| Bensenville | |
| Official Name: | Village of Bensenville |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Seal Type: | logo |
| Motto: | Gateway to Opportunity |
| Mapsize: | 260px |
| Image Map1: | Illinois in United States (US48).svg |
| Map Caption1: | Location of Illinois in the United States |
| Coordinates: | 41.9581°N -87.9458°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Illinois |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | DuPage, Cook |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Addison, Leyden |
| Established Date: | 1884 |
| Government Type: | council–manager |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Title1: | Village President |
| Leader Name1: | Frank DeSimone |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 14.46 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 5.58 |
| Area Land Km2: | 14.33 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 5.53 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.13 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.05 |
| Elevation M: | 207 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 18813 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1313.23 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 3401.37 |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 60106[2] |
| Area Code: | 630 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 17-05248 |
Bensenville is a village located near O'Hare International Airport in DuPage County, Illinois, with a portion of the town in Cook County. As of the 2020 census, the village population was 18,813.
First known as Tioga, it was formally established as Bensenville in 1873 along the Milwaukee Road (now Canadian Pacific) right-of-way. The community is named after Bensen, Germany, a village in the municipality of Sudwalde.[3] [4] A post office was established in 1873, but because there was an existing "Benson", the suffix "ville" was added.[3]
The Edge Ice Arena is located in Bensenville, former home of the Chicago Steel junior ice hockey team.
The Churchville School in Bensenville is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Barker-Karpis Gang used a house on May Street to hide kidnap victims William Hamm, Jr in 1933 and Edward Bremer in 1934, who they had kidnapped from Saint Paul, Minnesota.[5] In 2007, homes and businesses were acquired by the City of Chicago for its O'Hare Modernization Program.
According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Bensenville has a total area of 5.58sqmi, of which 5.53sqmi (or 99.09%) is land and 0.05sqmi (or 0.91%) is water.[6]
Bensenville School District 100:
Bensenville School District 2:
Private:
As of the 2020 census[7] there were 18,813 people, 6,661 households, and 4,274 families residing in the village. The population density was 3370.9PD/sqmi. There were 6,864 housing units at an average density of 1229.89/sqmi. The racial makeup of the village was 46.19% White, 4.17% African American, 4.94% Asian, 2.23% Native American, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 25.73% from other races, and 16.74% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 51.55% of the population.
There were 6,661 households, out of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.30% were married couples living together, 12.73% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.84% were non-families. 29.43% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.48% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.40 and the average family size was 2.70.
The village's age distribution consisted of 23.2% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 25.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.3 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $64,401, and the median income for a family was $77,151. Males had a median income of $39,310 versus $32,728 for females. The per capita income for the village was $27,530. About 7.4% of families and 10.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.6% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over.
Bensenville has a station on Metra's Milwaukee District West Line, which provides daily rail service between Elgin and Chicago (at Union Station). From there, passengers can connect to Amtrak trains.
Pace provides bus service on Routes 223, 319 and 332 connecting Bensenville to Elmhurst, Rosemont, and other destinations.[8]
According to Bensenville's 2021 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,[9] the top employers in the village are:
| Employer |
| ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | US Foods | 400 | |
| 2 | Fortune Fish & Gourmet | 350 | |
| 3 | Chicago White Metal Casting | 325 | |
| 4 | Expeditors International | 300 | |
| 5 | Victor Envelope Manufacturing Co. | 220 | |
| 6 | Ewing-Doherty Mechanical Inc. | 200 | |
| 6 | UPS Freight Services | 200 | |
| 6 | Allmetal, Inc | 200 | |
| 6 | The Protectoseal Co. | 200 | |
| 10 | The Envelope Express, Inc. | 175 |
Bensenville is the site of Victory Auto Wreckers, a 71NaN1 auto recycling facility on Green Street which has repeatedly aired the "door-falling-off-the-car" commercial,[10] starring Bob Zajdel, on Chicago television stations since 1981.
Bensenville is mentioned by name in the movie Flatliners, and a scene was filmed at the old green house that was next to Blackhawk Junior High School in 1990.[11]
In the television series Boss, a multi-episode story arc involves the main character, Mayor of Chicago Tom Kane (Kelsey Grammer), being damaged by a scandal in which he authorized the dumping of carcinogenic chemicals that soak into the groundwater of Bensenville.