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Benton township, Butler County, KS

1,759 Population
36 square miles 48.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.4 ±9.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Butler County: 38.3 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$51,184 ±$7,207 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Butler County: $37,381 ±$1,317
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$97,898 ±$13,452 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Butler County: $80,375 ±$2,305
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

6.9% ±7.8% (121  ±138) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Butler County: 9% † 5,845 (±1.5% / ±983)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

23.5 minutes ±7.3 (20,970  ±4,364) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Butler County: 24.4 714,650 (±1.2 / ±38,841)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

705 ±106 Number of households
  • Butler County: 25,025 ±337
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.5 ±0.5 (1,759  ±264) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Butler County: 2.6 64,815 (±0 / ±87)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

1.8% ±1.7% (6  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Butler County: 6.4% † 962 (±1.4% / ±209)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

764 ±108 Number of housing units
  • Butler County: 27,175 ±64
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$233,700 ±$19,012 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Butler County: $199,600 ±$7,525
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

4.2% ±2.8% (74  ±50.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Butler County: 12.1% † 8,163 (±1.6% / ±1,077.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

95.4% ±18.3% (1,315  ±171.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Butler County: 94.1% 42,333 (±2.9% / ±1,328.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
40.6% ±6.7% (560  ±121.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Butler County: 32.6% 14,660 (±1.7% / ±764.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

5.9% ±4.2% (103  ±75) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Butler County: 3.6% 2,462
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

6.8% ±2.5% (100  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Butler County: 9% 4,530 (±0.8% / ±391)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
100 Total veterans ±40 88 Male ±38 12 Female ±12

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