Bellwood vs Franklin Park

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

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

Bellwood has the higher population (18,373 vs 18,233 in Franklin Park). Bellwood has the higher median household income ($76,990 vs $76,009 in Franklin Park). Franklin Park has the higher median home value ($261,700 vs $219,600 in Bellwood).

Population, income & housing

	Bellwood	Franklin Park
Population	18,373	18,233
Median age	38.3 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,990	$76,009
Median home value	$219,600	$261,700
Median gross rent	$1,221	$1,103
Housing units	6,475	6,182
Homeownership rate	79.7%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellwood	Franklin Park
Population	18,996 → 18,373 (-3.3%)	17,956 → 18,233 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$56,557 → $76,990 (+36.1%)	$63,971 → $76,009 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$151,200 → $219,600 (+45.2%)	$203,800 → $261,700 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,068 → $1,221 (+14.3%)	$881 → $1,103 (+25.2%)

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

Franklin Park

Population

17,95618,233

Median household income

$63,971$76,009

Median home value

$203,800$261,700

Median gross rent

$881$1,103

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellwood	Franklin Park
Under 5	5.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	21.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	16.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	11.0%	7.3%
75 and over	5.5%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellwood	Franklin Park
White (non-Hispanic)	3.5%	37.6%
Black or African American	69.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	23.3%	58.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellwood	Franklin Park
No high school diploma	14.1%	22.8%
High school graduate	32.5%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellwood	Franklin Park
Drove alone	73.7%	77.8%
Carpooled	9.1%	9.8%
Public transit	5.6%	2.6%
Walked	0.8%	2.5%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.8%	6.1%
Other means	2.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellwood	Franklin Park
1-unit, detached	73.9%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	10.7%
20 or more units	1.8%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Bellwood	Franklin Park
Poverty rate	11.4%	13.6%
Average household size	2.99	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1955	1956