In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau undertook the Decennial Census which is conducted every 10 years. Every household in Woodridge was visited by a Census representative in order to obtain information related to the number of individuals residing in a home and other related information. This count is very important, as it helps determine funding support provided by state and federal sources.
The information collected in 2010 provides insights into the age of the Woodridge population and household characteristics. The outcome of this effort has found the Woodridge population to be 32,971 people, which is an increase of 2,037 over the count conducted in 2000 (which is an increase of 7%).
Below are highlights from the 2010 datasets that are compared to the datasets release after the 2000 Census. Additional information can be found by accessing the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Fact Finder.
Age
• The median age changed from 32.8 in 2000 to 36 in 2010
• The population under 20 fell by 3.5% to 26.2% of the total population
• The population between 25 and 59 fell by 2% to 53.6% of the total population
• The population between 60 and 74 grew by 5% to 11.1% of the total population
• The population 75 and over remained relatively unchanged at 2.7% of the total population
Race & Hispanic Origin
• The White population declined by 4% to 71.1% of the total population
• The Black or African American and Filipino populations both grew by 1% to 8.9% of the total population and 3.3% respectively of the total population
• The Hispanic origin population grew by 4% to 13.4% of the total population
• The majority of that increase is the Mexican origin population which grew by 3.5% to 11% of the total population
Household Type
• The total number of households increased by 11%
• Family households declined by 2.5% to 68.5% of the total population
• Married couple families declined by 4% to 53.3% of the total population
• Families with children under 18 declined by 6% to 32.2% of the total population
• Families with no husband present remained relatively unchanged at 11.3% of the total population
• Households with individuals 65 or over increased by 5% to 16.1% of the total population
• The average family size declined slightly from 3.26 to 3.17 people
Housing Occupancy & Tenure
• The number of housing units increased by 14%
• Occupied housing units fell by 3%
• Vacant housing units increased by 3%
• Rental vacancy rate accounted for nearly all of the increase moving from 4.6% to 8.7%
• Homeowner vacancy rate increased by less than 1% to 1.5%
• Owner and renter occupied units remained unchanged by percent
• Renter household size remained unchanged while owner occupied size fell 5% to 2.78