Oak Brook vs Winfield

A side-by-side comparison of Oak Brook and Winfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Winfield has the higher population (9,982 vs 8,028 in Oak Brook). Oak Brook has the higher median household income ($171,123 vs $143,102 in Winfield). Oak Brook has the higher median home value ($867,900 vs $363,400 in Winfield).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Brook	Winfield
Population	8,028	9,982
Median age	51.7 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$171,123	$143,102
Median home value	$867,900	$363,400
Median gross rent	$2,921	$1,381
Housing units	3,151	4,102
Homeownership rate	93.7%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.1%	59.9%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Brook	Winfield
Population	8,075 → 8,028 (-0.6%)	9,700 → 9,982 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$141,055 → $171,123 (+21.3%)	$113,583 → $143,102 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$801,100 → $867,900 (+8.3%)	$305,200 → $363,400 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,625 → $2,921 (+79.8%)	$2,138 → $1,381 (-35.4%)

Oak Brook

Population

8,0758,028

Median household income

$141,055$171,123

Median home value

$801,100$867,900

Median gross rent

$1,625$2,921

Winfield

Population

9,7009,982

Median household income

$113,583$143,102

Median home value

$305,200$363,400

Median gross rent

$2,138$1,381

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Brook	Winfield
Under 5	3.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.6%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	4.5%	7.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	15.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.7%	16.6%
65 to 74	14.1%	12.3%
75 and over	16.1%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Brook	Winfield
White (non-Hispanic)	60.3%	79.8%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	29.8%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Brook	Winfield
No high school diploma	2.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	13.1%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	34.8%
Graduate or professional degree	34.8%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Brook	Winfield
Drove alone	73.6%	65.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	3.6%
Public transit	3.0%	4.9%
Walked	1.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	16.6%	23.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Brook	Winfield
1-unit, detached	84.1%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	20.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	9.5%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Oak Brook	Winfield
Poverty rate	7.3%	2.5%
Average household size	2.77	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1978	1986