Bement vs Cerro Gordo

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

Bement and Cerro Gordo 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 1,426 in Cerro Gordo). Bement has the higher median household income ($79,583 vs $69,118 in Cerro Gordo). Cerro Gordo has the higher median home value ($108,000 vs $101,200 in Bement).

Population, income & housing

	Bement	Cerro Gordo
Population	1,664	1,426
Median age	39.4 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$79,583	$69,118
Median home value	$101,200	$108,000
Median gross rent	$772	$875
Housing units	719	566
Homeownership rate	82.9%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bement	Cerro Gordo
Population	1,456 → 1,664 (+14.3%)	1,501 → 1,426 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$46,094 → $79,583 (+72.7%)	$55,089 → $69,118 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$91,400 → $101,200 (+10.7%)	$92,100 → $108,000 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $772 (+14.0%)	$650 → $875 (+34.6%)

Bement

Population

1,4561,664

Median household income

$46,094$79,583

Median home value

$91,400$101,200

Median gross rent

$677$772

Cerro Gordo

Population

1,5011,426

Median household income

$55,089$69,118

Median home value

$92,100$108,000

Median gross rent

$650$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bement	Cerro Gordo
Under 5	4.6%	7.7%
5 to 17	16.4%	23.8%
18 to 24	10.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.1%	10.7%
35 to 44	14.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	15.3%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	9.6%
65 to 74	9.2%	5.8%
75 and over	5.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bement	Cerro Gordo
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	93.8%
Black or African American	1.6%	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	0.2%	2.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bement	Cerro Gordo
No high school diploma	1.9%	2.4%
High school graduate	46.4%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bement	Cerro Gordo
Drove alone	81.0%	85.5%
Carpooled	10.1%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	8.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bement	Cerro Gordo
1-unit, detached	88.9%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Bement	Cerro Gordo
Poverty rate	5.7%	11.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1957	1960