Preston Heights vs Willowbrook

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

Preston Heights 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 2,318 in Preston Heights). Willowbrook has the higher median household income ($87,188 vs $51,970 in Preston Heights). Willowbrook has the higher median home value ($275,700 vs $141,400 in Preston Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Preston Heights	Willowbrook
Population	2,318	2,432
Median age	40.1 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,970	$87,188
Median home value	$141,400	$275,700
Median gross rent	$1,232	—
Housing units	1,025	747
Homeownership rate	58.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Preston Heights	Willowbrook
Population	2,651 → 2,318 (-12.6%)	2,001 → 2,432 (+21.5%)
Median household income	$49,196 → $51,970 (+5.6%)	$81,658 → $87,188 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$99,900 → $141,400 (+41.5%)	$258,400 → $275,700 (+6.7%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,232 (+24.7%)	—

Preston Heights

Population

2,6512,318

Median household income

$49,196$51,970

Median home value

$99,900$141,400

Median gross rent

$988$1,232

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)

	Preston Heights	Willowbrook
Under 5	4.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	12.7%	14.6%
18 to 24	11.6%	13.4%
25 to 34	14.6%	15.0%
35 to 44	14.6%	6.7%
45 to 54	11.0%	20.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	8.3%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.9%
75 and over	6.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Preston Heights	Willowbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	21.5%	11.0%
Black or African American	43.0%	78.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	31.0%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Preston Heights	Willowbrook
No high school diploma	20.4%	4.4%
High school graduate	36.2%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Preston Heights	Willowbrook
Drove alone	76.0%	75.9%
Carpooled	14.5%	2.0%
Public transit	1.1%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	20.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Preston Heights	Willowbrook
1-unit, detached	69.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Preston Heights	Willowbrook
Poverty rate	13.3%	4.9%
Average household size	2.39	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1966	1978