Bensenville vs Roselle

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

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

Roselle has the higher population (22,731 vs 18,576 in Bensenville). Roselle has the higher median household income ($109,118 vs $78,298 in Bensenville). Roselle has the higher median home value ($318,000 vs $259,300 in Bensenville).

Population, income & housing

	Bensenville	Roselle
Population	18,576	22,731
Median age	37.0 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,298	$109,118
Median home value	$259,300	$318,000
Median gross rent	$1,374	$1,496
Housing units	7,206	8,841
Homeownership rate	50.8%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bensenville	Roselle
Population	18,281 → 18,576 (+1.6%)	22,754 → 22,731 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$62,756 → $78,298 (+24.8%)	$90,257 → $109,118 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$217,300 → $259,300 (+19.3%)	$256,800 → $318,000 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,128 → $1,374 (+21.8%)	$1,431 → $1,496 (+4.5%)

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

Roselle

Population

22,75422,731

Median household income

$90,257$109,118

Median home value

$256,800$318,000

Median gross rent

$1,431$1,496

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bensenville	Roselle
Under 5	5.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.8%	15.4%
18 to 24	10.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.4%	10.8%
35 to 44	13.5%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.3%
75 and over	6.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bensenville	Roselle
White (non-Hispanic)	40.2%	78.5%
Black or African American	5.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	8.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	49.7%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bensenville	Roselle
No high school diploma	20.3%	7.5%
High school graduate	30.3%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bensenville	Roselle
Drove alone	76.2%	76.6%
Carpooled	8.5%	5.1%
Public transit	2.4%	2.6%
Walked	1.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.0%	14.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bensenville	Roselle
1-unit, detached	48.9%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	15.7%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	17.9%	8.3%
20 or more units	22.8%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Bensenville	Roselle
Poverty rate	8.4%	3.6%
Average household size	2.69	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1970	1977