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Benton town, Kennebec County, ME

2,745 Population
28.4 square miles 96.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±6.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Kennebec County: 44 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1

Economics

$33,338 ±$5,301 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kennebec County: $37,344 ±$978
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $42,035 ±$384
$61,230 ±$7,532 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Kennebec County: $65,062 ±$2,268
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $71,773 ±$660

5.9% ±3.3% (162  ±91) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Kennebec County: 12.3% 14,969 (±1.2% / ±1,462)
  • about half the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,263 (±0.3% / ±3,583)

21.2 minutes ±2.2 (26,595  ±4,042) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kennebec County: 23.8 1,226,600 (±0.7 / ±51,227)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maine: 24.4 14,128,375 (±0.2 / ±156,613)

Families

1,125 ±107 Number of households
  • Kennebec County: 53,936 ±598
  • Maine: 589,085 ±2,383
2.4 ±0.2 (2,745  ±26) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kennebec County: 2.3 121,425 (±0 / ±62)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,338,163

25.6% ±23.9% (127  ±121) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Kennebec County: 5% † 1,350 (±1.1% / ±300)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 4.8% 14,055 (±0.4% / ±1,069)

Housing

1,222 ±111 Number of housing units
  • Kennebec County: 63,140 ±83
  • Maine: 746,552 ±254

$166,600 ±$21,280 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kennebec County: $219,900 ±$4,083
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maine: $266,400 ±$2,109

13.5% ±6.9% (358  ±182) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kennebec County: 12.5% † 15,497 (±1.4% / ±1,727.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maine: 11.2% 153,106 (±0.3% / ±4,340.4)

Social

95.1% ±16.1% (1,853  ±213.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kennebec County: 94.8% 86,089 (±2.2% / ±2,005.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.5% 960,599 (±0.7% / ±7,029.2)
20.8% ±4.4% (406  ±99.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kennebec County: 30.9% 28,043 (±1.3% / ±1,221.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maine: 35.3% 359,323 (±0.4% / ±4,303.9)

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

0.9% ±0.7% (25  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kennebec County: 2.4% 3,034
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Maine: 3.9% 53,627

6.7% ±3.3% (148  ±74) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kennebec County: 9.8% 9,952 (±0.7% / ±708)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maine: 8.7% 97,871 (±0.2% / ±2,011)
148 Total veterans ±74 148 Male ±74 N/A Female ±11

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