In 1974, Pratt expanded the preserve by selling his adjacent Maple Spring Farm to the District. Since the early 20th century, the complex of wetlands in Pratt's Wayne Woods’ Brewster Creek area have been artificially drained by a system of buried clay pipes. The Forest Preserve District is now removing these drain tiles to restore this vital habitat, which over the years has become home to several threatened and endangered plant and animal species. In 1990, plans to form DuPage County's only state park were revived when the state and the Forest Preserve District purchased more than in the area of Pratt's Wayne Woods for that purpose. James "Pate" Philip State Park is located just north of Pratt's Wayne Woods. A 24,000 square foot (2,200 m2) visitors center that also houses the Illinois Department of Natural Resources’ Region 2 headquarters opened in April 2003. In 2004, an area east of Honey Hill Road and south of Army Trail Road was purchased by the DuPage Forest Preserve District from Oliver-Hoffman Corporation. This area, still under park development by Dupage Forest Preserve in 2016, is known as Dunham Woods and is adjacent to portions of Pratts Wayne Woods in its southeast section. Geography Wayne is located at (41.9493585, -88.2586396). According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Wayne has a total area of , of which (or 98.40%) is land and (or 1.60%) is water. Wayne is dotted by small streams, wetlands, and small ponds. Demographics As of the 2020 census there were 2,286 people, 889 households, and 695 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 890 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 83.11% White, 0.66% African American, 0.17% Native American, 7.44% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 1.66% from other races, and 6.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.01% of the population. There were 889 households, out of which 44.43% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 72.22% were married couples living together, 5.17% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.82% were non-families. 18.56% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.96% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.18 and the average family size was 2.79. The village's age distribution consisted of 16.9% under