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Benton township, Pike County, OH

1,202 Population
38.5 square miles 31.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±17.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pike County: 41.7 ±0.8
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,651 ±$16,316 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Pike County: $32,737 † ±$4,285
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$33,365 ±$20,849 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pike County: $52,736 ±$4,871
  • about half the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.1% ±15.1% (229  ±196) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pike County: 21.3% † 5,694 (±3.4% / ±913)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

50.1 minutes ±17.1 (16,615  ±9,041) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Pike County: 29.7 285,540 (±2.3 / ±29,937)
  • more than double the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • nearly double the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

517 ±144 Number of households
  • Pike County: 10,866 ±278
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.4 (1,202  ±388) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Pike County: 2.5 26,649 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • about the same as the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

25.7% ±19.5% (75  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Pike County: 7% † 400 (±2.2% / ±129)
  • more than double the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

547 ±146 Number of housing units
  • Pike County: 12,107 ±28
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$150,800 ±$37,042 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pike County: $163,800 ±$5,667
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.5% ±4.7% (38  ±52.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Pike County: 6.8% † 1,828 (±1.5% / ±407)
  • 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

75.3% ±5.7% (555  ±179.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pike County: 86.9% 16,216 (±4.5% / ±840.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
7.7% ±9.7% (57  ±73.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Pike County: 16.3% † 3,044 (±2.3% / ±430.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about one-fifth 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

6.2% ±5.1% (57  ±50) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pike County: 7.3% † 1,517 (±1.3% / ±271)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
57 Total veterans ±50 57 Male ±50 N/A Female ±13

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