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Benton township, Atchison County, KS

1,195 Population
60.2 square miles 19.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.1 ±7.4 Median age
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Atchison County: 36.1 ±0.9
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,988 ±$4,910 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Atchison County: $30,244 ±$2,108
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,122 ±$13,007 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Atchison County: $61,112 † ±$7,953
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.1% ±3% (84  ±40) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Atchison County: 13% † 1,891 (±3.5% / ±510)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.8 minutes ±3.2 (12,740  ±4,822) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Atchison County: 21.2 146,040 (±1.6 / ±13,955)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

557 ±130 Number of households
  • Atchison County: 5,735 ±259
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.7 (1,195  ±278) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Atchison County: 2.5 14,447 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11% ±13.4% (15  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Atchison County: 7.4% † 281 (±3.9% / ±150)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

596 ±130 Number of housing units
  • Atchison County: 6,817 ±24
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$103,800 ±$14,582 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Atchison County: $145,700 ±$14,278
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.9% ±12.5% (189  ±154.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Atchison County: 11.7% † 1,882 (±2.5% / ±405.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.4% ±31% (916  ±185.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Atchison County: 94.5% 9,300 (±5.8% / ±583.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
10.5% ±5% (98  ±52.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Atchison County: 21.8% † 2,149 (±3.1% / ±302.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.3% ±2% (28  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Atchison County: 2.1% 338
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.8% ±3.5% (49  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Atchison County: 6.4% † 811 (±1.4% / ±175)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
49 Total veterans ±37 49 Male ±37 N/A Female ±11

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