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Benton, KS

896 Population
1.4 square miles 641.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±4.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 36.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$49,681 ±$7,303 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $36,529 ±$685
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$89,531 ±$12,949 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $68,930 ±$1,090
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

1.8% ±2.1% (16  ±19) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 13.1% 83,265 (±0.6% / ±3,516)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

20.1 minutes ±8.4 (8,735  ±2,108) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 20.4 5,832,255 (±0.3 / ±92,228)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

371 ±81 Number of households
  • the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 252,501 ±1,469
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.4 ±0.7 (896  ±180) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 2.5 635,795 (±0 / ±160)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

2.3% ±2.2% (6  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 6% 8,907 (±0.5% / ±722)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

392 ±81 Number of housing units
  • the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 277,986 ±148
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$179,600 ±$28,819 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $188,200 ±$2,384
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

8.3% ±5.5% (74  ±50.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 15.1% 97,054 (±0.6% / ±4,051)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

95.3% ±24.4% (662  ±112.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 90.3% 384,731 (±1.1% / ±4,586.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
39% ±9.8% (271  ±85.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 31.5% 134,300 (±0.6% / ±2,630)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

7.9% ±8% (71  ±73) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 7.5% 48,338
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

7.9% ±2.8% (58  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 7.2% 34,853 (±0.3% / ±1,347)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
58 Total veterans ±23 46 Male ±21 12 Female ±12

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