Maywood vs Melrose Park

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

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

Melrose Park has the higher population (24,513 vs 23,173 in Maywood). Maywood has the higher median household income ($66,498 vs $64,740 in Melrose Park). Melrose Park has the higher median home value ($265,000 vs $212,600 in Maywood).

Population, income & housing

	Maywood	Melrose Park
Population	23,173	24,513
Median age	35.1 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,498	$64,740
Median home value	$212,600	$265,000
Median gross rent	$1,203	$1,194
Housing units	8,385	8,947
Homeownership rate	60.5%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maywood	Melrose Park
Population	23,578 → 23,173 (-1.7%)	25,605 → 24,513 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$50,176 → $66,498 (+32.5%)	$50,870 → $64,740 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$151,300 → $212,600 (+40.5%)	$192,000 → $265,000 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$965 → $1,203 (+24.7%)	$995 → $1,194 (+20.0%)

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

Melrose Park

Population

25,60524,513

Median household income

$50,870$64,740

Median home value

$192,000$265,000

Median gross rent

$995$1,194

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maywood	Melrose Park
Under 5	5.6%	6.6%
5 to 17	20.6%	17.6%
18 to 24	11.0%	11.6%
25 to 34	12.8%	14.2%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	14.6%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.1%	6.9%
75 and over	5.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maywood	Melrose Park
White (non-Hispanic)	5.7%	16.8%
Black or African American	57.5%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	33.4%	77.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maywood	Melrose Park
No high school diploma	20.8%	29.5%
High school graduate	34.5%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maywood	Melrose Park
Drove alone	69.6%	74.4%
Carpooled	10.4%	15.1%
Public transit	5.8%	2.2%
Walked	2.3%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	4.9%
Other means	0.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maywood	Melrose Park
1-unit, detached	65.0%	42.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	21.2%	28.2%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	12.9%
20 or more units	3.8%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Maywood	Melrose Park
Poverty rate	15.3%	10.4%
Average household size	3.14	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1938	1957