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Benton township, Pike County, OH

1,273 Population
38.5 square miles 33 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.7 ±9.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pike County: 41.1 ±1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$26,267 ±$12,017 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pike County: $31,082 † ±$4,183
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $39,455 ±$153
$31,931 ±$6,074 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pike County: $49,552 † ±$5,436
  • about half the amount in Ohio: $69,680 ±$287

23.7% ±15.2% (302  ±211) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pike County: 19.9% † 5,309 (±3.5% / ±928)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 13.2% 1,519,610 (±0.2% / ±19,289)

47.9 minutes ±10.1 (18,195  ±9,670) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Pike County: 27.8 263,295 (±1.6 / ±22,996)
  • about double the figure in Ohio: 23.6 116,848,390 (±0.1 / ±534,046)

Families

596 ±159 Number of households
  • Pike County: 10,816 ±296
  • Ohio: 4,829,571 ±8,204
2.1 ±0.2 (1,273  ±354) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pike County: 2.5 26,680 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,487,883

8% ±11.6% (27  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pike County: 6.4% † 365 (±2.2% / ±124)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 145,745 (±0.1% / ±3,112)

Housing

618 ±164 Number of housing units
  • Pike County: 12,071 ±22
  • Ohio: 5,271,573 ±770

$73,900 ±$43,151 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Pike County: $148,500 ±$13,430
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Ohio: $199,200 ±$485

9.7% ±10% (121  ±130) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pike County: 7.3% † 1,945 (±1.8% / ±486.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ohio: 12.4% 1,448,007 (±0.2% / ±16,933.5)

Social

70.9% ±9.7% (647  ±208.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pike County: 85.6% 15,913 (±4.2% / ±774.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio: 91.6% 7,442,790 (±0.3% / ±21,127)
N/A Bachelor's degree or higher

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

N/A Foreign-born population

6.9% ±5.7% (74  ±64) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pike County: 8.5% † 1,766 (±1.6% / ±330)
  • about the same as the rate in Ohio: 6.8% 626,617 (±0.1% / ±5,437)
74 Total veterans ±64 74 Male ±64 N/A Female ±13

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