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Benton, IN

384 Population
1 square miles 402.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.1 ±37.7 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 35.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,119 ±$6,107 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: $32,936 ±$883
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$105,393 ±$96,927 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: $68,561 ±$2,286
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.8% ±7.1% (26  ±32) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 12.4% 25,311 (±1.2% / ±2,443)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.3 minutes ±4.4 (2,630  ±1,678) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 20 1,829,810 (±0.5 / ±56,271)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

145 ±75 Number of households
  • the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 72,309 ±879
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±1 (384  ±244) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 2.8 204,388 (±0 / ±43)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

182 ±95 Number of housing units
  • the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 80,493 ±84
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$146,000 ±$67,821 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: $210,400 ±$4,758
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.6% ±6.2% (6  ±24.2) Moved since previous year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 10% † 20,528 (±1% / ±2,037.1)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.8% ±88.7% (273  ±160.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 82.2% 107,936 (±1.9% / ±2,511.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13% ±11.7% (37  ±42.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 20.1% 26,425 (±0.9% / ±1,240.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about one-third 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

2.1% ±3.2% (6  ±10) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 4.7% 7,112 (±0.4% / ±623)
  • about one-third of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
6 Total veterans ±10 6 Male ±10 N/A Female ±13

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