Itasca vs Wood Dale

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

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

Wood Dale has the higher population (13,926 vs 9,525 in Itasca). Itasca has the higher median household income ($111,898 vs $90,408 in Wood Dale). Itasca has the higher median home value ($375,600 vs $303,400 in Wood Dale).

Population, income & housing

	Itasca	Wood Dale
Population	9,525	13,926
Median age	42.4 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$111,898	$90,408
Median home value	$375,600	$303,400
Median gross rent	$1,779	$1,652
Housing units	4,090	5,394
Homeownership rate	68.6%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.1%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Itasca	Wood Dale
Population	9,224 → 9,525 (+3.3%)	13,796 → 13,926 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$93,958 → $111,898 (+19.1%)	$70,552 → $90,408 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$319,500 → $375,600 (+17.6%)	$236,900 → $303,400 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,277 → $1,779 (+39.3%)	$1,244 → $1,652 (+32.8%)

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

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)

	Itasca	Wood Dale
Under 5	2.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	14.2%
18 to 24	6.8%	10.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.0%
45 to 54	15.6%	14.2%
55 to 64	15.9%	12.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.2%
75 and over	5.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Itasca	Wood Dale
White (non-Hispanic)	65.3%	62.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.8%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	28.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Itasca	Wood Dale
No high school diploma	5.2%	11.7%
High school graduate	20.9%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	25.9%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Itasca	Wood Dale
Drove alone	63.9%	75.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	10.5%
Public transit	4.5%	1.2%
Walked	1.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	3.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	21.2%	10.6%
Other means	2.1%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Itasca	Wood Dale
1-unit, detached	47.9%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	17.5%	14.8%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	13.5%
20 or more units	23.9%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Itasca	Wood Dale
Poverty rate	1.8%	6.2%
Average household size	2.45	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1978	1972