Benson vs Goodfield

A side-by-side comparison of Benson and Goodfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Goodfield has the higher population (986 vs 482 in Benson). Goodfield has the higher median household income ($110,417 vs $74,886 in Benson). Goodfield has the higher median home value ($254,100 vs $118,200 in Benson).

Population, income & housing

	Benson	Goodfield
Population	482	986
Median age	45.5 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,886	$110,417
Median home value	$118,200	$254,100
Median gross rent	$975	$1,107
Housing units	215	370
Homeownership rate	96.1%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benson	Goodfield
Population	540 → 482 (-10.7%)	948 → 986 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$65,242 → $74,886 (+14.8%)	$96,563 → $110,417 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$101,700 → $118,200 (+16.2%)	$205,600 → $254,100 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $975 (+40.9%)	$613 → $1,107 (+80.6%)

Benson

Population

540482

Median household income

$65,242$74,886

Median home value

$101,700$118,200

Median gross rent

$692$975

Goodfield

Population

948986

Median household income

$96,563$110,417

Median home value

$205,600$254,100

Median gross rent

$613$1,107

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benson	Goodfield
Under 5	2.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	13.5%	19.0%
18 to 24	11.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	8.5%	7.7%
35 to 44	14.1%	9.8%
45 to 54	13.9%	15.4%
55 to 64	16.4%	16.3%
65 to 74	12.4%	11.0%
75 and over	7.9%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benson	Goodfield
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	94.2%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benson	Goodfield
No high school diploma	4.0%	2.1%
High school graduate	40.2%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	42.8%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benson	Goodfield
Drove alone	87.2%	86.9%
Carpooled	4.9%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	5.3%	4.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benson	Goodfield
1-unit, detached	97.2%	94.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Benson	Goodfield
Poverty rate	5.0%	2.4%
Average household size	2.37	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1954	1992