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Benton township, Atchison County, KS

931 Population
60.2 square miles 15.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.1 ±9.9 Median age
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Atchison County: 36.4 ±1.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$35,655 ±$5,493 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Atchison County: $29,910 ±$1,995
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$62,857 ±$19,521 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Atchison County: $62,164 † ±$6,647
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

4% ±2.1% (37  ±22) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Atchison County: 12.8% † 1,871 (±2.5% / ±367)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

26.5 minutes ±3.9 (10,990  ±5,409) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Atchison County: 21.6 152,145 (±1.7 / ±14,461)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

446 ±134 Number of households
  • Atchison County: 5,876 ±232
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.1 ±0.2 (931  ±289) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Atchison County: 2.5 14,440 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

7.8% ±15% (9  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Atchison County: 8.2% † 323 (±3% / ±119)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

485 ±138 Number of housing units
  • Atchison County: 6,811 ±24
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$104,700 ±$13,185 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Atchison County: $147,900 † ±$15,632
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

13.1% ±8.5% (121  ±87.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Atchison County: 11.1% † 1,778 (±2.4% / ±377.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

97.2% ±38% (727  ±172.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Atchison County: 94.3% 9,385 (±5.7% / ±573.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
9.4% ±5.5% (70  ±46.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Atchison County: 22.9% † 2,281 (±3.1% / ±306.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.2% ±2.3% (20  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Atchison County: 2.4% 386
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

2.1% ±1.4% (17  ±13) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Atchison County: 6.3% † 797 (±1.2% / ±157)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
17 Total veterans ±13 17 Male ±13 N/A Female ±11

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