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Benton township, Hocking County, OH

973 Population
37.7 square miles 25.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.7 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hocking County: 43.4 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,905 ±$6,439 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Hocking County: $32,655 ±$1,665
  • a little higher than the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$83,333 ±$64,599 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Hocking County: $62,960 ±$4,180
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.4% ±14.3% (198  ±166) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hocking County: 16% † 4,393 (±2.6% / ±701)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.1 minutes ±8 (15,920  ±10,077) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hocking County: 30.3 339,660 (±1 / ±21,894)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

386 ±151 Number of households
  • Hocking County: 11,568 ±266
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.6 (973  ±443) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Hocking County: 2.4 27,587 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

394 ±156 Number of housing units
  • Hocking County: 13,013 ±37
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$165,800 ±$67,750 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hocking County: $186,400 ±$15,061
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.9% ±4.3% (28  ±43.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hocking County: 7.3% † 2,007 (±1.7% / ±461.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

66.8% ±39.3% (587  ±211) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hocking County: 89.5% 17,733 (±4.2% / ±828.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
3.1% ±4.7% (27  ±42.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Hocking County: 13.5% † 2,669 (±1.9% / ±369.9)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about 10 percent 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

N/A Foreign-born population

N/A Population with veteran status
N/A Total veterans ±13 N/A Male ±13 N/A Female ±13

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