Allenville vs Bethany

A side-by-side comparison of Allenville and Bethany: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bethany has the higher population (1,253 vs 120 in Allenville). Allenville has the higher median household income ($67,917 vs $50,139 in Bethany). Bethany has the higher median home value ($101,700 vs $85,000 in Allenville).

Population, income & housing

	Allenville	Bethany
Population	120	1,253
Median age	36.5 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,917	$50,139
Median home value	$85,000	$101,700
Median gross rent	—	$838
Housing units	56	599
Homeownership rate	79.2%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allenville	Bethany
Population	153 → 120 (-21.6%)	1,251 → 1,253 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$54,750 → $67,917 (+24.0%)	$46,938 → $50,139 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $85,000 (+15.5%)	$81,000 → $101,700 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $745 (-2.4%)	$635 → $838 (+32.0%)

Allenville

Population

153120

Median household income

$54,750$67,917

Median home value

$73,600$85,000

Median gross rent

$763$745

Bethany

Population

1,2511,253

Median household income

$46,938$50,139

Median home value

$81,000$101,700

Median gross rent

$635$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allenville	Bethany
Under 5	11.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.8%	18.8%
18 to 24	1.7%	10.5%
25 to 34	19.2%	14.0%
35 to 44	16.7%	7.3%
45 to 54	5.0%	13.7%
55 to 64	6.7%	12.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.8%
75 and over	12.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allenville	Bethany
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	97.1%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allenville	Bethany
No high school diploma	5.9%	5.9%
High school graduate	34.1%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allenville	Bethany
Drove alone	94.5%	91.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allenville	Bethany
1-unit, detached	58.9%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.1%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Allenville	Bethany
Poverty rate	5.8%	18.0%
Average household size	2.50	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1986	1960