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Benton, IA

27 Population
0.8 square miles 35.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.5 ±6.6 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Ringgold County: 44.5 ±0.8
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$26,315 ±$6,300 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ringgold County: $39,309 † ±$4,205
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,250 ±$21,736 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Ringgold County: $73,346 ±$6,185
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

N/A Persons below poverty line

16.3 minutes ±6.5 (195  ±159) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Ringgold County: 22.9 † 46,500 (±3.4 / ±7,743)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

13 ±7 Number of households
  • Ringgold County: 1,899 ±110
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.5 (27  ±16) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ringgold County: 2.4 4,477 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

19 ±13 Number of housing units
  • Ringgold County: 2,678 ±21
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

100% ±122.7% (23  ±30.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ringgold County: 94% 3,037 (±6.6% / ±216.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.1% ±108.2% (6  ±25.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ringgold County: 24.6% † 796 (±3.3% / ±105.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about three-quarters 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

4% ±15.9% (1  ±4) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ringgold County: 6.4% † 229 (±1.4% / ±51)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1 Total veterans ±4 1 Male ±4 N/A Female ±10

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