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Benson, AZ

5,331 Population
41.6 square miles 128 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.5 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 42.9 ±0.5
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Arizona: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$30,646 ±$4,069 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: $32,708 ±$1,039
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arizona: $40,736 ±$241
$48,854 ±$11,276 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: $58,970 ±$1,831
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arizona: $76,872 ±$414

14.2% ±5% (752  ±265) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 15.5% 18,544 (±1.1% / ±1,364)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 12.8% 907,125 (±0.2% / ±14,212)

27.3 minutes ±2.8 (43,015  ±10,393) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 22.8 937,035 (±0.9 / ±46,617)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arizona: 25.5 70,317,520 (±0.1 / ±410,503)

Families

2,393 ±212 Number of households
  • the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 50,476 ±767
  • Arizona: 2,796,790 ±6,018
2.2 ±0.2 (5,303  ±22) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 2.4 119,401 (±0 / ±203)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,105,986

8.6% ±7.2% (73  ±63) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 5.6% † 1,344 (±1.2% / ±282)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arizona: 5.3% 87,489 (±0.2% / ±3,122)

Housing

3,171 ±252 Number of housing units
  • the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 59,312 ±114
  • Arizona: 3,142,443 ±466

$145,700 ±$35,716 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: $207,400 ±$5,633
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Arizona: $358,900 ±$1,200

13.2% ±5.9% (692  ±311.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 13.8% 17,087 (±1.2% / ±1,541.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 14.9% 1,069,460 (±0.2% / ±13,475.1)

Social

88.3% ±8.2% (3,612  ±422.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 89.2% 79,635 (±2.3% / ±2,044.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 89.1% 4,446,105 (±0.3% / ±16,725.9)
24.7% ±5.5% (1,012  ±235.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 27.7% 24,687 (±1.3% / ±1,177.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arizona: 32.6% 1,627,462 (±0.2% / ±10,137.6)

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

3.5% ±2% (186  ±108) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 10.7% 13,411
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Arizona: 12.9% 935,586

17.4% ±5% (767  ±225) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 18.2% 17,297 (±1% / ±929)
  • more than double the rate in Arizona: 8.1% 459,818 (±0.1% / ±4,961)
767 Total veterans ±225 744 Male ±213 23 Female ±28

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