Bensenville vs Hinsdale

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

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

Bensenville has the higher population (18,576 vs 17,155 in Hinsdale). Hinsdale has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $78,298 in Bensenville). Hinsdale has the higher median home value ($999,100 vs $259,300 in Bensenville).

Population, income & housing

	Bensenville	Hinsdale
Population	18,576	17,155
Median age	37.0 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,298	$250,001
Median home value	$259,300	$999,100
Median gross rent	$1,374	$1,981
Housing units	7,206	6,156
Homeownership rate	50.8%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	81.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bensenville	Hinsdale
Population	18,281 → 18,576 (+1.6%)	17,710 → 17,155 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$62,756 → $78,298 (+24.8%)	$203,368 → $250,001 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$217,300 → $259,300 (+19.3%)	$884,700 → $999,100 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,128 → $1,374 (+21.8%)	$1,879 → $1,981 (+5.4%)

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

Hinsdale

Population

17,71017,155

Median household income

$203,368$250,001

Median home value

$884,700$999,100

Median gross rent

$1,879$1,981

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bensenville	Hinsdale
Under 5	5.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	25.2%
18 to 24	10.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	12.4%	5.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	15.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.4%
75 and over	6.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bensenville	Hinsdale
White (non-Hispanic)	40.2%	72.5%
Black or African American	5.4%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	15.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	49.7%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bensenville	Hinsdale
No high school diploma	20.3%	2.5%
High school graduate	30.3%	6.0%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	10.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	45.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bensenville	Hinsdale
Drove alone	76.2%	46.3%
Carpooled	8.5%	6.6%
Public transit	2.4%	12.2%
Walked	1.1%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.0%	31.3%
Other means	1.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bensenville	Hinsdale
1-unit, detached	48.9%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	17.9%	1.9%
20 or more units	22.8%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Bensenville	Hinsdale
Poverty rate	8.4%	1.8%
Average household size	2.69	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1970	1979