Maywood vs Morton Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Maywood and Morton Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Morton Grove has the higher population (24,687 vs 23,173 in Maywood). Morton Grove has the higher median household income ($106,078 vs $66,498 in Maywood). Morton Grove has the higher median home value ($377,000 vs $212,600 in Maywood).

Population, income & housing

	Maywood	Morton Grove
Population	23,173	24,687
Median age	35.1 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,498	$106,078
Median home value	$212,600	$377,000
Median gross rent	$1,203	$2,210
Housing units	8,385	9,546
Homeownership rate	60.5%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	52.1%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maywood	Morton Grove
Population	23,578 → 23,173 (-1.7%)	23,089 → 24,687 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$50,176 → $66,498 (+32.5%)	$85,360 → $106,078 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$151,300 → $212,600 (+40.5%)	$317,200 → $377,000 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$965 → $1,203 (+24.7%)	$1,823 → $2,210 (+21.2%)

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

Morton Grove

Population

23,08924,687

Median household income

$85,360$106,078

Median home value

$317,200$377,000

Median gross rent

$1,823$2,210

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maywood	Morton Grove
Under 5	5.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	20.6%	17.4%
18 to 24	11.0%	4.6%
25 to 34	12.8%	8.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	15.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	14.9%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.1%	13.6%
75 and over	5.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maywood	Morton Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	5.7%	53.2%
Black or African American	57.5%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	31.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	33.4%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maywood	Morton Grove
No high school diploma	20.8%	10.4%
High school graduate	34.5%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maywood	Morton Grove
Drove alone	69.6%	67.4%
Carpooled	10.4%	9.9%
Public transit	5.8%	4.4%
Walked	2.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.8%	15.6%
Other means	0.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maywood	Morton Grove
1-unit, detached	65.0%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	21.2%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	2.2%
20 or more units	3.8%	15.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maywood	Morton Grove
Poverty rate	15.3%	7.7%
Average household size	3.14	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1938	1960