| Wood Dale | |
| Official Name: | City of Wood Dale |
| Other Name: | Wood Dale, IL |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Image Alt: | Wood Dale Metra Station |
| Seal Size: | 143 |
| Motto: | Working Together to Make Life Better |
| Mapsize: | 260px |
| Image Map1: | Illinois in United States (US48).svg |
| Map Caption1: | Location of Illinois in the United States |
| Coordinates: | 41.9631°N -87.9783°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Illinois |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | DuPage |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Addison |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1928 |
| Government Type: | Council-manager |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Nunzio Pulice |
| Leader Title1: | Mayor |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 12.55 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.85 |
| Area Land Km2: | 12.29 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 4.74 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.26 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.10 |
| Elevation Ft: | 686 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 14012 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1140.44 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 2953.63 |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code(s) |
| Postal Code: | 60191 |
| Area Code: | 630 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 17-82985 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2397360 |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Wikimedia Commons |
| Website: | http://www.wooddale.com |
Wood Dale is a city in Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 14,012.[2]
Wood Dale was originally known as Lester's Station, after John Lester, an early settler.[3]
According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Wood Dale has a total area of 4.89sqmi, of which 4.78sqmi (or 97.91%) is land and 0.1sqmi (or 2.09%) is water.[4]
Wood Dale shares borders with Elk Grove Village (on the north), Bensenville (east), Addison (south, southwest) and Itasca (west).
As of the 2020 census[5] there were 14,012 people, 5,135 households, and 3,684 families residing in the city. The population density was 2868.37PD/sqmi. There were 5,599 housing units at an average density of 1146.16/sqmi. The racial makeup of the city was 68.93% White, 1.84% African American, 0.93% Native American, 6.09% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 10.87% from other races, and 11.33% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 26.01% of the population.
There were 5,135 households, out of which 31.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.95% were married couples living together, 13.18% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.26% were non-families. 22.96% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.43% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.18 and the average family size was 2.68.
The city's age distribution consisted of 21.6% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 25.5% from 25 to 44, 27.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $75,521, and the median income for a family was $88,365. Males had a median income of $46,114 versus $32,100 for females. The per capita income for the city was $36,563. About 5.4% of families and 7.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.7% of those under age 18 and 8.9% of those age 65 or over.
| White alone (NH) | 11,048 | 9,918 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 8,970 | 81.63% | 72.03% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 64.02% | |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 71 | 158 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 240 | 0.52% | 1.15% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 1.71% | |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 10 | 9 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 8 | 0.07% | 0.07% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.06% | |
| Asian alone (NH) | 439 | 721 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 846 | 3.24% | 5.24% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 6.04% | |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 7 | 0 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0 | 0.05% | 0.00% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.00% | |
| Other race alone (NH) | 12 | 11 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 35 | 0.09% | 0.08% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.25% | |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 180 | 157 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 268 | 1.33% | 1.14% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 1.91% | |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1,768 | 2,796 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 3,645 | 13.06% | 20.31% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 26.01% | |
| Total | 13,535 | 13,770 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 14,012 | 100.00% | 100.00% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 100.00% |
Wood Dale has two primary schools, Oakbrook Elementary School(k-2) http://www.wd7.org/schools/oakbrook/ and Westview Elementary School(3-5) http://www.wd7.org/schools/westview/, and one middle school, Wood Dale Junior High School(6-8) as well as Holy Ghost. Wood Dale shares Fenton High School https://www.fenton100.org/ with Bensenville.
The top 5 employing industry sectors in Wood Dale are manufacturing (13.6%), retail trade (11.0%), health care (9.7%), wholesale trade (5.4%) and administration (8.4%). A plurality of the workforce commutes from Chicago, followed by Wood Dale itself, Elk Grove Village and Bensenville. The top 5 employing industry sectors of community residents are wholesale trade (20.3%), manufacturing (18%), manufacturing (11.3%), administration (10.6%) and healthcare (7.5%).[9] The median income for a household in the city was $57,509, and the median income for a family was $62,289. Males had a median income of $45,884 versus $35,247 for females. The per capita income for the city was $25,507. About 2.9% of families and 4.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.9% of those under age 18 and 3.2% of those age 65 or over. At one time Claire's had a distribution facility in Wood Dale. That function is now handled by its Hoffman Estates office.[10]
According to Wood Dale's 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[11] the top employers in the city are:
| Employer |
| ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power Solutions | 730 | |
| 2 | Videojet | 665 | |
| 3 | Quest Diagnostics | 439 | |
| 4 | Tempco Electric Heater | 416 | |
| 5 | AAR Corp | 400 | |
| 6 | C. H. Robinson | 388 | |
| 7 | NEP Electronics, Inc. | 304 | |
| 8 | AmazonFresh | 200 | |
| 9 | Topgolf | 170 | |
| 10 | OPTO International, Inc. | 162 |
Wood Dale has a station on Metra's Milwaukee District West Line, which provides daily rail service between Elgin, Illinois, and Chicago, Illinois (at Union Station). Illinois Route 390 is in the city's corporate limits near the northern border of the city and has an exit to Wood Dale Road.