Mapleton vs Norwood

A side-by-side comparison of Mapleton and Norwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Norwood has the higher population (501 vs 294 in Mapleton). Norwood has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $65,729 in Mapleton). Mapleton has the higher median home value ($108,700 vs $93,500 in Norwood).

Population, income & housing

	Mapleton	Norwood
Population	294	501
Median age	40.2 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,729	$68,750
Median home value	$108,700	$93,500
Median gross rent	$570	$1,000
Housing units	130	217
Homeownership rate	77.9%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mapleton	Norwood
Population	284 → 294 (+3.5%)	483 → 501 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $65,729 (+25.2%)	$58,750 → $68,750 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$105,900 → $108,700 (+2.6%)	$98,900 → $93,500 (-5.5%)
Median gross rent	$462 → $570 (+23.4%)	$980 → $1,000 (+2.0%)

Mapleton

Population

284294

Median household income

$52,500$65,729

Median home value

$105,900$108,700

Median gross rent

$462$570

Norwood

Population

483501

Median household income

$58,750$68,750

Median home value

$98,900$93,500

Median gross rent

$980$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mapleton	Norwood
Under 5	2.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	27.2%	26.5%
18 to 24	3.1%	3.8%
25 to 34	8.8%	6.8%
35 to 44	15.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.8%
55 to 64	16.7%	19.6%
65 to 74	13.6%	8.0%
75 and over	1.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mapleton	Norwood
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	79.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	18.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mapleton	Norwood
No high school diploma	4.0%	9.9%
High school graduate	46.7%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mapleton	Norwood
Drove alone	72.1%	66.8%
Carpooled	19.1%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	21.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mapleton	Norwood
1-unit, detached	89.2%	99.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Mapleton	Norwood
Poverty rate	5.2%	12.7%
Average household size	2.41	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1967	1957