Bellmont vs Keensburg

A side-by-side comparison of Bellmont and Keensburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bellmont has the higher population (227 vs 149 in Keensburg). Keensburg has the higher median household income ($73,906 vs $43,250 in Bellmont). Keensburg has the higher median home value ($80,600 vs $47,000 in Bellmont).

Population, income & housing

	Bellmont	Keensburg
Population	227	149
Median age	47.3 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,250	$73,906
Median home value	$47,000	$80,600
Median gross rent	$840	—
Housing units	139	78
Homeownership rate	75.9%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellmont	Keensburg
Population	234 → 227 (-3.0%)	82 → 149 (+81.7%)
Median household income	$38,125 → $43,250 (+13.4%)	$74,375 → $73,906 (-0.6%)
Median home value	$46,000 → $47,000 (+2.2%)	$58,800 → $80,600 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $840 (+29.2%)	—

Bellmont

Population

234227

Median household income

$38,125$43,250

Median home value

$46,000$47,000

Median gross rent

$650$840

Keensburg

Population

82149

Median household income

$74,375$73,906

Median home value

$58,800$80,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellmont	Keensburg
Under 5	0.9%	8.7%
5 to 17	21.1%	0.7%
18 to 24	10.6%	3.4%
25 to 34	8.8%	17.4%
35 to 44	7.9%	8.1%
45 to 54	13.7%	18.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	21.5%
65 to 74	11.9%	16.1%
75 and over	11.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellmont	Keensburg
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellmont	Keensburg
No high school diploma	5.2%	16.9%
High school graduate	44.4%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	48.4%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree	1.3%	0.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellmont	Keensburg
Drove alone	90.0%	87.0%
Carpooled	3.8%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellmont	Keensburg
1-unit, detached	63.3%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	36.7%	34.6%

Poverty & households

	Bellmont	Keensburg
Poverty rate	22.5%	4.0%
Average household size	2.10	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	37	19
Median year structure built	1968	1957