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Benton township, Hocking County, OH

1,010 Population
37.7 square miles 26.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.5 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hocking County: 42.6 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$42,008 ±$8,197 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Hocking County: $32,104 ±$1,613
  • a little higher than the amount in Ohio: $39,455 ±$153
$80,662 ±$77,259 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Hocking County: $61,366 ±$3,711
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $69,680 ±$287

16.7% ±13.7% (169  ±152) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Hocking County: 17.1% † 4,723 (±3% / ±835)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 13.2% 1,519,610 (±0.2% / ±19,289)

33.2 minutes ±6.2 (18,000  ±8,730) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hocking County: 31.1 360,720 (±1.5 / ±23,751)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Ohio: 23.6 116,848,390 (±0.1 / ±534,046)

Families

403 ±139 Number of households
  • Hocking County: 11,565 ±286
  • Ohio: 4,829,571 ±8,204
2.5 ±0.3 (1,010  ±371) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Hocking County: 2.4 27,725 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,487,883

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

Housing

432 ±145 Number of housing units
  • Hocking County: 13,014 ±43
  • Ohio: 5,271,573 ±770

$162,300 ±$38,605 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Hocking County: $172,300 ±$9,718
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ohio: $199,200 ±$485

2% ±3.8% (20  ±39.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Hocking County: 8.6% † 2,387 (±2.2% / ±604.5)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Ohio: 12.4% 1,448,007 (±0.2% / ±16,933.5)

Social

69.1% ±36.9% (616  ±216.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hocking County: 88.1% 17,478 (±3.9% / ±788.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio: 91.6% 7,442,790 (±0.3% / ±21,127)
1.4% ±4.4% (12  ±39.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Hocking County: 14.4% † 2,848 (±1.8% / ±358.9)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Ohio: 31% 2,514,129 (±0.2% / ±13,218.6)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

1.2% ±2% (11  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Hocking County: 7.1% † 1,559 (±1.2% / ±260)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Ohio: 6.8% 626,617 (±0.1% / ±5,437)
11 Total veterans ±19 11 Male ±19 N/A Female ±13

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