Oakwood Hills vs Wonder Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Oakwood Hills and Wonder Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Oakwood Hills and Wonder Lake are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wonder Lake has the higher population (4,141 vs 2,454 in Oakwood Hills). Oakwood Hills has the higher median household income ($113,125 vs $102,829 in Wonder Lake). Oakwood Hills has the higher median home value ($273,200 vs $242,300 in Wonder Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Oakwood Hills	Wonder Lake
Population	2,454	4,141
Median age	40.1 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$113,125	$102,829
Median home value	$273,200	$242,300
Median gross rent	$1,667	$1,577
Housing units	960	1,668
Homeownership rate	91.9%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.6%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakwood Hills	Wonder Lake
Population	2,336 → 2,454 (+5.1%)	4,466 → 4,141 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$96,719 → $113,125 (+17.0%)	$87,938 → $102,829 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$221,100 → $273,200 (+23.6%)	$192,100 → $242,300 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,255 → $1,667 (+32.8%)	$1,007 → $1,577 (+56.6%)

Oakwood Hills

Population

2,3362,454

Median household income

$96,719$113,125

Median home value

$221,100$273,200

Median gross rent

$1,255$1,667

Wonder Lake

Population

4,4664,141

Median household income

$87,938$102,829

Median home value

$192,100$242,300

Median gross rent

$1,007$1,577

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakwood Hills	Wonder Lake
Under 5	6.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	11.2%	21.4%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	15.0%	16.6%
35 to 44	17.6%	9.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	19.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.9%
75 and over	4.8%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakwood Hills	Wonder Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	68.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	3.2%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakwood Hills	Wonder Lake
No high school diploma	10.4%	5.1%
High school graduate	20.5%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakwood Hills	Wonder Lake
Drove alone	79.3%	81.5%
Carpooled	4.6%	4.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.3%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	14.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakwood Hills	Wonder Lake
1-unit, detached	94.7%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.7%
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	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oakwood Hills	Wonder Lake
Poverty rate	4.1%	4.5%
Average household size	2.58	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	32	36
Median year structure built	1980	1968