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Bentonia, MS

274 Population
1.4 square miles 192.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.8 ±21.9 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$22,164 ±$8,726 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $33,883 ±$632
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
N/A Median household income

27.7% ±15.9% (76  ±57) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 17.4% 103,026 (±0.7% / ±4,258)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

29.8 minutes ±3.1 (2,805  ±1,775) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 25.1 6,324,715 (±0.5 / ±147,160)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

177 ±94 Number of households
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 236,483 ±1,501
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
1.6 ±1.1 (274  ±132) Persons per household
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.5 591,502 (±0 / ±458)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

39.1% ±48% (9  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 5.3% 7,823 (±0.4% / ±566)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

208 ±96 Number of housing units
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 270,686 ±200
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$79,500 ±$10,799 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $188,500 ±$3,737
  • about half the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

4.4% ±8.1% (12  ±22.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 11.6% 70,806 (±0.6% / ±3,348.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

87.5% ±6.9% (209  ±94.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 88.1% 363,603 (±1.2% / ±5,009.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
25.9% ±19.8% (62  ±54.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 31.6% 130,296 (±0.8% / ±3,198.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

3.7% ±4.3% (9  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of 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)
9 Total veterans ±11 9 Male ±11 N/A Female ±14

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