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A village of 18,256 people in Illinois
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Map of Bellwood: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Conserved land1.9%29 of 1,525 acres
Trails0.5 mi0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves52 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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About Bellwood

Village in Illinois, United States
18,789Population
2.4 sq miArea

Bellwood is a village in Proviso Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States. Located 13 miles (21 km) west of Chicago's downtown Loop, the Village of Bellwood is bounded by the Eisenhower Expressway (south), the Proviso yards of the former Chicago & Northwestern, now Union Pacific Railroad (north), and the suburbs of Maywood (east) and Hillside and Berkeley (west). The population was 18,789 at the 2020 census.

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ZIP code60104
Area code708
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Housing in Bellwood

$261K▲ 6% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Bellwood home is worth about $261,000, up 6% in a year, 12% below the Illinois typical home.

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Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market77
Sale-to-list97.4%
Sold in May9
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Safety in Bellwood

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Safety Grade C+

Bellwood reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 61% report less.

Violent crime per 1,000
Bellwood 2.6
Illinois 2.6
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Bellwood 10.3
Illinois 15.6
U.S. 15.5
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