Bay View Gardens vs Benson

A side-by-side comparison of Bay View Gardens and Benson: population, income, housing, and more.

Bay View Gardens and Benson are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Benson has the higher population (482 vs 287 in Bay View Gardens). Benson has the higher median household income ($74,886 vs $46,875 in Bay View Gardens). Benson has the higher median home value ($118,200 vs $116,700 in Bay View Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Bay View Gardens	Benson
Population	287	482
Median age	47.2 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,875	$74,886
Median home value	$116,700	$118,200
Median gross rent	$748	$975
Housing units	146	215
Homeownership rate	68.2%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bay View Gardens	Benson
Population	395 → 287 (-27.3%)	540 → 482 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$36,667 → $46,875 (+27.8%)	$65,242 → $74,886 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$102,400 → $116,700 (+14.0%)	$101,700 → $118,200 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $748 (+3.2%)	$692 → $975 (+40.9%)

Bay View Gardens

Population

395287

Median household income

$36,667$46,875

Median home value

$102,400$116,700

Median gross rent

$725$748

Benson

Population

540482

Median household income

$65,242$74,886

Median home value

$101,700$118,200

Median gross rent

$692$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bay View Gardens	Benson
Under 5	8.0%	2.3%
5 to 17	8.4%	13.5%
18 to 24	4.2%	11.0%
25 to 34	18.5%	8.5%
35 to 44	9.4%	14.1%
45 to 54	7.7%	13.9%
55 to 64	23.0%	16.4%
65 to 74	16.7%	12.4%
75 and over	4.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bay View Gardens	Benson
White (non-Hispanic)	99.7%	97.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bay View Gardens	Benson
No high school diploma	27.6%	4.0%
High school graduate	30.7%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bay View Gardens	Benson
Drove alone	92.0%	87.2%
Carpooled	2.4%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	2.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bay View Gardens	Benson
1-unit, detached	79.5%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bay View Gardens	Benson
Poverty rate	17.8%	5.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1965	1954