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Benton township, Ottawa County, OH

2,259 Population
44.3 square miles 51 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.8 ±2.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Ottawa County: 50.6 ±0.3
  • about 25 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

$123,886 ±$109,986 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in Ottawa County: $49,306 † ±$6,471
  • more than double the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • more than double the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$115,660 ±$42,374 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Ottawa County: $76,101 ±$3,220
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

1.3% ±1.1% (29  ±24) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Ottawa County: 8.4% † 3,319 (±1.4% / ±532)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.4 minutes ±2.8 (30,725  ±7,914) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Ottawa County: 24.8 423,800 (±1.7 / ±33,717)
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

929 ±155 Number of households
  • Ottawa County: 18,504 ±406
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (2,259  ±381) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ottawa County: 2.1 39,420 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • a little higher than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.1% ±1.6% (6  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Ottawa County: 6% † 427 (±2.4% / ±172)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

993 ±156 Number of housing units
  • Ottawa County: 28,911 ±42
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$240,000 ±$31,565 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ottawa County: $219,900 ±$7,998
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

0.9% ±1.2% (21  ±26) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Ottawa County: 8.8% † 3,497 (±1.7% / ±683.9)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.7% ±10.3% (1,748  ±341.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ottawa County: 94.4% 28,772 (±3.2% / ±986.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.9% ±8.1% (302  ±152.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ottawa County: 29.5% 8,995 (±1.6% / ±494.9)
  • about half the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • 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

N/A Foreign-born population

8.8% ±5.8% (173  ±116) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ottawa County: 7.9% † 2,589 (±0.9% / ±311)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
173 Total veterans ±116 160 Male ±118 13 Female ±14

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