Benld vs Girard

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

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

Girard has the higher population (1,740 vs 1,535 in Benld). Benld has the higher median household income ($45,667 vs $40,250 in Girard). Girard has the higher median home value ($96,300 vs $83,000 in Benld).

Population, income & housing

	Benld	Girard
Population	1,535	1,740
Median age	40.4 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$45,667	$40,250
Median home value	$83,000	$96,300
Median gross rent	$832	$775
Housing units	886	855
Homeownership rate	68.8%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benld	Girard
Population	1,507 → 1,535 (+1.9%)	1,894 → 1,740 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$41,893 → $45,667 (+9.0%)	$44,469 → $40,250 (-9.5%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $83,000 (+23.0%)	$69,200 → $96,300 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $832 (+12.4%)	$756 → $775 (+2.5%)

Benld

Population

1,5071,535

Median household income

$41,893$45,667

Median home value

$67,500$83,000

Median gross rent

$740$832

Girard

Population

1,8941,740

Median household income

$44,469$40,250

Median home value

$69,200$96,300

Median gross rent

$756$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benld	Girard
Under 5	3.6%	6.6%
5 to 17	17.3%	15.6%
18 to 24	10.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	9.0%	15.8%
35 to 44	17.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	7.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.4%	16.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	12.2%
75 and over	9.2%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benld	Girard
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	94.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benld	Girard
No high school diploma	10.9%	14.8%
High school graduate	41.1%	51.3%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benld	Girard
Drove alone	88.9%	79.4%
Carpooled	4.0%	4.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benld	Girard
1-unit, detached	89.3%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Benld	Girard
Poverty rate	20.1%	30.3%
Average household size	2.38	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1944	1955