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Benton township, Columbia County, PA

1,341 Population
19.7 square miles 68.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.9 ±7.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Columbia County: 41.4 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,829 ±$13,019 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Columbia County: $32,432 ±$1,035
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$71,141 ±$6,099 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Columbia County: $61,992 ±$2,529
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

6.6% ±3.8% (88  ±54) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Columbia County: 15.7% † 9,592 (±1.9% / ±1,129)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

28.1 minutes ±9.4 (16,725  ±3,490) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Columbia County: 21.7 580,900 (±0.5 / ±23,927)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

487 ±74 Number of households
  • Columbia County: 25,874 ±368
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.8 ±0.4 (1,341  ±267) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Columbia County: 2.4 61,190 (±0 / ±88)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

3.9% ±5% (9  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Columbia County: 3.5% † 542 (±1.4% / ±211)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

526 ±80 Number of housing units
  • Columbia County: 29,775 ±82
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$210,200 ±$23,036 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Columbia County: $199,200 ±$5,471
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

4.3% ±2.6% (58  ±36.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Columbia County: 11% † 7,108 (±1.3% / ±867.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

90% ±17.9% (928  ±120.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Columbia County: 91.8% 40,247 (±2.5% / ±1,101.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
20.1% ±4.6% (207  ±56.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Columbia County: 24.9% 10,906 (±1.4% / ±623.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

0.8% ±1% (10  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Columbia County: 2.8% 1,794
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

7.7% ±2.6% (83  ±31) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Columbia County: 6.6% 3,511 (±0.6% / ±340)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
83 Total veterans ±31 65 Male ±27 18 Female ±17

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