Bellflower vs Stanford

A side-by-side comparison of Bellflower and Stanford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stanford has the higher population (469 vs 410 in Bellflower). Stanford has the higher median household income ($83,173 vs $79,583 in Bellflower). Bellflower has the higher median home value ($117,600 vs $101,800 in Stanford).

Population, income & housing

	Bellflower	Stanford
Population	410	469
Median age	36.0 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$79,583	$83,173
Median home value	$117,600	$101,800
Median gross rent	$875	$1,375
Housing units	156	251
Homeownership rate	91.7%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellflower	Stanford
Population	431 → 410 (-4.9%)	669 → 469 (-29.9%)
Median household income	$55,250 → $79,583 (+44.0%)	$52,750 → $83,173 (+57.7%)
Median home value	$86,500 → $117,600 (+36.0%)	$87,800 → $101,800 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $875 (+11.7%)	$813 → $1,375 (+69.1%)

Bellflower

Population

431410

Median household income

$55,250$79,583

Median home value

$86,500$117,600

Median gross rent

$783$875

Stanford

Population

669469

Median household income

$52,750$83,173

Median home value

$87,800$101,800

Median gross rent

$813$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellflower	Stanford
Under 5	4.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	22.7%	19.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.4%	19.8%
35 to 44	14.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	7.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.4%	16.2%
65 to 74	9.5%	4.5%
75 and over	4.9%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellflower	Stanford
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellflower	Stanford
No high school diploma	5.0%	6.6%
High school graduate	42.5%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellflower	Stanford
Drove alone	81.8%	77.0%
Carpooled	11.5%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	4.7%	7.8%
Other means	1.0%	8.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellflower	Stanford
1-unit, detached	85.9%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellflower	Stanford
Poverty rate	5.4%	9.4%
Average household size	2.83	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1955	1945