Woodridge
Market InsightsWoodridge is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, with portions in Will and Cook counties, and a south-western suburb of Chicago. It uses the 630 and 331 area codes. The population was 32,971 at the 2010 census. Woodridge is the home of the Home Run Inn pizzeria chain 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, 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". Woodridge, along with its neighbor Downers Grove are commonly referred to as "Downers-Woodridge".
