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Benton, PA

494 Population
0.6 square miles 827.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.5 ±15 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: 41.4 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,863 ±$4,805 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: $32,432 ±$1,035
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$36,429 ±$17,666 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: $61,992 ±$2,529
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

25.9% ±14.4% (128  ±79) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: 15.7% † 9,592 (±1.9% / ±1,129)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

25.2 minutes ±17.1 (3,250  ±1,123) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: 21.7 580,900 (±0.5 / ±23,927)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

256 ±74 Number of households
  • the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: 25,874 ±368
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
1.9 ±0.8 (494  ±134) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: 2.4 61,190 (±0 / ±88)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

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

Housing

342 ±81 Number of housing units
  • the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: 29,775 ±82
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$155,800 ±$35,187 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: $199,200 ±$5,471
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

4.9% ±3.7% (24  ±19.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: 11% † 7,108 (±1.3% / ±867.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

95.4% ±37.8% (312  ±87) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: 91.8% 40,247 (±2.5% / ±1,101.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
10.1% ±8% (33  ±27.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: 24.9% 10,906 (±1.4% / ±623.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

5.7% ±5.7% (28  ±29) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: 2.8% 1,794
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6.6% ±3% (25  ±13) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: 6.6% 3,511 (±0.6% / ±340)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
25 Total veterans ±13 25 Male ±13 N/A Female ±11

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