Bellwood vs Palos Hills

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

Bellwood and Palos Hills 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 18,139 in Palos Hills). Palos Hills has the higher median household income ($83,969 vs $76,990 in Bellwood). Palos Hills has the higher median home value ($259,200 vs $219,600 in Bellwood).

Population, income & housing

	Bellwood	Palos Hills
Population	18,373	18,139
Median age	38.3 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,990	$83,969
Median home value	$219,600	$259,200
Median gross rent	$1,221	$1,267
Housing units	6,475	7,885
Homeownership rate	79.7%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellwood	Palos Hills
Population	18,996 → 18,373 (-3.3%)	17,318 → 18,139 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$56,557 → $76,990 (+36.1%)	$61,143 → $83,969 (+37.3%)
Median home value	$151,200 → $219,600 (+45.2%)	$203,800 → $259,200 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,068 → $1,221 (+14.3%)	$1,035 → $1,267 (+22.4%)

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

Palos Hills

Population

17,31818,139

Median household income

$61,143$83,969

Median home value

$203,800$259,200

Median gross rent

$1,035$1,267

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellwood	Palos Hills
Under 5	5.9%	2.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	16.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	16.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.5%
75 and over	5.5%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellwood	Palos Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	3.5%	81.3%
Black or African American	69.9%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	23.3%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellwood	Palos Hills
No high school diploma	14.1%	12.8%
High school graduate	32.5%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellwood	Palos Hills
Drove alone	73.7%	74.3%
Carpooled	9.1%	9.8%
Public transit	5.6%	3.3%
Walked	0.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	11.6%
Other means	2.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellwood	Palos Hills
1-unit, detached	73.9%	42.4%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	31.5%
20 or more units	1.8%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellwood	Palos Hills
Poverty rate	11.4%	9.2%
Average household size	2.99	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1955	1977