Cary vs Woodstock

A side-by-side comparison of Cary and Woodstock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Woodstock has the higher population (26,316 vs 17,875 in Cary). Cary has the higher median household income ($109,790 vs $83,293 in Woodstock). Cary has the higher median home value ($287,000 vs $231,100 in Woodstock).

Population, income & housing

	Cary	Woodstock
Population	17,875	26,316
Median age	38.6 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$109,790	$83,293
Median home value	$287,000	$231,100
Median gross rent	$1,456	$1,174
Housing units	6,506	10,661
Homeownership rate	85.7%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cary	Woodstock
Population	17,936 → 17,875 (-0.3%)	25,348 → 26,316 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$100,339 → $109,790 (+9.4%)	$61,478 → $83,293 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$232,500 → $287,000 (+23.4%)	$179,700 → $231,100 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,196 → $1,456 (+21.7%)	$1,041 → $1,174 (+12.8%)

Cary

Population

17,93617,875

Median household income

$100,339$109,790

Median home value

$232,500$287,000

Median gross rent

$1,196$1,456

Woodstock

Population

25,34826,316

Median household income

$61,478$83,293

Median home value

$179,700$231,100

Median gross rent

$1,041$1,174

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cary	Woodstock
Under 5	6.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.6%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.7%	10.1%
25 to 34	11.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	15.5%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	8.9%	7.3%
75 and over	4.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cary	Woodstock
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	70.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	22.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cary	Woodstock
No high school diploma	3.2%	10.9%
High school graduate	20.5%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cary	Woodstock
Drove alone	75.8%	76.7%
Carpooled	3.9%	8.6%
Public transit	1.9%	0.3%
Walked	0.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.7%	11.3%
Other means	0.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cary	Woodstock
1-unit, detached	77.9%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	16.1%	13.4%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	13.9%
20 or more units	2.1%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Cary	Woodstock
Poverty rate	4.6%	7.7%
Average household size	2.81	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1985	1987