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Benton town, Grafton County, NH

386 Population
48.2 square miles 8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

62.1 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Grafton County: 44.1 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in New Hampshire: 43.3 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,072 ±$3,685 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Grafton County: $52,790 ±$2,271
  • about half the amount in New Hampshire: $52,798 ±$540
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$67,895 ±$3,944 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Grafton County: $88,261 ±$2,868
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Hampshire: $99,031 ±$1,123
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.9% ±12.5% (39  ±33) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Grafton County: 10.4% † 8,841 (±1.2% / ±993)
  • more than double the rate in New Hampshire: 7.3% 98,248 (±0.3% / ±3,704)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.1 minutes ±6.8 (3,560  ±1,548) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Grafton County: 22.2 835,210 (±0.7 / ±37,832)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Hampshire: 26.7 16,302,015 (±0.2 / ±193,854)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

114 ±34 Number of households
  • Grafton County: 37,107 ±626
  • New Hampshire: 555,822 ±2,236
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (246  ±76) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Grafton County: 2.3 84,925 (±0 / ±165)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Hampshire: 2.4 1,353,835
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

153 ±39 Number of housing units
  • Grafton County: 51,920 ±178
  • New Hampshire: 648,472 ±247
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$288,300 ±$45,606 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Grafton County: $344,500 ±$7,518
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Hampshire: $402,500 ±$2,808
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.9% ±5.9% (19  ±23.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Grafton County: 13.2% 12,041 (±1.1% / ±1,007.8)
  • about half the rate in New Hampshire: 10.7% 147,877 (±0.4% / ±4,807)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.6% ±13.2% (290  ±74.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Grafton County: 94.7% 62,911 (±2.4% / ±1,628.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Hampshire: 94.4% 962,216 (±0.7% / ±7,083.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.2% ±11% (64  ±40.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Grafton County: 46.7% 31,027 (±1.7% / ±1,160.6)
  • about half the rate in New Hampshire: 40.7% 414,276 (±0.5% / ±4,552.3)
  • about half 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

0.8% ±1% (3  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Grafton County: 5.6% 5,157
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New Hampshire: 6.1% 85,632
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.5% ±3.6% (27  ±14) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Grafton County: 7.2% 5,603 (±0.6% / ±487)
  • about the same as the rate in New Hampshire: 7.6% 86,727 (±0.2% / ±1,890)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
27 Total veterans ±14 26 Male ±14 1 Female ±3

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