Bellwood vs Matteson

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

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

Matteson has the higher population (18,681 vs 18,373 in Bellwood). Matteson has the higher median household income ($98,617 vs $76,990 in Bellwood). Matteson has the higher median home value ($251,400 vs $219,600 in Bellwood).

Population, income & housing

	Bellwood	Matteson
Population	18,373	18,681
Median age	38.3 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,990	$98,617
Median home value	$219,600	$251,400
Median gross rent	$1,221	$1,390
Housing units	6,475	7,737
Homeownership rate	79.7%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellwood	Matteson
Population	18,996 → 18,373 (-3.3%)	19,385 → 18,681 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$56,557 → $76,990 (+36.1%)	$83,729 → $98,617 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$151,200 → $219,600 (+45.2%)	$165,100 → $251,400 (+52.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,068 → $1,221 (+14.3%)	$1,227 → $1,390 (+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

Matteson

Population

19,38518,681

Median household income

$83,729$98,617

Median home value

$165,100$251,400

Median gross rent

$1,227$1,390

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellwood	Matteson
Under 5	5.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	14.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	16.0%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	14.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	16.1%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.9%
75 and over	5.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellwood	Matteson
White (non-Hispanic)	3.5%	14.4%
Black or African American	69.9%	78.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	23.3%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellwood	Matteson
No high school diploma	14.1%	6.2%
High school graduate	32.5%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellwood	Matteson
Drove alone	73.7%	70.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	5.1%
Public transit	5.6%	4.2%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	19.3%
Other means	2.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellwood	Matteson
1-unit, detached	73.9%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	6.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Bellwood	Matteson
Poverty rate	11.4%	9.4%
Average household size	2.99	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	28	36
Median year structure built	1955	1996