About Willowbrook

Willowbrook is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 2,133 people and just one neighborhood, Willowbrook is the 479th largest community in Illinois.

Willowbrook is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Willowbrook is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Willowbrook who work in management occupations (16.27%), office and administrative support jobs (14.33%), and sales jobs (12.14%).

Also of interest is that Willowbrook has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Willowbrook is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

In Willowbrook, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 40.82 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Willowbrook is a very car-oriented town. 97.05% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Willowbrook is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Willowbrook has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Being a small town, Willowbrook does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Willowbrook Information and Demographics

The citizens of Willowbrook are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 33.31% of adults in Willowbrook have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Willowbrook in 2000 was $33,177, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $132,708 for a family of four. However, Willowbrook contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Willowbrook is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Willowbrook home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Willowbrook is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Willowbrook include German, Polish, Irish, Italian, Dutch, and English.

The most common language spoken in Willowbrook is English.