With 18,603 people, Bensenville is a city in Illinois. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 19% of adults. The foreign-born share is 29%. 51% of homes are owner-occupied. Density works out to 3,363 people per square mile. The typical home is worth $272,000, having risen by half since 2000.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $79,515, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.9
US median: 38.9
Less educated
19% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Bensenville
What changed most since 1990
Hispanic share19.0% → 48.5%(+29.5 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
White share73.7% → 40.6%(−33.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree15.8% → 19.4%(+3.6 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Bensenville's population equals 2.0% of DuPage County's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 0.7% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 3.5% 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)22.5%(105)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)10.9%(51)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era38.2%(178)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War7.9%(37)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.1%(5)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 466 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
Bensenville, decade by decade
Bensenville 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
17,767
$87,960
$256,807
15.8%
52.1
2000
20,703
$99,575
$278,531
19.1%
73.2
2010
18,352
$75,525
$371,583
16.0%
73.0
2020
18,813
$78,057
$265,558
23.8%
73.6
2024
18,603
$79,515
$272,000
19.4%
74.4
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.
