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Benton township, Carver County, MN

741 Population
32.9 square miles 22.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.7 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Carver County: 38.9 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$55,611 ±$5,967 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Carver County: $58,254 ±$1,437
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$93,594 ±$3,098 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Carver County: $123,144 ±$3,157
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

3.2% ±2.6% (24  ±20) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Carver County: 4.2% † 4,534 (±0.6% / ±633)
  • about one-third of the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

22.8 minutes ±1.5 (9,380  ±2,224) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Carver County: 25.8 1,184,535 (±1 / ±54,362)
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

331 ±72 Number of households
  • Carver County: 40,231 ±282
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.2 ±0.6 (741  ±138) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Carver County: 2.7 107,645 (±0 / ±20)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

2.1% ±3% (2  ±3) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Carver County: 4.5% † 1,112 (±1% / ±257)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

349 ±73 Number of housing units
  • Carver County: 41,395 ±67
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$384,200 ±$34,214 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Carver County: $426,900 ±$9,124
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

2.2% ±2.4% (16  ±18.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Carver County: 9.5% † 10,255 (±1% / ±1,047.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

94.4% ±22.1% (558  ±83.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Carver County: 96.3% 69,516 (±2.4% / ±1,715)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
26.1% ±9.3% (154  ±61.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Carver County: 50.5% 36,434 (±1.5% / ±1,091.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 38.8% 1,513,374 (±0.2% / ±8,335.6)

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

0.7% ±0.7% (5  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Carver County: 5.4% 5,849
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

6.7% ±3.2% (43  ±22) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Carver County: 4.9% † 3,930 (±0.5% / ±437)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
43 Total veterans ±22 43 Male ±22 N/A Female ±9

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