Ridgewood vs Willowbrook

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

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

Ridgewood has the higher population (2,997 vs 2,432 in Willowbrook). Ridgewood has the higher median household income ($96,334 vs $87,188 in Willowbrook). Willowbrook has the higher median home value ($275,700 vs $142,400 in Ridgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgewood	Willowbrook
Population	2,997	2,432
Median age	31.6 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$96,334	$87,188
Median home value	$142,400	$275,700
Median gross rent	$1,455	—
Housing units	946	747
Homeownership rate	62.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgewood	Willowbrook
Population	3,089 → 2,997 (-3.0%)	2,001 → 2,432 (+21.5%)
Median household income	$53,953 → $96,334 (+78.6%)	$81,658 → $87,188 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$102,800 → $142,400 (+38.5%)	$258,400 → $275,700 (+6.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,103 → $1,455 (+31.9%)	—

Ridgewood

Population

3,0892,997

Median household income

$53,953$96,334

Median home value

$102,800$142,400

Median gross rent

$1,103$1,455

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)

	Ridgewood	Willowbrook
Under 5	7.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	20.2%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.6%	13.4%
25 to 34	19.7%	15.0%
35 to 44	19.2%	6.7%
45 to 54	10.2%	20.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	8.3%
65 to 74	2.9%	10.9%
75 and over	0.8%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgewood	Willowbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	16.1%	11.0%
Black or African American	14.5%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	68.9%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgewood	Willowbrook
No high school diploma	38.4%	4.4%
High school graduate	32.6%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgewood	Willowbrook
Drove alone	81.7%	75.9%
Carpooled	7.3%	2.0%
Public transit	5.5%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	20.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgewood	Willowbrook
1-unit, detached	85.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ridgewood	Willowbrook
Poverty rate	16.4%	4.9%
Average household size	3.37	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1946	1978