Bay View Gardens vs Washburn

A side-by-side comparison of Bay View Gardens and Washburn: population, income, housing, and more.

Bay View Gardens and Washburn are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Washburn has the higher population (1,026 vs 287 in Bay View Gardens). Washburn has the higher median household income ($79,306 vs $46,875 in Bay View Gardens). Bay View Gardens has the higher median home value ($116,700 vs $90,700 in Washburn).

Population, income & housing

	Bay View Gardens	Washburn
Population	287	1,026
Median age	47.2 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,875	$79,306
Median home value	$116,700	$90,700
Median gross rent	$748	$900
Housing units	146	485
Homeownership rate	68.2%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay View Gardens	Washburn
Population	395 → 287 (-27.3%)	1,148 → 1,026 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$36,667 → $46,875 (+27.8%)	$52,586 → $79,306 (+50.8%)
Median home value	$102,400 → $116,700 (+14.0%)	$80,500 → $90,700 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $748 (+3.2%)	$756 → $900 (+19.0%)

Bay View Gardens

Population

395287

Median household income

$36,667$46,875

Median home value

$102,400$116,700

Median gross rent

$725$748

Washburn

Population

1,1481,026

Median household income

$52,586$79,306

Median home value

$80,500$90,700

Median gross rent

$756$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay View Gardens	Washburn
Under 5	8.0%	7.7%
5 to 17	8.4%	15.9%
18 to 24	4.2%	10.0%
25 to 34	18.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	9.4%	9.7%
45 to 54	7.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	23.0%	13.7%
65 to 74	16.7%	11.9%
75 and over	4.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay View Gardens	Washburn
White (non-Hispanic)	99.7%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay View Gardens	Washburn
No high school diploma	27.6%	6.3%
High school graduate	30.7%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay View Gardens	Washburn
Drove alone	92.0%	84.1%
Carpooled	2.4%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	2.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay View Gardens	Washburn
1-unit, detached	79.5%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Bay View Gardens	Washburn
Poverty rate	17.8%	9.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	39
Median year structure built	1965	1938