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Benton, KY Urban Area

4,641 Population
4.1 square miles 1,124.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±5.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,680 ±$3,681 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$67,308 ±$18,762 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.7% ±7% (505  ±300) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.3 minutes ±5.3 (54,425  ±13,379) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,900 ±237 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.3 (4,327  ±90) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

2,033 ±243 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$156,400 ±$17,804 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17% ±7.1% (789  ±328) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.5% ±12.7% (3,167  ±490.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.7% ±6.2% (654  ±213.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.5% ±1.1% (116  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.4% ±3.9% (237  ±145) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
237 Total veterans ±145 189 Male ±132 48 Female ±60

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