Belle Rive vs Woodlawn

A side-by-side comparison of Belle Rive and Woodlawn: population, income, housing, and more.

Belle Rive and Woodlawn are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Woodlawn has the higher population (646 vs 380 in Belle Rive). Woodlawn has the higher median household income ($70,455 vs $55,577 in Belle Rive). Woodlawn has the higher median home value ($130,500 vs $82,500 in Belle Rive).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Rive	Woodlawn
Population	380	646
Median age	38.3 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,577	$70,455
Median home value	$82,500	$130,500
Median gross rent	$497	$905
Housing units	191	293
Homeownership rate	68.5%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Rive	Woodlawn
Population	288 → 380 (+31.9%)	643 → 646 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$48,194 → $55,577 (+15.3%)	$57,917 → $70,455 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$66,800 → $82,500 (+23.5%)	$83,900 → $130,500 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $497 (-17.2%)	$625 → $905 (+44.8%)

Belle Rive

Population

288380

Median household income

$48,194$55,577

Median home value

$66,800$82,500

Median gross rent

$600$497

Woodlawn

Population

643646

Median household income

$57,917$70,455

Median home value

$83,900$130,500

Median gross rent

$625$905

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Rive	Woodlawn
Under 5	6.6%	8.7%
5 to 17	12.4%	19.7%
18 to 24	11.1%	3.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	13.6%
35 to 44	17.4%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	9.1%
55 to 64	10.5%	15.8%
65 to 74	5.3%	9.4%
75 and over	10.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Rive	Woodlawn
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Rive	Woodlawn
No high school diploma	5.3%	6.3%
High school graduate	38.3%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	44.7%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Rive	Woodlawn
Drove alone	91.9%	92.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Rive	Woodlawn
1-unit, detached	74.9%	54.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.1%	30.4%

Poverty & households

	Belle Rive	Woodlawn
Poverty rate	6.9%	11.4%
Average household size	2.07	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1977	1985