Ingalls Park vs Willowbrook

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

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

Ingalls Park has the higher population (2,970 vs 2,432 in Willowbrook). Willowbrook has the higher median household income ($87,188 vs $55,268 in Ingalls Park). Willowbrook has the higher median home value ($275,700 vs $143,800 in Ingalls Park).

Population, income & housing

	Ingalls Park	Willowbrook
Population	2,970	2,432
Median age	34.7 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,268	$87,188
Median home value	$143,800	$275,700
Median gross rent	$1,321	—
Housing units	1,229	747
Homeownership rate	75.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ingalls Park	Willowbrook
Population	3,171 → 2,970 (-6.3%)	2,001 → 2,432 (+21.5%)
Median household income	$46,091 → $55,268 (+19.9%)	$81,658 → $87,188 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$104,700 → $143,800 (+37.3%)	$258,400 → $275,700 (+6.7%)
Median gross rent	$942 → $1,321 (+40.2%)	—

Ingalls Park

Population

3,1712,970

Median household income

$46,091$55,268

Median home value

$104,700$143,800

Median gross rent

$942$1,321

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)

	Ingalls Park	Willowbrook
Under 5	4.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	13.1%	14.6%
18 to 24	12.5%	13.4%
25 to 34	21.8%	15.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	6.7%
45 to 54	7.3%	20.9%
55 to 64	16.1%	8.3%
65 to 74	7.7%	10.9%
75 and over	3.9%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ingalls Park	Willowbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	53.7%	11.0%
Black or African American	12.2%	78.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	33.1%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ingalls Park	Willowbrook
No high school diploma	12.4%	4.4%
High school graduate	47.4%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ingalls Park	Willowbrook
Drove alone	69.2%	75.9%
Carpooled	8.8%	2.0%
Public transit	3.8%	1.2%
Walked	2.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	20.0%
Other means	4.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ingalls Park	Willowbrook
1-unit, detached	88.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ingalls Park	Willowbrook
Poverty rate	9.9%	4.9%
Average household size	2.60	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1952	1978