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Benton, LA

2,548 Population
2.5 square miles 1,012.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±7.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 38.6 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,305 ±$4,097 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: $34,556 ±$1,179
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,143 ±$8,011 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: $55,925 ±$1,490
  • a little less than the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.9% ±9.1% (608  ±258) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 20.2% 76,342 (±1.1% / ±4,043)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.9 minutes ±2.6 (24,490  ±6,788) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 21.7 3,278,790 (±0.4 / ±81,118)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

952 ±175 Number of households
  • the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 157,101 ±1,217
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (2,548  ±477) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 2.4 378,765 (±0 / ±120)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.3% ±2.2% (16  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 4.3% † 3,878 (±0.6% / ±550)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,045 ±160 Number of housing units
  • the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 182,052 ±94
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$201,000 ±$21,688 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: $191,600 ±$4,275
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.7% ±6.2% (220  ±163.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 12.6% 48,224 (±0.9% / ±3,507.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.5% ±24% (1,531  ±260) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 88.8% 233,321 (±1.5% / ±4,025.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20% ±6.6% (331  ±127.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 26.1% 68,586 (±0.9% / ±2,283.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • 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

1.9% ±1.6% (49  ±42) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 3% 11,447
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±3.2% (123  ±63) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area: 8.9% 25,679 (±0.4% / ±1,285)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
123 Total veterans ±63 101 Male ±45 22 Female ±29

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