Maywood

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Maywood

Total population

23,201

Median home value

$229,800

19.2%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$68,815

Maywood$69k

National$74k

Founded

1869

Land area7.04 km²

Weather51°F · Cloudy

Coordinates41.88°, -87.84°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

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.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Maywood, IL from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

D

Dirk Meyer

American businessman

John Hattendorf

American naval historian

Loïe Fuller

American dancer (1862–1928)

Sarah Wayne Callies

American actress and director

Melinda Culea

American actress and writer

Kathryn Hahn

American actress (born 1973)

Jonathan Franzen

American writer

John Lewis

American jazz pianist, composer and arranger (1920–2001)

Judy Baar Topinka

American politician (1944-2014)

H

Helen Lynd

American sociologist and social philosopher (1896-1982)

Tim Stapleton

American ice hockey player

Leona Woods

American nuclear physicist (1919–1986)

C

Carter Pann

American composer and composition professor

Brett Wysopal

American ice hockey player

Martin O'Donnell

American video game composer

M

Michael Colgrass

Canadian musician and composer (1932-2019)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Illinois

• Melrose Park
  1.9 mi away · pop. 24,549
• Berkeley
  3.5 mi away · pop. 5,199
• Brookfield
  3.8 mi away · pop. 19,331
• Lyons
  4.9 mi away · pop. 10,339
• Cicero
  5 mi away · pop. 82,093
• Oak Brook
  6.4 mi away · pop. 8,056
• Addison
  9.2 mi away · pop. 35,489
• Glen Ellyn
  11.3 mi away · pop. 28,390
• Elk Grove Village
  11.5 mi away · pop. 31,987
• Glendale Heights
  12.3 mi away · pop. 32,808
• Oak Lawn
  12.4 mi away · pop. 56,861
• Palos Hills
  12.4 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Maywood

Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary

Anonymous · 2018

The Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary

Anonymous · 2018

Unto the least of these

Esther Gerberding Hunt · 1939

Perspectives in hemostasis

Jawed Fareed · 1981

Maywood

Illinois. · 1869

Wholesale price list

Maywood Nursery Company · 1914

Amended zoning ordinance of the village of Maywood, Cook County, Illinois

Maywood (Ill.) · 1952

Village of Maywood commercial development assessment

Robert Mier · 1994

Search results from Open Library.

Nearest stream gauge

Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-09-17 07:00 UTC.