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Benson town, Hamilton County, NY

271 Population
82.6 square miles 3.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.7 ±7.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hamilton County: 58.1 ±1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,103 ±$5,964 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Hamilton County: $43,752 ±$2,862
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,375 ±$13,026 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Hamilton County: $68,835 ±$5,478
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.2% ±3.9% (14  ±11) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Hamilton County: 10.6% † 533 (±2.3% / ±118)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.1 minutes ±1.1 (2,690  ±986) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hamilton County: 22.6 41,475 (±1.8 / ±5,279)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

135 ±32 Number of households
  • Hamilton County: 2,423 ±155
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.7 (271  ±61) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hamilton County: 2 4,857 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.4% ±4.8% (1  ±2) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Hamilton County: 6.9% † 54 (±2.9% / ±23)
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

209 ±38 Number of housing units
  • Hamilton County: 7,911 ±32
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$230,100 ±$14,863 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hamilton County: $260,200 ±$15,097
  • about half the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.5% ±9.4% (4  ±25.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Hamilton County: 7.7% † 390 (±1.8% / ±90.1)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.2% ±30% (216  ±47.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hamilton County: 90% 3,765 (±5.7% / ±238.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.2% ±10.9% (48  ±26.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hamilton County: 33.2% † 1,390 (±3.4% / ±141)
  • about half the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • 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

1.9% ±1.8% (5  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hamilton County: 1.2% 61
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.3% ±4.2% (24  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hamilton County: 8.6% † 386 (±1.5% / ±66)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
24 Total veterans ±11 24 Male ±11 N/A Female ±14

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