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Benson, MN

3,449 Population
3.2 square miles 1,085.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±4.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Swift County: 43.4 ±0.8
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$32,647 ±$4,472 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Swift County: $36,519 ±$2,207
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$51,124 ±$5,341 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Swift County: $62,601 ±$5,924
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

9.7% ±4% (325  ±134) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Swift County: 10.8% † 1,041 (±1.8% / ±170)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

19.9 minutes ±6.2 (29,385  ±9,613) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Swift County: 21.1 † 86,785 (±2.4 / ±10,768)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

1,473 ±96 Number of households
  • Swift County: 4,134 ±142
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.3 ±0.2 (3,329  ±41) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Swift County: 2.3 9,566 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

15.1% ±8.2% (105  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Swift County: 9.8% † 175 (±3.4% / ±60)
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

1,617 ±85 Number of housing units
  • Swift County: 4,697 ±35
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$146,100 ±$24,473 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Swift County: $147,100 ±$11,851
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

16% ±6.8% (539  ±230.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Swift County: 12.1% † 1,164 (±2.8% / ±268.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

95.6% ±9.8% (2,188  ±256.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Swift County: 94.5% 6,372 (±4.3% / ±299)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
29.9% ±6% (684  ±142) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Swift County: 23% 1,548 (±2.2% / ±147.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 38.8% 1,513,374 (±0.2% / ±8,335.6)

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

0.6% ±0.8% (22  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Swift County: 2.7% 268
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

4% ±2.2% (103  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Swift County: 6% † 448 (±1% / ±73)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
103 Total veterans ±56 103 Male ±56 N/A Female ±9

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