Benld vs Bunker Hill

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

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

Benld has the higher population (1,535 vs 1,305 in Bunker Hill). Bunker Hill has the higher median household income ($72,893 vs $45,667 in Benld). Bunker Hill has the higher median home value ($133,700 vs $83,000 in Benld).

Population, income & housing

	Benld	Bunker Hill
Population	1,535	1,305
Median age	40.4 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,667	$72,893
Median home value	$83,000	$133,700
Median gross rent	$832	$925
Housing units	886	632
Homeownership rate	68.8%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benld	Bunker Hill
Population	1,507 → 1,535 (+1.9%)	1,711 → 1,305 (-23.7%)
Median household income	$41,893 → $45,667 (+9.0%)	$51,750 → $72,893 (+40.9%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $83,000 (+23.0%)	$95,100 → $133,700 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $832 (+12.4%)	$679 → $925 (+36.2%)

Benld

Population

1,5071,535

Median household income

$41,893$45,667

Median home value

$67,500$83,000

Median gross rent

$740$832

Bunker Hill

Population

1,7111,305

Median household income

$51,750$72,893

Median home value

$95,100$133,700

Median gross rent

$679$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benld	Bunker Hill
Under 5	3.6%	7.8%
5 to 17	17.3%	14.6%
18 to 24	10.9%	5.1%
25 to 34	9.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	17.9%	16.4%
45 to 54	7.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.8%
75 and over	9.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benld	Bunker Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	95.3%
Black or African American	1.3%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benld	Bunker Hill
No high school diploma	10.9%	10.5%
High school graduate	41.1%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benld	Bunker Hill
Drove alone	88.9%	82.4%
Carpooled	4.0%	5.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benld	Bunker Hill
1-unit, detached	89.3%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Benld	Bunker Hill
Poverty rate	20.1%	8.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1944	1962