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Benton, KS

909 Population
1.4 square miles 650.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 36.5 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$48,818 ±$7,163 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $35,104 ±$693
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$88,611 ±$7,982 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $66,643 ±$1,041
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

4.8% ±4.3% (44  ±40) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 12.8% 81,155 (±0.6% / ±4,042)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

20.3 minutes ±6.9 (9,235  ±1,893) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 20.3 5,844,495 (±0.3 / ±90,169)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

372 ±63 Number of households
  • the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 249,468 ±1,437
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.4 ±0.6 (909  ±152) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 2.5 634,327 (±0 / ±193)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

2.2% ±2.5% (6  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 6.2% 9,205 (±0.5% / ±758)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

392 ±68 Number of housing units
  • the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 276,052 ±181
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$169,300 ±$22,030 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $173,400 ±$2,284
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

11.9% ±5.9% (107  ±56.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 16.3% 104,059 (±0.6% / ±3,912.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

95.4% ±22.9% (656  ±,104.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 90.3% 382,155 (±1% / ±4,375.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
35.9% ±9% (247  ±76.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 31.4% 133,094 (±0.6% / ±2,638.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)

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

5% ±5.7% (45  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 7.5% 48,221
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

10.8% ±4.5% (81  ±36) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 7.6% 36,685 (±0.3% / ±1,454)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
81 Total veterans ±36 66 Male ±34 15 Female ±10

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