Benld vs Shipman

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

Benld and Shipman 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 667 in Shipman). Shipman has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $45,667 in Benld). Shipman has the higher median home value ($92,500 vs $83,000 in Benld).

Population, income & housing

	Benld	Shipman
Population	1,535	667
Median age	40.4 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,667	$62,500
Median home value	$83,000	$92,500
Median gross rent	$832	$788
Housing units	886	248
Homeownership rate	68.8%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benld	Shipman
Population	1,507 → 1,535 (+1.9%)	607 → 667 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$41,893 → $45,667 (+9.0%)	$48,864 → $62,500 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $83,000 (+23.0%)	$92,900 → $92,500 (-0.4%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $832 (+12.4%)	$770 → $788 (+2.3%)

Benld

Population

1,5071,535

Median household income

$41,893$45,667

Median home value

$67,500$83,000

Median gross rent

$740$832

Shipman

Population

607667

Median household income

$48,864$62,500

Median home value

$92,900$92,500

Median gross rent

$770$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benld	Shipman
Under 5	3.6%	7.6%
5 to 17	17.3%	26.5%
18 to 24	10.9%	12.7%
25 to 34	9.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	17.9%	9.3%
45 to 54	7.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	5.7%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.0%
75 and over	9.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benld	Shipman
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	97.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.8%
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%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benld	Shipman
No high school diploma	10.9%	7.9%
High school graduate	41.1%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benld	Shipman
Drove alone	88.9%	89.0%
Carpooled	4.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benld	Shipman
1-unit, detached	89.3%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Benld	Shipman
Poverty rate	20.1%	12.1%
Average household size	2.38	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1944	1960