Belgium vs Henning

A side-by-side comparison of Belgium and Henning: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belgium has the higher population (326 vs 245 in Henning). Henning has the higher median household income ($79,375 vs $61,591 in Belgium). Henning has the higher median home value ($77,200 vs $75,900 in Belgium).

Population, income & housing

	Belgium	Henning
Population	326	245
Median age	50.3 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$61,591	$79,375
Median home value	$75,900	$77,200
Median gross rent	$831	$950
Housing units	176	114
Homeownership rate	71.8%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	1.4%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belgium	Henning
Population	392 → 326 (-16.8%)	268 → 245 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$42,250 → $61,591 (+45.8%)	$65,625 → $79,375 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$71,500 → $75,900 (+6.2%)	$68,000 → $77,200 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $831 (+41.1%)	$646 → $950 (+47.1%)

Belgium

Population

392326

Median household income

$42,250$61,591

Median home value

$71,500$75,900

Median gross rent

$589$831

Henning

Population

268245

Median household income

$65,625$79,375

Median home value

$68,000$77,200

Median gross rent

$646$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belgium	Henning
Under 5	6.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	12.9%	15.5%
18 to 24	10.4%	19.6%
25 to 34	8.3%	3.7%
35 to 44	8.6%	24.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	23.3%	11.4%
65 to 74	10.7%	2.0%
75 and over	8.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belgium	Henning
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	91.8%
Black or African American	7.4%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belgium	Henning
No high school diploma	12.6%	11.5%
High school graduate	42.6%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	45.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	0.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belgium	Henning
Drove alone	87.6%	83.6%
Carpooled	4.8%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belgium	Henning
1-unit, detached	79.0%	99.1%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belgium	Henning
Poverty rate	12.9%	6.1%
Average household size	2.09	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1954	1938