Alsip vs Bellwood

A side-by-side comparison of Alsip and Bellwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Alsip and Bellwood are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alsip has the higher population (18,650 vs 18,373 in Bellwood). Bellwood has the higher median household income ($76,990 vs $67,557 in Alsip). Bellwood has the higher median home value ($219,600 vs $208,700 in Alsip).

Population, income & housing

	Alsip	Bellwood
Population	18,650	18,373
Median age	39.5 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,557	$76,990
Median home value	$208,700	$219,600
Median gross rent	$1,102	$1,221
Housing units	8,076	6,475
Homeownership rate	65.2%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alsip	Bellwood
Population	19,022 → 18,650 (-2.0%)	18,996 → 18,373 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$63,312 → $67,557 (+6.7%)	$56,557 → $76,990 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$171,400 → $208,700 (+21.8%)	$151,200 → $219,600 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$961 → $1,102 (+14.7%)	$1,068 → $1,221 (+14.3%)

Alsip

Population

19,02218,650

Median household income

$63,312$67,557

Median home value

$171,400$208,700

Median gross rent

$961$1,102

Bellwood

Population

18,99618,373

Median household income

$56,557$76,990

Median home value

$151,200$219,600

Median gross rent

$1,068$1,221

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alsip	Bellwood
Under 5	7.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.0%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	16.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.0%
75 and over	7.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alsip	Bellwood
White (non-Hispanic)	43.6%	3.5%
Black or African American	21.9%	69.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	27.4%	23.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alsip	Bellwood
No high school diploma	11.7%	14.1%
High school graduate	31.6%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alsip	Bellwood
Drove alone	75.8%	73.7%
Carpooled	8.1%	9.1%
Public transit	4.0%	5.6%
Walked	2.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	1.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	7.8%
Other means	1.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alsip	Bellwood
1-unit, detached	54.1%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	28.2%	7.6%
20 or more units	4.4%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Alsip	Bellwood
Poverty rate	11.4%	11.4%
Average household size	2.39	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1974	1955