Bement vs Monticello

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

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

Monticello has the higher population (6,332 vs 1,664 in Bement). Monticello has the higher median household income ($88,611 vs $79,583 in Bement). Monticello has the higher median home value ($196,000 vs $101,200 in Bement).

Population, income & housing

	Bement	Monticello
Population	1,664	6,332
Median age	39.4 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$79,583	$88,611
Median home value	$101,200	$196,000
Median gross rent	$772	$1,030
Housing units	719	2,817
Homeownership rate	82.9%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bement	Monticello
Population	1,456 → 1,664 (+14.3%)	5,695 → 6,332 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$46,094 → $79,583 (+72.7%)	$75,274 → $88,611 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$91,400 → $101,200 (+10.7%)	$163,000 → $196,000 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $772 (+14.0%)	$972 → $1,030 (+6.0%)

Bement

Population

1,4561,664

Median household income

$46,094$79,583

Median home value

$91,400$101,200

Median gross rent

$677$772

Monticello

Population

5,6956,332

Median household income

$75,274$88,611

Median home value

$163,000$196,000

Median gross rent

$972$1,030

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bement	Monticello
Under 5	4.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.4%	14.7%
18 to 24	10.6%	5.1%
25 to 34	11.1%	14.8%
35 to 44	14.9%	12.7%
45 to 54	15.3%	7.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	17.0%
65 to 74	9.2%	12.4%
75 and over	5.2%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bement	Monticello
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	94.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bement	Monticello
No high school diploma	1.9%	4.1%
High school graduate	46.4%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bement	Monticello
Drove alone	81.0%	90.7%
Carpooled	10.1%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	7.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bement	Monticello
1-unit, detached	88.9%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Bement	Monticello
Poverty rate	5.7%	6.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1957	1976