Willowbrook vs Winfield

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

Willowbrook 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 9,138 in Willowbrook). Winfield has the higher median household income ($143,102 vs $97,861 in Willowbrook). Willowbrook has the higher median home value ($367,000 vs $363,400 in Winfield).

Population, income & housing

	Willowbrook	Winfield
Population	9,138	9,982
Median age	46.3 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$97,861	$143,102
Median home value	$367,000	$363,400
Median gross rent	$1,691	$1,381
Housing units	4,472	4,102
Homeownership rate	74.0%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.1%	59.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Willowbrook	Winfield
Population	8,673 → 9,138 (+5.4%)	9,700 → 9,982 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$76,997 → $97,861 (+27.1%)	$113,583 → $143,102 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$254,700 → $367,000 (+44.1%)	$305,200 → $363,400 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,585 → $1,691 (+6.7%)	$2,138 → $1,381 (-35.4%)

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

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)

	Willowbrook	Winfield
Under 5	5.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	10.1%	15.8%
18 to 24	9.2%	4.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	7.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	15.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	16.6%
65 to 74	13.3%	12.3%
75 and over	12.5%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Willowbrook	Winfield
White (non-Hispanic)	65.1%	79.8%
Black or African American	3.8%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	18.1%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Willowbrook	Winfield
No high school diploma	3.4%	2.2%
High school graduate	18.1%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.5%	34.8%
Graduate or professional degree	25.6%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Willowbrook	Winfield
Drove alone	78.5%	65.9%
Carpooled	4.9%	3.6%
Public transit	4.8%	4.9%
Walked	0.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.0%	23.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Willowbrook	Winfield
1-unit, detached	36.6%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	20.1%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	22.8%	3.1%
20 or more units	21.5%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Willowbrook	Winfield
Poverty rate	6.3%	2.5%
Average household size	2.30	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1980	1986