Bellwood vs Lemont

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

Bellwood and Lemont 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 17,643 in Lemont). Lemont has the higher median household income ($126,100 vs $76,990 in Bellwood). Lemont has the higher median home value ($447,800 vs $219,600 in Bellwood).

Population, income & housing

	Bellwood	Lemont
Population	18,373	17,643
Median age	38.3 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,990	$126,100
Median home value	$219,600	$447,800
Median gross rent	$1,221	$1,211
Housing units	6,475	6,513
Homeownership rate	79.7%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	45.6%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellwood	Lemont
Population	18,996 → 18,373 (-3.3%)	17,023 → 17,643 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$56,557 → $76,990 (+36.1%)	$99,724 → $126,100 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$151,200 → $219,600 (+45.2%)	$363,000 → $447,800 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,068 → $1,221 (+14.3%)	$1,069 → $1,211 (+13.3%)

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

Lemont

Population

17,02317,643

Median household income

$99,724$126,100

Median home value

$363,000$447,800

Median gross rent

$1,069$1,211

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellwood	Lemont
Under 5	5.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	19.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	16.0%	7.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.8%
75 and over	5.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellwood	Lemont
White (non-Hispanic)	3.5%	85.7%
Black or African American	69.9%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	23.3%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellwood	Lemont
No high school diploma	14.1%	4.5%
High school graduate	32.5%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellwood	Lemont
Drove alone	73.7%	76.3%
Carpooled	9.1%	3.3%
Public transit	5.6%	2.7%
Walked	0.8%	2.9%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	14.4%
Other means	2.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellwood	Lemont
1-unit, detached	73.9%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	1.7%
20 or more units	1.8%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellwood	Lemont
Poverty rate	11.4%	3.1%
Average household size	2.99	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1955	1994