Elwood vs Willowbrook

A side-by-side comparison of Elwood and Willowbrook: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Willowbrook has the higher population (2,432 vs 2,141 in Elwood). Willowbrook has the higher median household income ($87,188 vs $73,640 in Elwood). Willowbrook has the higher median home value ($275,700 vs $224,900 in Elwood).

Population, income & housing

	Elwood	Willowbrook
Population	2,141	2,432
Median age	41.8 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,640	$87,188
Median home value	$224,900	$275,700
Median gross rent	$986	—
Housing units	966	747
Homeownership rate	78.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elwood	Willowbrook
Population	2,367 → 2,141 (-9.5%)	2,001 → 2,432 (+21.5%)
Median household income	$79,054 → $73,640 (-6.8%)	$81,658 → $87,188 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$168,800 → $224,900 (+33.2%)	$258,400 → $275,700 (+6.7%)
Median gross rent	$891 → $986 (+10.7%)	—

Elwood

Population

2,3672,141

Median household income

$79,054$73,640

Median home value

$168,800$224,900

Median gross rent

$891$986

Willowbrook

Population

2,0012,432

Median household income

$81,658$87,188

Median home value

$258,400$275,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elwood	Willowbrook
Under 5	5.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	9.4%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	13.4%
25 to 34	20.0%	15.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	6.7%
45 to 54	9.5%	20.9%
55 to 64	21.2%	8.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.9%
75 and over	7.1%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elwood	Willowbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	11.0%
Black or African American	6.2%	78.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.9%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elwood	Willowbrook
No high school diploma	4.4%	4.4%
High school graduate	42.9%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elwood	Willowbrook
Drove alone	81.0%	75.9%
Carpooled	8.9%	2.0%
Public transit	0.9%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	20.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elwood	Willowbrook
1-unit, detached	62.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	17.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elwood	Willowbrook
Poverty rate	6.2%	4.9%
Average household size	2.32	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1991	1978