Hinsdale vs Wood Dale

A side-by-side comparison of Hinsdale and Wood Dale: population, income, housing, and more.

Hinsdale and Wood Dale are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hinsdale has the higher population (17,155 vs 13,926 in Wood Dale). Hinsdale has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $90,408 in Wood Dale). Hinsdale has the higher median home value ($999,100 vs $303,400 in Wood Dale).

Population, income & housing

	Hinsdale	Wood Dale
Population	17,155	13,926
Median age	41.9 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$90,408
Median home value	$999,100	$303,400
Median gross rent	$1,981	$1,652
Housing units	6,156	5,394
Homeownership rate	90.6%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	81.3%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hinsdale	Wood Dale
Population	17,710 → 17,155 (-3.1%)	13,796 → 13,926 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$203,368 → $250,001 (+22.9%)	$70,552 → $90,408 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$884,700 → $999,100 (+12.9%)	$236,900 → $303,400 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,879 → $1,981 (+5.4%)	$1,244 → $1,652 (+32.8%)

Hinsdale

Population

17,71017,155

Median household income

$203,368$250,001

Median home value

$884,700$999,100

Median gross rent

$1,879$1,981

Wood Dale

Population

13,79613,926

Median household income

$70,552$90,408

Median home value

$236,900$303,400

Median gross rent

$1,244$1,652

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hinsdale	Wood Dale
Under 5	6.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	25.2%	14.2%
18 to 24	5.1%	10.1%
25 to 34	5.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.0%
45 to 54	15.8%	14.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.4%	11.2%
75 and over	6.6%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hinsdale	Wood Dale
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	62.9%
Black or African American	1.4%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	15.2%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	28.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hinsdale	Wood Dale
No high school diploma	2.5%	11.7%
High school graduate	6.0%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	10.3%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	36.0%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	45.3%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hinsdale	Wood Dale
Drove alone	46.3%	75.6%
Carpooled	6.6%	10.5%
Public transit	12.2%	1.2%
Walked	2.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.6%
Worked from home	31.3%	10.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hinsdale	Wood Dale
1-unit, detached	83.0%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	14.8%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	13.5%
20 or more units	6.2%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Hinsdale	Wood Dale
Poverty rate	1.8%	6.2%
Average household size	2.98	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1979	1972