Grandwood Park vs Volo

A side-by-side comparison of Grandwood Park and Volo: population, income, housing, and more.

Grandwood Park and Volo are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Volo has the higher population (6,398 vs 5,311 in Grandwood Park). Volo has the higher median household income ($145,906 vs $124,847 in Grandwood Park). Grandwood Park has the higher median home value ($313,000 vs $293,800 in Volo).

Population, income & housing

	Grandwood Park	Volo
Population	5,311	6,398
Median age	42.2 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$124,847	$145,906
Median home value	$313,000	$293,800
Median gross rent	$1,797	$2,229
Housing units	2,135	2,267
Homeownership rate	86.8%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.1%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grandwood Park	Volo
Population	5,170 → 5,311 (+2.7%)	5,229 → 6,398 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$117,989 → $124,847 (+5.8%)	$92,500 → $145,906 (+57.7%)
Median home value	$228,500 → $313,000 (+37.0%)	$207,200 → $293,800 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,504 → $1,797 (+19.5%)	$1,600 → $2,229 (+39.3%)

Grandwood Park

Population

5,1705,311

Median household income

$117,989$124,847

Median home value

$228,500$313,000

Median gross rent

$1,504$1,797

Volo

Population

5,2296,398

Median household income

$92,500$145,906

Median home value

$207,200$293,800

Median gross rent

$1,600$2,229

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grandwood Park	Volo
Under 5	3.4%	7.7%
5 to 17	16.9%	22.5%
18 to 24	11.0%	4.2%
25 to 34	10.2%	18.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	16.5%
45 to 54	18.0%	16.1%
55 to 64	17.3%	4.1%
65 to 74	6.2%	7.2%
75 and over	5.4%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grandwood Park	Volo
White (non-Hispanic)	64.0%	81.6%
Black or African American	5.8%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.2%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grandwood Park	Volo
No high school diploma	3.5%	5.3%
High school graduate	14.2%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	40.7%	34.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grandwood Park	Volo
Drove alone	72.9%	76.5%
Carpooled	4.9%	3.1%
Public transit	0.6%	1.2%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	19.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grandwood Park	Volo
1-unit, detached	86.4%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	40.1%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Grandwood Park	Volo
Poverty rate	2.1%	1.9%
Average household size	2.66	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1991	2009