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Benton, KY

4,748 Population
5.1 square miles 931.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±5.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Marshall County: 45.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,643 ±$3,585 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Marshall County: $34,734 ±$1,869
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,827 ±$18,749 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Marshall County: $65,831 ±$6,084
  • a little higher than the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.4% ±6.8% (505  ±300) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Marshall County: 12.3% † 3,806 (±2% / ±631)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.2 minutes ±5.1 (55,625  ±13,236) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Marshall County: 23.7 300,290 (±1.5 / ±22,839)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,938 ±234 Number of households
  • Marshall County: 13,209 ±432
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (4,434  ±28) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Marshall County: 2.4 31,202 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.2% ±1.2% (12  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Marshall County: 5% † 323 (±2.9% / ±191)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,142 ±238 Number of housing units
  • Marshall County: 16,572 ±32
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$157,000 ±$16,689 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Marshall County: $173,800 ±$13,742
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.6% ±6.9% (789  ±328) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Marshall County: 10.6% † 3,335 (±2% / ±634.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.7% ±12.6% (3,272  ±497.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Marshall County: 91.4% 21,123 (±4.6% / ±1,062.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.2% ±6.3% (689  ±222.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Marshall County: 21.2% † 4,905 (±2.2% / ±500.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)
  • about three-fifths 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

2.4% ±1.1% (116  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Marshall County: 0.9% 293
  • about half the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±3.8% (263  ±145) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Marshall County: 7.4% † 1,879 (±1% / ±240)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
263 Total veterans ±145 203 Male ±133 60 Female ±62

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