Bellwood is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 18,132 people and four associated neighborhoods, Bellwood is the 134th largest community in Illinois.

Also of interest is that Bellwood has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.94% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In Bellwood, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Bellwood is a relatively small village. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

The percentage of adults in Bellwood who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.16% of the adults in Bellwood have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Bellwood in 2022 was $31,431, which is lower middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $125,724 for a family of four. However, Bellwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Bellwood is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Bellwood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bellwood residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Bellwood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.04% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bellwood include Irish, Jamaican, Polish, Nigerian, and German.

The most common language spoken in Bellwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.