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Benton, KY Urban Area

4,710 Population
4.1 square miles 1,141.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±10 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$30,347 ±$4,558 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$63,241 ±$10,566 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

14.3% ±8.4% (617  ±361) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

25.4 minutes ±4.3 (50,240  ±11,077) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

2,074 ±223 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.1 ±0.2 (4,329  ±79) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

0.9% ±2.3% (8  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

2,235 ±233 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$155,900 ±$25,389 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

18.4% ±7.7% (864  ±359.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

93.8% ±10.8% (3,326  ±462.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
18.8% ±5.3% (665  ±195.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

2.5% ±1.1% (118  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.6% ±4.4% (331  ±171) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
331 Total veterans ±171 264 Male ±134 67 Female ±86

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