Willow Hill vs Yale

A side-by-side comparison of Willow Hill and Yale: population, income, housing, and more.

Willow Hill and Yale are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Willow Hill has the higher population (266 vs 54 in Yale). Yale has the higher median household income ($38,750 vs $34,464 in Willow Hill). Since 2019, Willow Hill's population has grown faster (+51.1% vs -52.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Willow Hill	Yale
Population	266	54
Median age	27.6 yrs	56.8 yrs
Median household income	$34,464	$38,750
Median home value	—	$57,500
Housing units	93	35
Homeownership rate	97.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	16.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Willow Hill	Yale
Population	176 → 266 (+51.1%)	113 → 54 (-52.2%)
Median household income	$32,125 → $34,464 (+7.3%)	$30,417 → $38,750 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$33,800 → $55,000 (+62.7%)	$50,600 → $57,500 (+13.6%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $775 (+24.0%)	—

Willow Hill

Population

176266

Median household income

$32,125$34,464

Median home value

$33,800$55,000

Median gross rent

$625$775

Yale

Population

11354

Median household income

$30,417$38,750

Median home value

$50,600$57,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Willow Hill	Yale
Under 5	9.8%	1.9%
5 to 17	28.6%	3.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	14.7%	5.6%
35 to 44	5.3%	5.6%
45 to 54	6.0%	14.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	27.8%
65 to 74	7.1%	20.4%
75 and over	4.9%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Willow Hill	Yale
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Willow Hill	Yale
No high school diploma	10.6%	2.1%
High school graduate	54.6%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Willow Hill	Yale
Drove alone	72.9%	90.5%
Carpooled	9.4%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	0.0%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Willow Hill	Yale
1-unit, detached	71.0%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.0%	31.4%

Poverty & households

	Willow Hill	Yale
Poverty rate	45.5%	27.8%
Average household size	3.06	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	35	24
Median year structure built	1976	1972