Bellevue vs Elmwood

A side-by-side comparison of Bellevue and Elmwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elmwood has the higher population (2,254 vs 2,158 in Bellevue). Elmwood has the higher median household income ($87,644 vs $60,769 in Bellevue). Elmwood has the higher median home value ($144,600 vs $130,300 in Bellevue).

Population, income & housing

	Bellevue	Elmwood
Population	2,158	2,254
Median age	45.2 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,769	$87,644
Median home value	$130,300	$144,600
Median gross rent	$748	$761
Housing units	1,024	952
Homeownership rate	71.3%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellevue	Elmwood
Population	2,008 → 2,158 (+7.5%)	2,367 → 2,254 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$46,094 → $60,769 (+31.8%)	$68,194 → $87,644 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $130,300 (+58.9%)	$138,100 → $144,600 (+4.7%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $748 (+15.6%)	$639 → $761 (+19.1%)

Bellevue

Population

2,0082,158

Median household income

$46,094$60,769

Median home value

$82,000$130,300

Median gross rent

$647$748

Elmwood

Population

2,3672,254

Median household income

$68,194$87,644

Median home value

$138,100$144,600

Median gross rent

$639$761

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellevue	Elmwood
Under 5	3.2%	9.3%
5 to 17	21.4%	22.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.1%	6.7%
35 to 44	7.6%	18.9%
45 to 54	23.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	8.5%
65 to 74	8.0%	8.0%
75 and over	6.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellevue	Elmwood
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	92.5%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellevue	Elmwood
No high school diploma	11.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	45.0%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellevue	Elmwood
Drove alone	66.4%	70.6%
Carpooled	16.1%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	7.9%
Bicycle	4.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellevue	Elmwood
1-unit, detached	69.1%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellevue	Elmwood
Poverty rate	9.7%	11.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1974	1940