Winfield vs Wood Dale

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

Winfield 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 9,982 in Winfield). Winfield has the higher median household income ($143,102 vs $90,408 in Wood Dale). Winfield has the higher median home value ($363,400 vs $303,400 in Wood Dale).

Population, income & housing

	Winfield	Wood Dale
Population	9,982	13,926
Median age	46.0 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$143,102	$90,408
Median home value	$363,400	$303,400
Median gross rent	$1,381	$1,652
Housing units	4,102	5,394
Homeownership rate	93.2%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.9%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Winfield	Wood Dale
Population	9,700 → 9,982 (+2.9%)	13,796 → 13,926 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$113,583 → $143,102 (+26.0%)	$70,552 → $90,408 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$305,200 → $363,400 (+19.1%)	$236,900 → $303,400 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,138 → $1,381 (-35.4%)	$1,244 → $1,652 (+32.8%)

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

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)

	Winfield	Wood Dale
Under 5	5.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.8%	14.2%
18 to 24	4.7%	10.1%
25 to 34	7.8%	10.9%
35 to 44	15.9%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	16.6%	12.7%
65 to 74	12.3%	11.2%
75 and over	9.6%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Winfield	Wood Dale
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	62.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	28.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Winfield	Wood Dale
No high school diploma	2.2%	11.7%
High school graduate	14.4%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	34.8%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	25.1%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Winfield	Wood Dale
Drove alone	65.9%	75.6%
Carpooled	3.6%	10.5%
Public transit	4.9%	1.2%
Walked	1.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	23.0%	10.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Winfield	Wood Dale
1-unit, detached	68.0%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	20.1%	14.8%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	13.5%
20 or more units	1.3%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Winfield	Wood Dale
Poverty rate	2.5%	6.2%
Average household size	2.49	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1986	1972