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Woodridge is a suburb of Chicago, located primarily in DuPage County, Illinois with portions in Will County and Cook County. It uses the 630 and 331 area codes. The population was 30,934 at the 2000 census. As of the 2010 census, the population had grown to 32,971.[1] Woodridge is the home of the Home Run Inn Pizza, a campus of Westwood College, and Pabst Brewing Company.

Woodridge was incorporated on August 24, 1959 with less than 500 residents, on a wooded area of high ground overlooking the DuPage River’s East Branch. Woodridge is a young community with the vast majority of its homes, businesses, and churches constructed after the 1950s. Woodridge was founded by a housing developer, Albert Kaufman,[2] who was largely responsible for the creation of the village.

In July 2007, Woodridge was ranked No. 61 on Money Magazine’s, 100 Best Places to Live.

Geography

Woodridge is located at 41°44′40″N 88°2′38″W (41.744582, −88.043869)[4].

According to the 2010 census, the village has a total area of 9.58 square miles (24.8 km2), of which 9.42 square miles (24.4 km2) (or 98.33%) is land and 0.16 square miles (0.41 km2) (or 1.67%) is water.[5]

Woodridge is bordered by Downers Grove, Bolingbrook, Naperville, Darien, Lisle and Lemont.

Demographics

As of the census[11] of 2000, there were 30,934 people, 11,382 households, and 8,092 families residing in the village. The population density was 3,716.7 people per square mile (1,435.5/km²). There were 11,708 housing units at an average density of 1,406.7 per square mile (543.3/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 66.29% White, 9.38% African American, 0.16% Native American, 11.27% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 3.11% from other races, and 3.14% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 25.18% of the population.

There were 11,382 households out of which 38.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.1% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.9% were non-families. 23.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.26.

In the village, the population was spread out with 27.3% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 36.0% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 5.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 99.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.8 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $42,842, and the median income for a family was $73,691.[12] Males had a median income of $39,159 versus $29,475 for females. The per capita income for the village was $21,851. About 5.2% of families and 5.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.5% of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over.