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Benton, WI

904 Population
0.8 square miles 1,072.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lafayette County: 40.9 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,892 ±$3,491 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lafayette County: $34,686 ±$1,015
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$63,594 ±$9,517 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lafayette County: $72,091 ±$2,658
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

10.2% ±5.9% (92  ±55) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Lafayette County: 10.7% † 1,783 (±1.5% / ±249)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

23.4 minutes ±2 (10,275  ±1,796) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Lafayette County: 24.7 178,570 (±0.9 / ±8,692)
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

359 ±49 Number of households
  • Lafayette County: 6,684 ±93
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.5 ±0.1 (904  ±130) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lafayette County: 2.5 16,659 (±0 / ±31)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

3.5% ±2.9% (8  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Lafayette County: 7.4% † 244 (±1.5% / ±50)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

380 ±49 Number of housing units
  • Lafayette County: 7,193 ±45
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$139,300 ±$10,939 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lafayette County: $182,100 ±$6,377
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

7.8% ±3.7% (70  ±35) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Lafayette County: 7.4% † 1,221 (±1.1% / ±183.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

95.2% ±1.7% (580  ±75.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lafayette County: 91% 10,323 (±2.4% / ±278.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
17.1% ±5.2% (104  ±34.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lafayette County: 20.6% 2,340 (±1.2% / ±138.3)
  • about half the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

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

1.2% ±1.1% (11  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Lafayette County: 3.6% 605
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

5.4% ±2.5% (36  ±17) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lafayette County: 6.3% † 790 (±0.7% / ±83)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
36 Total veterans ±17 36 Male ±17 N/A Female ±10

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