Bensenville vs Darien

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

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

Darien has the higher population (21,855 vs 18,576 in Bensenville). Darien has the higher median household income ($109,354 vs $78,298 in Bensenville). Darien has the higher median home value ($386,400 vs $259,300 in Bensenville).

Population, income & housing

	Bensenville	Darien
Population	18,576	21,855
Median age	37.0 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,298	$109,354
Median home value	$259,300	$386,400
Median gross rent	$1,374	$1,671
Housing units	7,206	9,101
Homeownership rate	50.8%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	51.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bensenville	Darien
Population	18,281 → 18,576 (+1.6%)	21,884 → 21,855 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$62,756 → $78,298 (+24.8%)	$96,275 → $109,354 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$217,300 → $259,300 (+19.3%)	$330,000 → $386,400 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,128 → $1,374 (+21.8%)	$1,201 → $1,671 (+39.1%)

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

Darien

Population

21,88421,855

Median household income

$96,275$109,354

Median home value

$330,000$386,400

Median gross rent

$1,201$1,671

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bensenville	Darien
Under 5	5.6%	4.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	14.3%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	15.3%
65 to 74	8.3%	13.9%
75 and over	6.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bensenville	Darien
White (non-Hispanic)	40.2%	73.6%
Black or African American	5.4%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	11.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	49.7%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bensenville	Darien
No high school diploma	20.3%	4.9%
High school graduate	30.3%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	31.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bensenville	Darien
Drove alone	76.2%	70.4%
Carpooled	8.5%	6.1%
Public transit	2.4%	2.6%
Walked	1.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.0%	19.0%
Other means	1.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bensenville	Darien
1-unit, detached	48.9%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	15.6%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	17.9%	8.2%
20 or more units	22.8%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Bensenville	Darien
Poverty rate	8.4%	3.8%
Average household size	2.69	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1970	1978