Bement vs Hammond

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

Bement and Hammond 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 602 in Hammond). Bement has the higher median household income ($79,583 vs $73,571 in Hammond). Hammond has the higher median home value ($104,700 vs $101,200 in Bement).

Population, income & housing

	Bement	Hammond
Population	1,664	602
Median age	39.4 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$79,583	$73,571
Median home value	$101,200	$104,700
Median gross rent	$772	$608
Housing units	719	297
Homeownership rate	82.9%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	19.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bement	Hammond
Population	1,456 → 1,664 (+14.3%)	482 → 602 (+24.9%)
Median household income	$46,094 → $79,583 (+72.7%)	$42,206 → $73,571 (+74.3%)
Median home value	$91,400 → $101,200 (+10.7%)	$80,700 → $104,700 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $772 (+14.0%)	$625 → $608 (-2.7%)

Bement

Population

1,4561,664

Median household income

$46,094$79,583

Median home value

$91,400$101,200

Median gross rent

$677$772

Hammond

Population

482602

Median household income

$42,206$73,571

Median home value

$80,700$104,700

Median gross rent

$625$608

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bement	Hammond
Under 5	4.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	19.8%
18 to 24	10.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	19.3%
35 to 44	14.9%	3.7%
45 to 54	15.3%	15.3%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.3%
65 to 74	9.2%	12.6%
75 and over	5.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bement	Hammond
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	97.2%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bement	Hammond
No high school diploma	1.9%	12.3%
High school graduate	46.4%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bement	Hammond
Drove alone	81.0%	87.8%
Carpooled	10.1%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	3.6%
Other means	0.9%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bement	Hammond
1-unit, detached	88.9%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bement	Hammond
Poverty rate	5.7%	3.8%
Average household size	2.48	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	38
Median year structure built	1957	1962