Maywood is a medium-sized borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 10,023 people and three associated neighborhoods, Maywood is the 194th largest community in New Jersey.

Housing costs in Maywood are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New Jersey.

Also of interest is that Maywood 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: 12.62% 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.

Even though Maywood is a smaller borough, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.

The education level of Maywood ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Maywood, 43.54% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Maywood in 2022 was $53,876, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $215,504 for a family of four.

Maywood is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. 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 White, followed by Asian. Maywood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 26.17% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Maywood include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Maywood's cultural character, accounting for 25.64% of the borough’s population.

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