Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Maywood grades D overall, 714th among Illinois's 767 graded towns, mostly because of schools and health. Its public schools trail 83% of Illinois towns on state tests and graduation. Residents are less healthy than 77% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. In its favor, it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 97% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings include Richard Cluever House and Jacob Bohlander House. Maywood’s average trip to work is 34 minutes, against 26 minutes in Illinois’ towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Maywood's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 86% of U.S. towns.
Where Maywood beats most towns.
Richard Cluever House
Walter Burley Griffin
Its 17 National Register listings are more than in 95% of Illinois towns with a listing.
Census counts: 716 in 1880, 23,512 in 2020. The archive holds 24 old photos and papers going back to 1872 and 7 maps from 1891 on.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Maywood is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Maywood. Close and well known come first.
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw15 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw11 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearSoldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Maywood, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Maywood.
All 6 graded neighbors score healthier than its C−, from Bellwood (C+) to River Forest (A+).
36% of Maywood adults worry about having enough food. Maywood beats the Illinois average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 22. 39% of Maywood adults feel lonely.
| Maywood | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 13% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 33% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 35% | 36% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Maywood | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.6% | 7.6% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 15.4% | 17.8% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 35.6% | 15.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 70% of U.S. communities. Since 1982, 30 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Maywood.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Maywood has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 42 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Maywood for work: only 4% work in town. 16% of residents live below the poverty line in Maywood. Jobs based in Maywood grew to 13,344 in 2023, 2,760 more than in 2013.
| Maywood | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $69,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Work from home | 13% | 11% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical Maywood home is worth about $258,000, up 8.9% in a year, 13% below the Illinois typical home.
| Maywood | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 60% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,209 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
0.6 miles of trail in 7 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Maywood Grove Preserve, at 23 acres.
| Maywood | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.4% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Maywood Park | 0.3 mi | 13 |
| 2. Maywood Grove Preserve | 0.1 mi | 23 |
| 3. Winfield Scott Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
60 within 15 miles of the center of Maywood
About 7 of every 100 Maywood residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
17 places in Maywood on the National Register of Historic Places.
35 notable people were born in Maywood.
Village in Illinois, United States
Maywood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, in the Chicago metropolitan area. It was founded on April 6, 1869, and organized October 22, 1881. The population was 23,512 at the 2020 census.
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7 towns share a border with Maywood.
All 6 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its D; Bellwood (C−) is closest. River Forest next door grades higher for schools (A+ to Maywood’s C−) and lower for cost of living (D to C).
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maywood | #714 | D | C | — | C− | C− |
| Forest Park | #593 | C | C− | D | C+ | A |
| River Forest · River Forest Township | #241 | A− | D | C+ | A+ | A+ |
| Proviso Township | #512 | C+ | C | — | C | B+ |
| Broadview | #564 | C+ | C+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| Melrose Park | #670 | C− | C | C | C− | C+ |
| Bellwood | #682 | C− | C | C+ | D | C+ |
Maywood, Proviso Township and Broadview report no FBI crime data of their own. River Forest Township and River Forest are one community, graded once. Compare Maywood with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Maywood grades D overall, better than 10% of U.S. towns and #714 of 767 in Illinois. It grades C− for health and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
That is 2.8 years of the area's median household income ($90,887 across the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
35 notable people were born here, including Walter Burley Griffin and Dennis Franz.
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