Benton vs Zeigler

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

Benton and Zeigler 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 1,325 in Zeigler). Benton has the higher median household income ($51,349 vs $39,148 in Zeigler). Benton has the higher median home value ($85,100 vs $52,000 in Zeigler).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Zeigler
Population	7,076	1,325
Median age	42.2 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,349	$39,148
Median home value	$85,100	$52,000
Median gross rent	$776	$694
Housing units	3,488	760
Homeownership rate	62.9%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Zeigler
Population	6,971 → 7,076 (+1.5%)	1,801 → 1,325 (-26.4%)
Median household income	$41,149 → $51,349 (+24.8%)	$43,188 → $39,148 (-9.4%)
Median home value	$72,300 → $85,100 (+17.7%)	$52,800 → $52,000 (-1.5%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $776 (+16.3%)	$548 → $694 (+26.6%)

Benton

Population

6,9717,076

Median household income

$41,149$51,349

Median home value

$72,300$85,100

Median gross rent

$667$776

Zeigler

Population

1,8011,325

Median household income

$43,188$39,148

Median home value

$52,800$52,000

Median gross rent

$548$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Zeigler
Under 5	5.6%	2.4%
5 to 17	17.4%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	14.5%
35 to 44	10.6%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	15.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	13.7%
65 to 74	14.3%	11.5%
75 and over	10.3%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Zeigler
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	97.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Zeigler
No high school diploma	14.5%	12.6%
High school graduate	30.0%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Zeigler
Drove alone	72.7%	80.2%
Carpooled	14.9%	12.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	2.7%
Other means	1.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Zeigler
1-unit, detached	74.8%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Zeigler
Poverty rate	17.9%	16.7%
Average household size	2.25	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1958	1938