Benld vs Mount Olive

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

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

Mount Olive has the higher population (1,979 vs 1,535 in Benld). Mount Olive has the higher median household income ($55,139 vs $45,667 in Benld). Mount Olive has the higher median home value ($96,600 vs $83,000 in Benld).

Population, income & housing

	Benld	Mount Olive
Population	1,535	1,979
Median age	40.4 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,667	$55,139
Median home value	$83,000	$96,600
Median gross rent	$832	$698
Housing units	886	1,057
Homeownership rate	68.8%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benld	Mount Olive
Population	1,507 → 1,535 (+1.9%)	2,062 → 1,979 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$41,893 → $45,667 (+9.0%)	$50,865 → $55,139 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $83,000 (+23.0%)	$73,700 → $96,600 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $832 (+12.4%)	$690 → $698 (+1.2%)

Benld

Population

1,5071,535

Median household income

$41,893$45,667

Median home value

$67,500$83,000

Median gross rent

$740$832

Mount Olive

Population

2,0621,979

Median household income

$50,865$55,139

Median home value

$73,700$96,600

Median gross rent

$690$698

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benld	Mount Olive
Under 5	3.6%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.3%	11.3%
18 to 24	10.9%	11.6%
25 to 34	9.0%	3.3%
35 to 44	17.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	7.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	15.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	19.7%
75 and over	9.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benld	Mount Olive
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	96.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benld	Mount Olive
No high school diploma	10.9%	7.2%
High school graduate	41.1%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benld	Mount Olive
Drove alone	88.9%	96.8%
Carpooled	4.0%	1.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benld	Mount Olive
1-unit, detached	89.3%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Benld	Mount Olive
Poverty rate	20.1%	14.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1944	1949