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Benton, AR

36,595 Population
23.1 square miles 1,583.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±2.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,819 ±$2,418 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: $38,553 ±$580
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,876 ±$5,151 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: $67,154 ±$1,069
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.1% ±1.8% (2,911  ±640) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 14.3% 105,816 (±0.6% / ±4,372)
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.2 minutes ±1.5 (407,575  ±31,592) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 23.4 7,397,990 (±0.3 / ±128,316)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

15,377 ±538 Number of households
  • the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 311,547 ±1,828
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (36,149  ±56) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 2.4 743,013 (±0 / ±165)
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.4% ±1.9% (510  ±179) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 5.2% 9,672 (±0.5% / ±944)
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

16,230 ±534 Number of housing units
  • the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 343,805 ±236
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$212,700 ±$9,270 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: $214,100 ±$3,365
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.3% ±2% (3,705  ±719.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 12.1% 90,439 (±0.5% / ±3,894.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.8% ±4.8% (23,366  ±1,341.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 92.3% 471,555 (±1.1% / ±5,645.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.3% ±2.9% (6,983  ±736.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 33.7% 172,030 (±0.7% / ±3,355.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • about 80 percent 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% ±1.2% (1,079  ±420) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 4.8% 36,531
  • about half the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.9% ±1.5% (2,493  ±433) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area: 8% 46,324 (±0.3% / ±1,433)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,493 Total veterans ±433 2,148 Male ±374 345 Female ±199

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