Leonia vs Maywood

A side-by-side comparison of Leonia and Maywood: population, income, housing, and more.

Leonia and Maywood are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Maywood has the higher population (10,042 vs 9,300 in Leonia). Maywood has the higher median household income ($119,306 vs $116,429 in Leonia). Leonia has the higher median home value ($634,500 vs $495,700 in Maywood).

Population, income & housing

	Leonia	Maywood
Population	9,300	10,042
Median age	46.4 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$116,429	$119,306
Median home value	$634,500	$495,700
Median gross rent	$2,149	$1,932
Housing units	3,565	3,908
Homeownership rate	69.9%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.5%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leonia	Maywood
Population	9,086 → 9,300 (+2.4%)	9,661 → 10,042 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$102,250 → $116,429 (+13.9%)	$94,317 → $119,306 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$506,100 → $634,500 (+25.4%)	$389,300 → $495,700 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,444 → $2,149 (+48.8%)	$1,601 → $1,932 (+20.7%)

Leonia

Population

9,0869,300

Median household income

$102,250$116,429

Median home value

$506,100$634,500

Median gross rent

$1,444$2,149

Maywood

Population

9,66110,042

Median household income

$94,317$119,306

Median home value

$389,300$495,700

Median gross rent

$1,601$1,932

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leonia	Maywood
Under 5	5.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	12.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	9.3%	13.4%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	15.7%	15.3%
55 to 64	17.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	13.1%
75 and over	8.3%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leonia	Maywood
White (non-Hispanic)	32.1%	48.8%
Black or African American	2.6%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	38.2%	17.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	22.6%	26.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leonia	Maywood
No high school diploma	7.9%	6.4%
High school graduate	11.6%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leonia	Maywood
Drove alone	57.6%	65.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.4%
Public transit	12.6%	11.0%
Walked	3.4%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	12.6%
Other means	3.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leonia	Maywood
1-unit, detached	61.0%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	22.6%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	2.6%
20 or more units	7.3%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Leonia	Maywood
Poverty rate	3.4%	2.8%
Average household size	2.77	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1946	1952