Willow Springs is a somewhat small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 5,688 people and two associated neighborhoods, Willow Springs is the 310th largest community in Illinois. Willow Springs home prices are not only among the most expensive in Illinois, but Willow Springs real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Willow Springs is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Willow Springs is a village of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Willow Springs who work in management occupations (13.96%), teaching (11.06%), and office and administrative support (10.74%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.34% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Because of many things, Willow Springs is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Willow Springs really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Willow Springs perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. Being a small village, Willow Springs does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Willow Springs citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 39.13% of adults in Willow Springs have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Willow Springs in 2022 was $57,082, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $228,328 for a family of four. However, Willow Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Willow Springs is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Willow Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Willow Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Willow Springs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.75% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Willow Springs include Polish, German, Irish, Italian, and Lithuanian. In addition, Willow Springs has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.14%). The most common language spoken in Willow Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
