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Benson, AZ

5,417 Population
41.6 square miles 130.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.6 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 43 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Arizona: 39 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,633 ±$3,158 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: $33,002 ±$997
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arizona: $42,503 ±$233
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,346 ±$8,101 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: $59,742 ±$1,950
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arizona: $79,964 ±$407
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.1% ±4.3% (645  ±228) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 15.4% 18,446 (±1.1% / ±1,307)
  • a little less than the rate in Arizona: 12.5% 901,451 (±0.2% / ±13,962)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.3 minutes ±2.8 (53,480  ±11,705) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 23.4 946,885 (±1 / ±49,540)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Arizona: 25.4 70,165,550 (±0.1 / ±476,728)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,395 ±235 Number of households
  • the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 50,982 ±672
  • Arizona: 2,856,081 ±6,374
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (5,331  ±19) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 2.4 119,771 (±0 / ±215)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,217,416
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.3% ±9.5% (81  ±85) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 3.5% † 841 (±0.9% / ±223)
  • nearly double the rate in Arizona: 5.1% 86,027 (±0.2% / ±2,866)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,226 ±289 Number of housing units
  • the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 59,666 ±115
  • Arizona: 3,192,839 ±631
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$148,900 ±$35,505 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: $218,300 ±$5,622
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Arizona: $394,500 ±$1,474
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13% ±6.6% (692  ±352.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 13.8% 17,230 (±1.2% / ±1,500.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arizona: 14.3% 1,044,527 (±0.2% / ±12,863)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.2% ±8.6% (3,459  ±438.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 89.3% 80,164 (±2.3% / ±2,060.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Arizona: 89.4% 4,547,940 (±0.4% / ±17,663)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.2% ±5.6% (1,010  ±238.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 28.1% 25,223 (±1.4% / ±1,257.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arizona: 33.3% 1,696,340 (±0.2% / ±11,215.8)
  • about two-thirds 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

3.5% ±1.9% (191  ±104) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 11.3% 14,221
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Arizona: 13% 957,784
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

16.4% ±4.4% (718  ±196) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metro Area: 17.4% 16,707 (±1% / ±966)
  • more than double the rate in Arizona: 7.9% 452,729 (±0.1% / ±5,969)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
718 Total veterans ±196 682 Male ±192 36 Female ±38

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