Benld vs Brighton

A side-by-side comparison of Benld and Brighton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brighton has the higher population (2,536 vs 1,535 in Benld). Brighton has the higher median household income ($74,327 vs $45,667 in Benld). Brighton has the higher median home value ($123,000 vs $83,000 in Benld).

Population, income & housing

	Benld	Brighton
Population	1,535	2,536
Median age	40.4 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,667	$74,327
Median home value	$83,000	$123,000
Median gross rent	$832	$955
Housing units	886	985
Homeownership rate	68.8%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benld	Brighton
Population	1,507 → 1,535 (+1.9%)	2,272 → 2,536 (+11.6%)
Median household income	$41,893 → $45,667 (+9.0%)	$63,906 → $74,327 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $83,000 (+23.0%)	$102,700 → $123,000 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $832 (+12.4%)	$715 → $955 (+33.6%)

Benld

Population

1,5071,535

Median household income

$41,893$45,667

Median home value

$67,500$83,000

Median gross rent

$740$832

Brighton

Population

2,2722,536

Median household income

$63,906$74,327

Median home value

$102,700$123,000

Median gross rent

$715$955

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benld	Brighton
Under 5	3.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	20.3%
18 to 24	10.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.0%	13.1%
35 to 44	17.9%	16.4%
45 to 54	7.7%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.0%
75 and over	9.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benld	Brighton
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	96.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.6%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benld	Brighton
No high school diploma	10.9%	8.4%
High school graduate	41.1%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benld	Brighton
Drove alone	88.9%	82.3%
Carpooled	4.0%	6.0%
Public transit	0.6%	1.6%
Walked	0.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benld	Brighton
1-unit, detached	89.3%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Benld	Brighton
Poverty rate	20.1%	12.7%
Average household size	2.38	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1944	1973