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Benton, MS

448 Population
4.6 square miles 98.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.9 ±7.4 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$31,330 ±$10,112 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $33,883 ±$632
  • a little higher than the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$59,759 ±$18,551 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $60,489 ±$1,100
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

7.1% ±11% (32  ±53) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 17.4% 103,026 (±0.7% / ±4,258)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

42.6 minutes ±34.3 (9,835  ±5,542) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 25.1 6,324,715 (±0.5 / ±147,160)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

221 ±113 Number of households
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 236,483 ±1,501
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2 ±0.6 (448  ±268) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.5 591,502 (±0 / ±458)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

221 ±113 Number of housing units
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 270,686 ±200
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

11.4% ±18.8% (51  ±89.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 11.6% 70,806 (±0.6% / ±3,348.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

62.4% ±47.9% (255  ±125.2) High school grad or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 88.1% 363,603 (±1.2% / ±5,009.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
18.8% ±14.8% (77  ±75.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 31.6% 130,296 (±0.8% / ±3,198.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

3.2% ±5% (13  ±22) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 6% 28,011 (±0.3% / ±1,198)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
13 Total veterans ±22 13 Male ±22 N/A Female ±14

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