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Benson Unified School District, AZ

8,114 Population
585 square miles 13.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.8 ±2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Cochise County: 42.9 ±0.5
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Arizona: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$32,055 ±$3,484 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Cochise County: $32,708 ±$1,039
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Arizona: $40,736 ±$241
$53,252 ±$6,941 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cochise County: $58,970 ±$1,831
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arizona: $76,872 ±$414

14.5% ±3.9% (1,170  ±324) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cochise County: 15.5% 18,544 (±1.1% / ±1,364)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 12.8% 907,125 (±0.2% / ±14,212)

30.9 minutes ±3.2 (72,445  ±17,524) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Cochise County: 22.8 937,035 (±0.9 / ±46,617)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Arizona: 25.5 70,317,520 (±0.1 / ±410,503)

Families

3,504 ±283 Number of households
  • Cochise County: 50,476 ±767
  • Arizona: 2,796,790 ±6,018
2.3 ±0.3 (8,083  ±588) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Cochise County: 2.4 119,401 (±0 / ±203)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arizona: 2.5 7,105,986

6.3% ±4.8% (86  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cochise County: 5.6% † 1,344 (±1.2% / ±282)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Arizona: 5.3% 87,489 (±0.2% / ±3,122)

Housing

4,196 ±315 Number of housing units
  • Cochise County: 59,312 ±114
  • Arizona: 3,142,443 ±466

$213,500 ±$21,417 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Cochise County: $207,400 ±$5,633
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arizona: $358,900 ±$1,200

9.5% ±4.1% (763  ±333.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cochise County: 13.8% 17,087 (±1.2% / ±1,541.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arizona: 14.9% 1,069,460 (±0.2% / ±13,475.1)

Social

91.3% ±4.9% (5,791  ±558.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cochise County: 89.2% 79,635 (±2.3% / ±2,044.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Arizona: 89.1% 4,446,105 (±0.3% / ±16,725.9)
24.4% ±4.4% (1,547  ±304.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cochise County: 27.7% 24,687 (±1.3% / ±1,177.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Arizona: 32.6% 1,627,462 (±0.2% / ±10,137.6)

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

3.8% ±2.1% (311  ±170) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Cochise County: 10.7% 13,411
  • about one-third of the rate in Arizona: 12.9% 935,586

16.8% ±3.3% (1,121  ±236) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cochise County: 18.2% 17,297 (±1% / ±929)
  • more than double the rate in Arizona: 8.1% 459,818 (±0.1% / ±4,961)
1,121 Total veterans ±236 1,064 Male ±224 57 Female ±41

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