What is the population of Wood Dale city?

Wood Dale city has 13,926 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #179 of 1,462 in Illinois.

What is the median household income in Wood Dale city?

Median household income in Wood Dale city is $90,408 a year, 15.1% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wood Dale city?

Median gross rent is $1,652 a month and the median home value is $303,400, so rent absorbs about 21.9% of median household income.

Is Wood Dale city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wood Dale city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Wood Dale, IL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Wood Dale, Illinois (Wood Dale, IL — Census place “Wood Dale city”) is 13,926 residents, ranking #179 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $90,408, the median home is worth $303,400 and median gross rent runs $1,652 a month. Looking for the Wood Dale Illinois ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Wood Dale, IL: 60191.

Population: 13,926Wood Dale city residents
Median household income: $90,408Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $303,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,652Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 76.6%Owner-occupied households

Wood Dale ZIP codes (Illinois)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Wood Dale.

The Wood Dale IL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

60191

What the numbers mean in Wood Dale city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Wood Dale city median would spend about 21.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.2% of residents and 76.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Wood Dale city, IL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Wood Dale city is a mid-size town in Illinois, with 13,926 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #179 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 87% of them. The median age here is 42 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Wood Dale city earn a median of $90,408 a year, 15.1% above the national figure of $78,538 and 22% above the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 6.2% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Wood Dale city is valued at $303,400, essentially level with the national figure and 69% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,652 a month, 17.5% above the national figure, or roughly $19,824 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 76.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Wood Dale city?: Wood Dale city has 13,926 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #179 of 1,462 in Illinois.
What is the median household income in Wood Dale city?: Median household income in Wood Dale city is $90,408 a year, 15.1% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wood Dale city?: Median gross rent is $1,652 a month and the median home value is $303,400, so rent absorbs about 21.9% of median household income.
Is Wood Dale city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wood Dale city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Wood Dale city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.