With 26,147 people, Woodstock is a city in Illinois. Growth has run 30% since 2000, or 5,996 more people. There are 1,983 people per square mile. The typical home is worth $245,700, having risen by half since 2000. The poverty rate is 6.0%, under the national 12.5%. 72% of homes are owner-occupied.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $82,758, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.7
US median: 38.9
Average education
31% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 6%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Woodstock
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants56.6% → 71.8%(+15.3 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$222,726 → $245,700(+10%)US over the same years: +67%
Population14,353 → 26,147(+82%)US over the same years: +35%
Woodstock's population equals 8.4% of McHenry County's. Its number of households without a car equals 18% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 11% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)24.1%(293)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)17.9%(217)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era38.1%(462)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War7.3%(89)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,214 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Woodstock, decade by decade
Woodstock population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
14,353
$75,501
$222,726
16.5%
22.4
2000
20,151
$87,204
$262,500
22.9%
46.3
2010
24,770
$82,171
$294,332
29.8%
55.7
2020
25,630
$84,200
$211,622
30.3%
64.1
2024
26,147
$82,758
$245,700
30.6%
56.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
