Bonfield vs Sammons Point

A side-by-side comparison of Bonfield and Sammons Point: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bonfield has the higher population (474 vs 191 in Sammons Point). Bonfield has the higher median household income ($86,667 vs $81,250 in Sammons Point). Bonfield has the higher median home value ($190,800 vs $178,800 in Sammons Point).

Population, income & housing

	Bonfield	Sammons Point
Population	474	191
Median age	42.3 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,667	$81,250
Median home value	$190,800	$178,800
Median gross rent	$825	—
Housing units	200	75
Homeownership rate	80.3%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonfield	Sammons Point
Population	437 → 474 (+8.5%)	286 → 191 (-33.2%)
Median household income	$71,705 → $86,667 (+20.9%)	$67,500 → $81,250 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$162,100 → $190,800 (+17.7%)	$122,100 → $178,800 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $825 (+20.4%)	$1,094 → $1,348 (+23.2%)

Bonfield

Population

437474

Median household income

$71,705$86,667

Median home value

$162,100$190,800

Median gross rent

$685$825

Sammons Point

Population

286191

Median household income

$67,500$81,250

Median home value

$122,100$178,800

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,348

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonfield	Sammons Point
Under 5	4.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	21.9%	18.3%
18 to 24	5.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	18.4%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.7%	15.2%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.4%
75 and over	7.6%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonfield	Sammons Point
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonfield	Sammons Point
No high school diploma	8.3%	13.5%
High school graduate	36.8%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonfield	Sammons Point
Drove alone	68.7%	74.4%
Carpooled	4.9%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	8.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	1.2%
Other means	8.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonfield	Sammons Point
1-unit, detached	89.0%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Bonfield	Sammons Point
Poverty rate	2.3%	12.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1959	1961