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Benton, KS

927 Population
1.4 square miles 667.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±4.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,037 ±$8,148 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $37,675 ±$755
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$88,750 ±$13,241 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $70,655 ±$965
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.8% ±2.1% (26  ±20) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 13% 82,874 (±0.6% / ±4,096)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.4 minutes ±9.7 (8,755  ±2,537) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 20 5,720,855 (±0.3 / ±94,528)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

381 ±74 Number of households
  • the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 254,776 ±1,415
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (927  ±191) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 2.5 638,783 (±0 / ±171)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.2% ±2.5% (5  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 6% 9,087 (±0.6% / ±843)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

401 ±76 Number of housing units
  • the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 280,193 ±143
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$196,400 ±$22,532 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $201,200 ±$3,148
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.9% ±5.4% (100  ±53.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 14.4% 92,841 (±0.6% / ±3,553.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.6% ±24.9% (654  ±104.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 90.4% 389,070 (±1.1% / ±4,586.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
41.8% ±7% (286  ±75.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 31.8% 136,780 (±0.6% / ±2,473.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

6.4% ±6.2% (59  ±59) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 7.6% 49,648
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.9% ±2.8% (58  ±24) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 7.1% 34,534 (±0.3% / ±1,232)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
58 Total veterans ±24 49 Male ±22 9 Female ±9

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