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Benton town, Lafayette County, WI

445 Population
28 square miles 15.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.9 ±6.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lafayette County: 40.8 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,180 ±$6,680 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Lafayette County: $37,123 ±$1,107
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$79,000 ±$11,740 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Lafayette County: $76,462 ±$2,610
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.5% ±4.6% (33  ±21) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lafayette County: 11.9% † 2,002 (±1.7% / ±285)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.6 minutes ±5.8 (4,905  ±960) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lafayette County: 24.7 178,250 (±0.8 / ±7,633)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

172 ±34 Number of households
  • Lafayette County: 6,763 ±83
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.7 (441  ±69) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Lafayette County: 2.5 16,815 (±0 / ±36)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.3% ±6.3% (6  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lafayette County: 7.8% † 257 (±1.7% / ±55)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

192 ±35 Number of housing units
  • Lafayette County: 7,234 ±42
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$287,500 ±$19,669 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Lafayette County: $194,500 ±$8,765
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.2% ±3.6% (14  ±15.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lafayette County: 7.4% † 1,230 (±0.9% / ±156.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.8% ±21% (300  ±44.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lafayette County: 91.5% 10,443 (±2.6% / ±292.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.4% ±6.6% (88  ±24.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lafayette County: 22.6% 2,583 (±1.3% / ±149.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about 80 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

2.3% ±2% (10  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Lafayette County: 4.2% 717
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.3% ±2% (19  ±8) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lafayette County: 5.8% † 737 (±0.7% / ±82)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
19 Total veterans ±8 19 Male ±8 N/A Female ±10

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