Benton vs Sesser

A side-by-side comparison of Benton and Sesser: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Benton has the higher population (7,076 vs 1,919 in Sesser). Sesser has the higher median household income ($52,326 vs $51,349 in Benton). Benton has the higher median home value ($85,100 vs $79,800 in Sesser).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Sesser
Population	7,076	1,919
Median age	42.2 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,349	$52,326
Median home value	$85,100	$79,800
Median gross rent	$776	$703
Housing units	3,488	852
Homeownership rate	62.9%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Sesser
Population	6,971 → 7,076 (+1.5%)	1,548 → 1,919 (+24.0%)
Median household income	$41,149 → $51,349 (+24.8%)	$53,631 → $52,326 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$72,300 → $85,100 (+17.7%)	$76,600 → $79,800 (+4.2%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $776 (+16.3%)	$700 → $703 (+0.4%)

Benton

Population

6,9717,076

Median household income

$41,149$51,349

Median home value

$72,300$85,100

Median gross rent

$667$776

Sesser

Population

1,5481,919

Median household income

$53,631$52,326

Median home value

$76,600$79,800

Median gross rent

$700$703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Sesser
Under 5	5.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.3%	11.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.1%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	14.3%	8.4%
75 and over	10.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Sesser
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	92.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Sesser
No high school diploma	14.5%	8.3%
High school graduate	30.0%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Sesser
Drove alone	72.7%	78.1%
Carpooled	14.9%	12.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	6.3%
Other means	1.6%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Sesser
1-unit, detached	74.8%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Sesser
Poverty rate	17.9%	15.2%
Average household size	2.25	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	23	34
Median year structure built	1958	1956