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Benton township, Monroe County, IN

3,261 Population
54.9 square miles 59.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.1 ±4.4 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Monroe County: 31.2 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$47,377 ±$5,082 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Monroe County: $38,653 ±$1,569
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$90,296 ±$14,055 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Monroe County: $65,868 ±$2,341
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.8% ±2.8% (222  ±90) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Monroe County: 19.7% 24,897 (±1.2% / ±1,508)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.3 minutes ±4.1 (34,665  ±7,807) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Monroe County: 19.6 1,141,670 (±0.6 / ±48,503)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,385 ±122 Number of households
  • Monroe County: 59,236 ±750
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (3,254  ±16) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Monroe County: 2.1 126,594 (±0 / ±393)
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • 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

1,736 ±187 Number of housing units
  • Monroe County: 65,657 ±201
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$344,900 ±$37,768 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Monroe County: $285,200 ±$8,234
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.1% ±2.6% (200  ±84.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Monroe County: 26.5% 37,133 (±1.4% / ±1,890.9)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.5% ±8.8% (2,307  ±286.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Monroe County: 94.8% 78,954 (±2.5% / ±2,039.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
45.4% ±6% (1,098  ±171.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Monroe County: 49.5% 41,185 (±1.7% / ±1,398.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

2.1% ±2.2% (68  ±70) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Monroe County: 8.6% 12,059
  • about one-third of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.4% ±4.1% (238  ±106) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Monroe County: 5% 5,981 (±0.5% / ±554)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
238 Total veterans ±106 228 Male ±104 10 Female ±12

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