Green Oaks vs Wadsworth

A side-by-side comparison of Green Oaks and Wadsworth: population, income, housing, and more.

Green Oaks and Wadsworth are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Green Oaks has the higher population (4,085 vs 3,535 in Wadsworth). Green Oaks has the higher median household income ($133,472 vs $121,583 in Wadsworth). Green Oaks has the higher median home value ($653,500 vs $377,900 in Wadsworth).

Population, income & housing

	Green Oaks	Wadsworth
Population	4,085	3,535
Median age	48.8 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$133,472	$121,583
Median home value	$653,500	$377,900
Median gross rent	$1,300	$1,052
Housing units	1,636	1,365
Homeownership rate	70.5%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.9%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green Oaks	Wadsworth
Population	3,846 → 4,085 (+6.2%)	3,563 → 3,535 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$165,625 → $133,472 (-19.4%)	$100,982 → $121,583 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$583,200 → $653,500 (+12.1%)	$294,900 → $377,900 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,200 → $1,300 (+8.3%)	$1,221 → $1,052 (-13.8%)

Green Oaks

Population

3,8464,085

Median household income

$165,625$133,472

Median home value

$583,200$653,500

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,300

Wadsworth

Population

3,5633,535

Median household income

$100,982$121,583

Median home value

$294,900$377,900

Median gross rent

$1,221$1,052

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Green Oaks	Wadsworth
Under 5	5.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.5%	20.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	10.2%
25 to 34	5.0%	6.8%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.8%	7.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	18.6%
65 to 74	13.7%	7.2%
75 and over	13.5%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green Oaks	Wadsworth
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	73.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	10.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	3.3%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	16.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green Oaks	Wadsworth
No high school diploma	7.2%	6.3%
High school graduate	17.2%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green Oaks	Wadsworth
Drove alone	69.2%	82.5%
Carpooled	4.6%	1.0%
Public transit	5.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.9%	15.4%
Other means	1.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green Oaks	Wadsworth
1-unit, detached	68.2%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	19.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Green Oaks	Wadsworth
Poverty rate	7.6%	4.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1990	1988