Warrenville vs Wood Dale

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

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

Warrenville has the higher population (14,232 vs 13,926 in Wood Dale). Warrenville has the higher median household income ($99,028 vs $90,408 in Wood Dale). Wood Dale has the higher median home value ($303,400 vs $266,500 in Warrenville).

Population, income & housing

	Warrenville	Wood Dale
Population	14,232	13,926
Median age	37.2 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$99,028	$90,408
Median home value	$266,500	$303,400
Median gross rent	$1,759	$1,652
Housing units	5,661	5,394
Homeownership rate	75.8%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Warrenville	Wood Dale
Population	13,158 → 14,232 (+8.2%)	13,796 → 13,926 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$87,871 → $99,028 (+12.7%)	$70,552 → $90,408 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$221,700 → $266,500 (+20.2%)	$236,900 → $303,400 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,456 → $1,759 (+20.8%)	$1,244 → $1,652 (+32.8%)

Warrenville

Population

13,15814,232

Median household income

$87,871$99,028

Median home value

$221,700$266,500

Median gross rent

$1,456$1,759

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)

	Warrenville	Wood Dale
Under 5	4.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.1%	14.2%
18 to 24	8.0%	10.1%
25 to 34	15.5%	10.9%
35 to 44	14.6%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.2%
75 and over	4.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Warrenville	Wood Dale
White (non-Hispanic)	63.0%	62.9%
Black or African American	5.0%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	23.5%	28.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Warrenville	Wood Dale
No high school diploma	13.8%	11.7%
High school graduate	18.9%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.4%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Warrenville	Wood Dale
Drove alone	73.6%	75.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	10.5%
Public transit	2.4%	1.2%
Walked	1.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.6%
Worked from home	13.9%	10.6%
Other means	0.2%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Warrenville	Wood Dale
1-unit, detached	45.8%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	27.1%	14.8%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	17.2%	13.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Warrenville	Wood Dale
Poverty rate	11.0%	6.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1980	1972