Bensenville vs Bloomingdale

A side-by-side comparison of Bensenville and Bloomingdale: population, income, housing, and more.

Bensenville and Bloomingdale are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bloomingdale has the higher population (22,388 vs 18,576 in Bensenville). Bloomingdale has the higher median household income ($98,891 vs $78,298 in Bensenville). Bloomingdale has the higher median home value ($363,100 vs $259,300 in Bensenville).

Population, income & housing

	Bensenville	Bloomingdale
Population	18,576	22,388
Median age	37.0 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,298	$98,891
Median home value	$259,300	$363,100
Median gross rent	$1,374	$1,607
Housing units	7,206	9,350
Homeownership rate	50.8%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bensenville	Bloomingdale
Population	18,281 → 18,576 (+1.6%)	22,027 → 22,388 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$62,756 → $78,298 (+24.8%)	$86,350 → $98,891 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$217,300 → $259,300 (+19.3%)	$302,400 → $363,100 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,128 → $1,374 (+21.8%)	$1,399 → $1,607 (+14.9%)

Bensenville

Population

18,28118,576

Median household income

$62,756$78,298

Median home value

$217,300$259,300

Median gross rent

$1,128$1,374

Bloomingdale

Population

22,02722,388

Median household income

$86,350$98,891

Median home value

$302,400$363,100

Median gross rent

$1,399$1,607

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bensenville	Bloomingdale
Under 5	5.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.8%	14.8%
18 to 24	10.1%	5.5%
25 to 34	12.4%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.2%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.3%	14.1%
75 and over	6.2%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bensenville	Bloomingdale
White (non-Hispanic)	40.2%	68.8%
Black or African American	5.4%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.2%	14.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	49.7%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bensenville	Bloomingdale
No high school diploma	20.3%	7.2%
High school graduate	30.3%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bensenville	Bloomingdale
Drove alone	76.2%	75.0%
Carpooled	8.5%	4.1%
Public transit	2.4%	2.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	16.7%
Other means	1.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bensenville	Bloomingdale
1-unit, detached	48.9%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	23.5%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	17.9%	12.3%
20 or more units	22.8%	13.3%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Bensenville	Bloomingdale
Poverty rate	8.4%	6.8%
Average household size	2.69	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1970	1981