THE WOOD DALE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Valparaiso-Wheaton Morainal Complex setting.
Wood Dale city has 4.87 square miles of land in DuPage County. Its Census reference point is in Valparaiso-Wheaton Morainal Complex, within Central Corn Belt Plains.
Glaciated plains historically supported tallgrass prairie mixed with oak and hickory woodland. Dark prairie soils and broad farming landscapes distinguish much of the Central Corn Belt.
Regional context: Central Corn Belt Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Wood Dale and DuPage County
Wood Dale is associated with DuPage County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Wood Dale by land and water
The Census records 0.1 square miles of water within Wood Dale, or 2.1% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points lower than the 2.5% recorded for DuPage County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Wood Dale city has 15.5% of the land area of nearby Addison township (31.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

