Oakbrook Terrace vs Willowbrook

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

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

Willowbrook has the higher population (9,138 vs 2,714 in Oakbrook Terrace). Willowbrook has the higher median household income ($97,861 vs $70,586 in Oakbrook Terrace). Willowbrook has the higher median home value ($367,000 vs $315,600 in Oakbrook Terrace).

Population, income & housing

	Oakbrook Terrace	Willowbrook
Population	2,714	9,138
Median age	34.4 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,586	$97,861
Median home value	$315,600	$367,000
Median gross rent	$1,830	$1,691
Housing units	1,447	4,472
Homeownership rate	25.9%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.5%	54.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakbrook Terrace	Willowbrook
Population	2,752 → 2,714 (-1.4%)	8,673 → 9,138 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$72,326 → $70,586 (-2.4%)	$76,997 → $97,861 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$306,900 → $315,600 (+2.8%)	$254,700 → $367,000 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,584 → $1,830 (+15.5%)	$1,585 → $1,691 (+6.7%)

Oakbrook Terrace

Population

2,7522,714

Median household income

$72,326$70,586

Median home value

$306,900$315,600

Median gross rent

$1,584$1,830

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)

	Oakbrook Terrace	Willowbrook
Under 5	6.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	6.5%	10.1%
18 to 24	12.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	25.5%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.3%
55 to 64	7.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	13.3%
75 and over	6.7%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakbrook Terrace	Willowbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	54.7%	65.1%
Black or African American	25.7%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.1%	18.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakbrook Terrace	Willowbrook
No high school diploma	4.7%	3.4%
High school graduate	13.0%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	28.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	25.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakbrook Terrace	Willowbrook
Drove alone	64.8%	78.5%
Carpooled	5.9%	4.9%
Public transit	1.7%	4.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.2%	10.0%
Other means	0.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakbrook Terrace	Willowbrook
1-unit, detached	28.8%	36.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	22.8%
20 or more units	58.4%	21.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oakbrook Terrace	Willowbrook
Poverty rate	17.8%	6.3%
Average household size	2.05	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1977	1980