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Benton town, Kennebec County, ME

2,770 Population
28.4 square miles 97.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kennebec County: 43.7 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Maine: 44.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,526 ±$5,326 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kennebec County: $38,597 ±$1,065
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maine: $43,742 ±$403
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,437 ±$4,881 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kennebec County: $69,077 ±$2,603
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Maine: $74,733 ±$795
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10% ±4.8% (275  ±133) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kennebec County: 11.6% † 14,256 (±1.2% / ±1,417)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maine: 10.8% 144,830 (±0.3% / ±3,974)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.5 minutes ±1 (23,925  ±3,286) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kennebec County: 25.4 1,295,020 (±0.8 / ±55,155)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maine: 24.6 14,048,335 (±0.2 / ±173,709)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,135 ±102 Number of households
  • Kennebec County: 54,312 ±666
  • Maine: 597,159 ±2,532
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (2,770  ±17) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kennebec County: 2.3 122,406 (±0 / ±52)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maine: 2.3 1,347,076
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

24.2% ±23.4% (124  ±122) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Kennebec County: 5% † 1,393 (±1.2% / ±325)
  • more than double the rate in Maine: 4.6% 13,507 (±0.3% / ±920)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,232 ±95 Number of housing units
  • Kennebec County: 63,521 ±59
  • Maine: 751,876 ±671
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$176,700 ±$23,043 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kennebec County: $238,200 ±$5,239
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Maine: $296,600 ±$2,876
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.8% ±5.2% (235  ±138.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kennebec County: 12% † 15,031 (±1.3% / ±1,680.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maine: 10.6% 146,061 (±0.3% / ±4,099.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.6% ±3.5% (1,854  ±216.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kennebec County: 94.9% 86,811 (±2.2% / ±2,008.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Maine: 94.8% 972,438 (±0.7% / ±6,738.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.2% ±5% (411  ±106.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kennebec County: 31.9% 29,219 (±1.3% / ±1,147.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maine: 36.2% 371,396 (±0.4% / ±4,223.5)
  • about three-fifths of 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

0.9% ±0.8% (25  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kennebec County: 2.4% 3,096
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Maine: 4.1% 56,448
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±2.7% (123  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kennebec County: 9.5% 9,769 (±0.7% / ±730)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maine: 8.4% 95,013 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
123 Total veterans ±61 123 Male ±61 N/A Female ±11

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