Godfrey vs Wood River

A side-by-side comparison of Godfrey and Wood River: population, income, housing, and more.

Godfrey and Wood River are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Godfrey has the higher population (17,743 vs 10,315 in Wood River). Godfrey has the higher median household income ($92,746 vs $65,960 in Wood River). Godfrey has the higher median home value ($181,400 vs $103,200 in Wood River).

Population, income & housing

	Godfrey	Wood River
Population	17,743	10,315
Median age	49.9 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$92,746	$65,960
Median home value	$181,400	$103,200
Median gross rent	$1,111	$915
Housing units	8,115	4,975
Homeownership rate	83.3%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Godfrey	Wood River
Population	17,579 → 17,743 (+0.9%)	10,169 → 10,315 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$73,238 → $92,746 (+26.6%)	$46,860 → $65,960 (+40.8%)
Median home value	$148,300 → $181,400 (+22.3%)	$81,600 → $103,200 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$951 → $1,111 (+16.8%)	$779 → $915 (+17.5%)

Godfrey

Population

17,57917,743

Median household income

$73,238$92,746

Median home value

$148,300$181,400

Median gross rent

$951$1,111

Wood River

Population

10,16910,315

Median household income

$46,860$65,960

Median home value

$81,600$103,200

Median gross rent

$779$915

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Godfrey	Wood River
Under 5	4.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	12.8%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	10.3%
25 to 34	10.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	8.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	17.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	14.7%	7.9%
75 and over	11.2%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Godfrey	Wood River
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	86.5%
Black or African American	5.1%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Godfrey	Wood River
No high school diploma	3.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	24.3%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Godfrey	Wood River
Drove alone	82.4%	83.6%
Carpooled	4.2%	7.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	12.6%	5.7%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Godfrey	Wood River
1-unit, detached	82.8%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	8.8%
20 or more units	1.6%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Godfrey	Wood River
Poverty rate	6.7%	13.1%
Average household size	2.29	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1975	1954