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Benton town, Yates County, NY

2,960 Population
41.5 square miles 71.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±5.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Yates County: 41.6 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$34,060 ±$6,622 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Yates County: $34,262 ±$1,770
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$71,359 ±$18,672 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Yates County: $67,521 ±$4,456
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

12.5% ±6.8% (339  ±184) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Yates County: 14.1% † 3,318 (±1.8% / ±420)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

21 minutes ±3.1 (21,140  ±4,690) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Yates County: 22.5 201,140 (±1.1 / ±13,743)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

1,017 ±114 Number of households
  • Yates County: 9,095 ±378
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.7 ±0.3 (2,719  ±30) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Yates County: 2.6 23,342 (±0.1 / ±33)
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

9.8% ±6.2% (52  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Yates County: 8.7% † 423 (±1.9% / ±95)
  • about double the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

1,126 ±128 Number of housing units
  • Yates County: 13,143 ±35
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$251,300 ±$81,170 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Yates County: $178,000 ±$10,306
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

6% ±3% (176  ±87.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Yates County: 6.2% † 1,502 (±1.2% / ±285.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

77.1% ±9% (1,536  ±222.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Yates County: 84.4% 14,100 (±3.6% / ±601.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
24.8% ±6.6% (494  ±138.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Yates County: 25% 4,179 (±2% / ±325.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

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

2.2% ±2.3% (66  ±67) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Yates County: 1.6% 402
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

5.3% ±2.4% (114  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Yates County: 7.4% † 1,400 (±1.1% / ±209)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
114 Total veterans ±52 111 Male ±52 3 Female ±6

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