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Benton town, Lafayette County, WI

428 Population
28 square miles 15.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.9 ±10.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lafayette County: 40.9 ±0.6
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$38,923 ±$5,473 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lafayette County: $34,686 ±$1,015
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$76,818 ±$7,346 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lafayette County: $72,091 ±$2,658
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

6.1% ±3.4% (26  ±15) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lafayette County: 10.7% † 1,783 (±1.5% / ±249)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

19.4 minutes ±5.7 (4,355  ±836) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lafayette County: 24.7 178,570 (±0.9 / ±8,692)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

180 ±35 Number of households
  • Lafayette County: 6,684 ±93
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2.4 ±0.6 (428  ±71) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lafayette County: 2.5 16,659 (±0 / ±31)
  • about the same as the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

9.3% ±7.4% (7  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lafayette County: 7.4% † 244 (±1.5% / ±50)
  • nearly double the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

192 ±34 Number of housing units
  • Lafayette County: 7,193 ±45
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$275,000 ±$16,142 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Lafayette County: $182,100 ±$6,377
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

4.5% ±3.9% (19  ±16.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lafayette County: 7.4% † 1,221 (±1.1% / ±183.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

95.7% ±20.9% (289  ±43.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lafayette County: 91% 10,323 (±2.4% / ±278.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
25.8% ±6.7% (78  ±23.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lafayette County: 20.6% 2,340 (±1.2% / ±138.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

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

1.4% ±1.6% (6  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lafayette County: 3.6% 605
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

6.7% ±3.6% (23  ±13) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Lafayette County: 6.3% † 790 (±0.7% / ±83)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
23 Total veterans ±13 23 Male ±13 N/A Female ±10

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