Population	36,850	33,889
Median age	35.0 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$92,263	$97,263
Median home value	$260,900	$345,200
Median gross rent	$1,478	$1,547
Housing units	11,573	13,663
Homeownership rate	76.0%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	46.1%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hanover Park	Woodridge
Population	37,984 → 36,850 (-3.0%)	33,455 → 33,889 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$76,615 → $92,263 (+20.4%)	$86,094 → $97,263 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$195,300 → $260,900 (+33.6%)	$271,800 → $345,200 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,254 → $1,478 (+17.9%)	$1,342 → $1,547 (+15.3%)

Hanover Park

Population

37,98436,850

Median household income

$76,615$92,263

Median home value

$195,300$260,900

Median gross rent

$1,254$1,478

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)

	Hanover Park	Woodridge
Under 5	5.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	21.7%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	15.2%
35 to 44	14.9%	14.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.8%
65 to 74	7.4%	8.6%
75 and over	3.8%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hanover Park	Woodridge
White (non-Hispanic)	31.1%	57.4%
Black or African American	7.8%	11.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	19.4%	11.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	39.0%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hanover Park	Woodridge
No high school diploma	16.0%	6.2%
High school graduate	27.4%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hanover Park	Woodridge
Drove alone	69.6%	65.7%
Carpooled	15.7%	9.0%
Public transit	2.3%	4.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	19.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hanover Park	Woodridge
1-unit, detached	51.3%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	31.5%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	31.5%
20 or more units	3.3%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Hanover Park	Woodridge
Poverty rate	13.7%	5.8%
Average household size	3.29	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1976	1980