Elmwood Park vs Maywood

A side-by-side comparison of Elmwood Park and Maywood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elmwood Park has the higher population (23,982 vs 23,173 in Maywood). Elmwood Park has the higher median household income ($84,121 vs $66,498 in Maywood). Elmwood Park has the higher median home value ($325,000 vs $212,600 in Maywood).

Population, income & housing

	Elmwood Park	Maywood
Population	23,982	23,173
Median age	40.3 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$84,121	$66,498
Median home value	$325,000	$212,600
Median gross rent	$1,295	$1,203
Housing units	9,741	8,385
Homeownership rate	62.4%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmwood Park	Maywood
Population	24,468 → 23,982 (-2.0%)	23,578 → 23,173 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$59,963 → $84,121 (+40.3%)	$50,176 → $66,498 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$258,000 → $325,000 (+26.0%)	$151,300 → $212,600 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,120 → $1,295 (+15.6%)	$965 → $1,203 (+24.7%)

Elmwood Park

Population

24,46823,982

Median household income

$59,963$84,121

Median home value

$258,000$325,000

Median gross rent

$1,120$1,295

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)

	Elmwood Park	Maywood
Under 5	3.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.6%	20.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	11.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.3%
45 to 54	15.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	10.6%
65 to 74	9.1%	7.1%
75 and over	6.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmwood Park	Maywood
White (non-Hispanic)	55.0%	5.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	57.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	38.1%	33.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmwood Park	Maywood
No high school diploma	11.4%	20.8%
High school graduate	26.4%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmwood Park	Maywood
Drove alone	72.8%	69.6%
Carpooled	6.8%	10.4%
Public transit	6.8%	5.8%
Walked	1.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	11.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmwood Park	Maywood
1-unit, detached	51.4%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	21.2%
5 to 19 units	19.4%	8.5%
20 or more units	11.3%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Elmwood Park	Maywood
Poverty rate	6.7%	15.3%
Average household size	2.62	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1956	1938