Blue Island vs Maywood

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Island and Maywood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blue Island has the higher population (23,416 vs 23,173 in Maywood). Maywood has the higher median household income ($66,498 vs $60,965 in Blue Island). Maywood has the higher median home value ($212,600 vs $169,800 in Blue Island).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Island	Maywood
Population	23,416	23,173
Median age	36.7 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,965	$66,498
Median home value	$169,800	$212,600
Median gross rent	$1,071	$1,203
Housing units	9,340	8,385
Homeownership rate	49.1%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Island	Maywood
Population	22,611 → 23,416 (+3.6%)	23,578 → 23,173 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$48,398 → $60,965 (+26.0%)	$50,176 → $66,498 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$122,700 → $169,800 (+38.4%)	$151,300 → $212,600 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $1,071 (+23.5%)	$965 → $1,203 (+24.7%)

Blue Island

Population

22,61123,416

Median household income

$48,398$60,965

Median home value

$122,700$169,800

Median gross rent

$867$1,071

Maywood

Population

23,57823,173

Median household income

$50,176$66,498

Median home value

$151,300$212,600

Median gross rent

$965$1,203

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Island	Maywood
Under 5	5.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.2%	20.6%
18 to 24	10.9%	11.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	10.6%
65 to 74	8.3%	7.1%
75 and over	4.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Island	Maywood
White (non-Hispanic)	19.2%	5.7%
Black or African American	35.2%	57.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	43.1%	33.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Island	Maywood
No high school diploma	18.2%	20.8%
High school graduate	30.6%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Island	Maywood
Drove alone	69.4%	69.6%
Carpooled	14.5%	10.4%
Public transit	8.2%	5.8%
Walked	1.2%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	11.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Island	Maywood
1-unit, detached	44.1%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	21.2%
5 to 19 units	24.3%	8.5%
20 or more units	5.4%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Blue Island	Maywood
Poverty rate	16.1%	15.3%
Average household size	2.70	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1961	1938