Bensenville vs Villa Park

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

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

Villa Park has the higher population (22,456 vs 18,576 in Bensenville). Villa Park has the higher median household income ($94,698 vs $78,298 in Bensenville). Villa Park has the higher median home value ($313,100 vs $259,300 in Bensenville).

Population, income & housing

	Bensenville	Villa Park
Population	18,576	22,456
Median age	37.0 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,298	$94,698
Median home value	$259,300	$313,100
Median gross rent	$1,374	$1,398
Housing units	7,206	8,841
Homeownership rate	50.8%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bensenville	Villa Park
Population	18,281 → 18,576 (+1.6%)	21,916 → 22,456 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$62,756 → $78,298 (+24.8%)	$77,739 → $94,698 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$217,300 → $259,300 (+19.3%)	$245,800 → $313,100 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,128 → $1,374 (+21.8%)	$1,161 → $1,398 (+20.4%)

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

Villa Park

Population

21,91622,456

Median household income

$77,739$94,698

Median home value

$245,800$313,100

Median gross rent

$1,161$1,398

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bensenville	Villa Park
Under 5	5.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.8%	16.1%
18 to 24	10.1%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	14.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.2%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.3%	7.7%
75 and over	6.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bensenville	Villa Park
White (non-Hispanic)	40.2%	63.0%
Black or African American	5.4%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	49.7%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bensenville	Villa Park
No high school diploma	20.3%	7.5%
High school graduate	30.3%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bensenville	Villa Park
Drove alone	76.2%	67.2%
Carpooled	8.5%	7.2%
Public transit	2.4%	3.6%
Walked	1.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.0%	19.3%
Other means	1.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bensenville	Villa Park
1-unit, detached	48.9%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	17.9%	13.7%
20 or more units	22.8%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bensenville	Villa Park
Poverty rate	8.4%	4.2%
Average household size	2.69	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1970	1958