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Benson town, Hamilton County, NY

345 Population
82.6 square miles 4.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.1 ±6.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Hamilton County: 57.2 ±0.7
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$36,621 ±$6,222 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hamilton County: $41,820 ±$2,898
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$65,568 ±$11,238 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Hamilton County: $68,950 † ±$7,533
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

8.1% ±6.7% (28  ±24) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hamilton County: 10% † 506 (±2.8% / ±141)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

28.4 minutes ±11.9 (3,240  ±948) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Hamilton County: 22.2 † 42,475 (±3.6 / ±4,469)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

141 ±30 Number of households
  • Hamilton County: 2,111 ±148
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.5 ±0.3 (345  ±82) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Hamilton County: 2.3 4,900 (±0.2 / ±13)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

223 ±39 Number of housing units
  • Hamilton County: 7,893 ±31
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$204,800 ±$22,088 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hamilton County: $242,000 ±$20,679
  • about half the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

2.3% ±7.5% (8  ±26) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Hamilton County: 9.1% † 460 (±1.9% / ±94.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

95.1% ±30.7% (251  ±54.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hamilton County: 89.3% 3,693 (±6.1% / ±250.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
21.2% ±8.4% (56  ±25.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hamilton County: 26.9% † 1,112 (±3.1% / ±127.1)
  • about half the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

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

1.7% ±1.7% (6  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Hamilton County: 1.2% 63
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

7.5% ±3.3% (20  ±10) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hamilton County: 9.3% † 411 (±1.5% / ±66)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
20 Total veterans ±10 20 Male ±10 N/A Female ±13

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