Itasca vs Willowbrook

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

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

Itasca has the higher population (9,525 vs 9,138 in Willowbrook). Itasca has the higher median household income ($111,898 vs $97,861 in Willowbrook). Itasca has the higher median home value ($375,600 vs $367,000 in Willowbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Itasca	Willowbrook
Population	9,525	9,138
Median age	42.4 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$111,898	$97,861
Median home value	$375,600	$367,000
Median gross rent	$1,779	$1,691
Housing units	4,090	4,472
Homeownership rate	68.6%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.1%	54.1%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Itasca	Willowbrook
Population	9,224 → 9,525 (+3.3%)	8,673 → 9,138 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$93,958 → $111,898 (+19.1%)	$76,997 → $97,861 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$319,500 → $375,600 (+17.6%)	$254,700 → $367,000 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,277 → $1,779 (+39.3%)	$1,585 → $1,691 (+6.7%)

Itasca

Population

9,2249,525

Median household income

$93,958$111,898

Median home value

$319,500$375,600

Median gross rent

$1,277$1,779

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)

	Itasca	Willowbrook
Under 5	2.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.7%	10.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	14.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	15.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	15.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	13.3%
75 and over	5.7%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Itasca	Willowbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	65.3%	65.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.8%	18.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Itasca	Willowbrook
No high school diploma	5.2%	3.4%
High school graduate	20.9%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	25.9%	25.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Itasca	Willowbrook
Drove alone	63.9%	78.5%
Carpooled	4.1%	4.9%
Public transit	4.5%	4.8%
Walked	1.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	3.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	10.0%
Other means	2.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Itasca	Willowbrook
1-unit, detached	47.9%	36.6%
1-unit, attached	17.5%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	22.8%
20 or more units	23.9%	21.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Itasca	Willowbrook
Poverty rate	1.8%	6.3%
Average household size	2.45	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1978	1980