One downside of living in Maywood is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Maywood, the average commute to work is 32.95 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the village, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. In addition, it is also a pedestrian-friendly village. Many of Maywood’s neighborhoods are dense enough and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.
For the size of the village, public transportation in Maywood is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For Maywood, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Maywood rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.47% of adults 25 and older in Maywood have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Maywood in 2018 was $26,418, which is low income relative to Illinois, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,672 for a family of four. However, Maywood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Maywood is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Maywood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Maywood residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Maywood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 30.49% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Maywood include Polish, German, Irish, Italian, and Belizean.
The most common language spoken in Maywood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
