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Benton, MO

832 Population
0.6 square miles 1,308.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.7 ±11.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 40.1 ±0.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,517 ±$6,696 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: $29,977 ±$1,480
  • a little higher than the amount in Missouri: $38,497 ±$194
$82,679 ±$19,865 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: $55,225 ±$2,545
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $68,920 ±$368

4.6% ±4.1% (34  ±31) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 16.4% † 7,832 (±1.7% / ±812)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 756,528 (±0.2% / ±11,728)

21.6 minutes ±2.6 (7,780  ±2,239) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 19.9 410,270 (±0.9 / ±22,708)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.7 61,430,776 (±0.1 / ±342,703)

Families

341 ±94 Number of households
  • the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 19,722 ±385
  • Missouri: 2,484,834 ±6,166
2.2 ±0.8 (744  ±180) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 2.4 48,056 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,003,171

6.3% ±11% (9  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 6.5% † 691 (±2.1% / ±226)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 76,199 (±0.2% / ±2,436)

Housing

368 ±93 Number of housing units
  • the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 22,115 ±45
  • Missouri: 2,809,501 ±603

$256,900 ±$42,535 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: $128,800 ±$7,887
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $215,600 ±$942

13.6% ±5.5% (112  ±51.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 12.2% † 6,049 (±1.8% / ±892.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Missouri: 13.1% 797,185 (±0.2% / ±11,214.7)

Social

93.7% ±28.9% (614  ±126) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 85.3% 29,207 (±3.2% / ±1,105.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.6% 3,862,700 (±0.4% / ±14,882.9)
39.1% ±12.3% (256  ±99.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 19.8% 6,772 (±1.6% / ±560.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 31.9% 1,345,230 (±0.2% / ±8,913.9)

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

2.3% ±2.1% (19  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 0.9% 425
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 4.4% 269,902

11.9% ±10.1% (84  ±74) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 6.1% † 2,319 (±0.9% / ±347)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 7.4% 354,505 (±0.1% / ±4,081)
84 Total veterans ±74 83 Male ±74 1 Female ±3

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