Bluford vs Woodlawn

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

Bluford 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 569 in Bluford). Woodlawn has the higher median household income ($70,455 vs $58,500 in Bluford). Woodlawn has the higher median home value ($130,500 vs $92,200 in Bluford).

Population, income & housing

	Bluford	Woodlawn
Population	569	646
Median age	34.3 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,500	$70,455
Median home value	$92,200	$130,500
Median gross rent	$810	$905
Housing units	249	293
Homeownership rate	76.1%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluford	Woodlawn
Population	715 → 569 (-20.4%)	643 → 646 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$47,292 → $58,500 (+23.7%)	$57,917 → $70,455 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $92,200 (+41.0%)	$83,900 → $130,500 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $810 (+2.8%)	$625 → $905 (+44.8%)

Bluford

Population

715569

Median household income

$47,292$58,500

Median home value

$65,400$92,200

Median gross rent

$788$810

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)

	Bluford	Woodlawn
Under 5	9.7%	8.7%
5 to 17	13.5%	19.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	3.3%
25 to 34	22.3%	13.6%
35 to 44	4.6%	13.0%
45 to 54	15.1%	9.1%
55 to 64	7.7%	15.8%
65 to 74	13.4%	9.4%
75 and over	8.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluford	Woodlawn
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.6%	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	2.1%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluford	Woodlawn
No high school diploma	8.9%	6.3%
High school graduate	44.0%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluford	Woodlawn
Drove alone	74.2%	92.5%
Carpooled	22.6%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluford	Woodlawn
1-unit, detached	78.3%	54.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	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	21.3%	30.4%

Poverty & households

	Bluford	Woodlawn
Poverty rate	17.2%	11.4%
Average household size	2.43	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1977	1985