What is the population of Wood River city?

Wood River city has 10,315 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #223 of 1,462 in Illinois.

What is the median household income in Wood River city?

Median household income in Wood River city is $65,960 a year, 16% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $915 a month and the median home value is $103,200, so rent absorbs about 16.6% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 1.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wood River city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Wood River, IL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Wood River, Illinois (Wood River, IL — Census place “Wood River city”) is 10,315 residents, ranking #223 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $65,960, the median home is worth $103,200 and median gross rent runs $915 a month. Looking for the Wood River Illinois ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Wood River, IL: 62084, 62095.

Population: 10,315Wood River city residents
Median household income: $65,960Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $103,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $915Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 68.8%Owner-occupied households

Wood River ZIP codes (Illinois)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Wood River.

The Wood River IL ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Wood River city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Wood River city median would spend about 16.6% 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 1.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13.1% of residents and 68.8% 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 River city, IL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Wood River city is a mid-size town in Illinois, with 10,315 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #223 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 84% of them. The median age here is 37.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 River city earn a median of $65,960 a year, 16% below the national figure of $78,538 and 11% below 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 13.1% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Wood River city is valued at $103,200, 66% below the national figure and 42% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $915 a month, 34.9% below the national figure, or roughly $10,980 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 68.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

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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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Wood River city?: Wood River city has 10,315 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #223 of 1,462 in Illinois.
What is the median household income in Wood River city?: Median household income in Wood River city is $65,960 a year, 16% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wood River city?: Median gross rent is $915 a month and the median home value is $103,200, so rent absorbs about 16.6% of median household income.
Is Wood River city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wood River city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Wood River 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.