Atwood vs Bement

A side-by-side comparison of Atwood and Bement: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bement has the higher population (1,664 vs 976 in Atwood). Bement has the higher median household income ($79,583 vs $58,875 in Atwood). Atwood has the higher median home value ($119,500 vs $101,200 in Bement).

Population, income & housing

	Atwood	Bement
Population	976	1,664
Median age	38.6 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,875	$79,583
Median home value	$119,500	$101,200
Median gross rent	$743	$772
Housing units	501	719
Homeownership rate	83.8%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atwood	Bement
Population	946 → 976 (+3.2%)	1,456 → 1,664 (+14.3%)
Median household income	$41,741 → $58,875 (+41.0%)	$46,094 → $79,583 (+72.7%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $119,500 (+39.3%)	$91,400 → $101,200 (+10.7%)
Median gross rent	$587 → $743 (+26.6%)	$677 → $772 (+14.0%)

Atwood

Population

946976

Median household income

$41,741$58,875

Median home value

$85,800$119,500

Median gross rent

$587$743

Bement

Population

1,4561,664

Median household income

$46,094$79,583

Median home value

$91,400$101,200

Median gross rent

$677$772

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atwood	Bement
Under 5	6.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	19.1%	16.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	10.6%
25 to 34	7.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	18.9%	14.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	15.3%
55 to 64	9.9%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.2%
75 and over	10.5%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atwood	Bement
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atwood	Bement
No high school diploma	4.3%	1.9%
High school graduate	49.9%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atwood	Bement
Drove alone	79.8%	81.0%
Carpooled	3.3%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.1%	5.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atwood	Bement
1-unit, detached	90.6%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Atwood	Bement
Poverty rate	7.4%	5.7%
Average household size	2.23	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1963	1957