Bement is home to 1,792 people in Illinois. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 15% of adults. The typical home is worth $99,300, having risen by half since 2000. 81% of homes are owner-occupied. The foreign-born share is 3%. There are 2,303 people per square mile.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $76,250, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.2
US median: 38.9
Less educated
15% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 13%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Bement
What changed most since 1990
White share99.7% → 94.6%(−5.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree9.2% → 14.9%(+5.7 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Bement's population equals 11% of Piatt County's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 4.6% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 18% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)40.9%(45)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)9.1%(10)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era30%(33)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.7%(3)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 110 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Bement, decade by decade
Bement population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
1,668
$65,491
$99,363
9.2%
0.7
2000
1,784
$73,163
$113,489
12.2%
4.6
2010
1,730
$66,484
$116,380
11.0%
7.1
2020
1,484
$58,077
$107,265
12.9%
15.9
2024
1,792
$76,250
$99,300
14.9%
13.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
