Bentley vs Pontoosuc

A side-by-side comparison of Bentley and Pontoosuc: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pontoosuc has the higher population (104 vs 15 in Bentley). Since 2019, Pontoosuc's population has grown faster (+19.5% vs -21.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Bentley	Pontoosuc
Population	15	104
Median age	69.3 yrs	53.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$54,375
Median home value	—	$63,300
Housing units	10	68
Homeownership rate	100.0%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	5.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bentley	Pontoosuc
Population	19 → 15 (-21.1%)	87 → 104 (+19.5%)
Median household income	$86,250 → $46,250 (-46.4%)	$40,000 → $54,375 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $45,000 (-30.8%)	$66,300 → $63,300 (-4.5%)

Bentley

Population

1915

Median household income

$86,250$46,250

Median home value

$65,000$45,000

Pontoosuc

Population

87104

Median household income

$40,000$54,375

Median home value

$66,300$63,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bentley	Pontoosuc
Under 5	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	15.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	3.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	17.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	3.8%
55 to 64	6.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	40.0%	22.1%
75 and over	26.7%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bentley	Pontoosuc
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bentley	Pontoosuc
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.4%
High school graduate	6.7%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	66.7%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	26.7%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bentley	Pontoosuc
Drove alone	60.0%	69.4%
Carpooled	20.0%	30.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	20.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bentley	Pontoosuc
1-unit, detached	100.0%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	35.3%

Poverty & households

	Bentley	Pontoosuc
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.9%
Average household size	1.50	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	1943	1972