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Benton, KS

898 Population
1.4 square miles 642.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±4.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 36.2 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,307 ±$6,275 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $30,212 ±$422
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kansas: $32,798 ±$198
$79,250 ±$9,249 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $58,333 ±$937
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kansas: $61,091 ±$354

3.3% ±3.8% (30  ±35) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 12.7% 79,899 (±0.5% / ±3,293)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,644 (±0.2% / ±6,562)

21 minutes ±8.3 (9,765  ±2,372) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 20.2 5,903,370 (±0.3 / ±95,401)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.6 26,381,875 (±0.1 / ±192,711)

Families

352 ±73 Number of households
  • the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 247,011 ±1,308
  • Kansas: 1,141,985 ±4,096
2.6 ±0.7 (898  ±175) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 2.6 628,893 (±0 / ±501)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,911 (±0)

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

Housing

360 ±73 Number of housing units
  • the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 273,561 ±211
  • Kansas: 1,280,376 ±720

$134,600 ±$19,694 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $144,200 ±$1,916
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $157,600 ±$869

4.5% ±2.6% (40  ±24.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 16.8% 106,127 (±0.6% / ±3,862.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 15.9% 458,079 (±0.3% / ±7,684.8)

Social

97.2% ±25% (649  ±108.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 90.3% 376,928 (±1% / ±4,213.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.4% 1,746,617 (±0.5% / ±8,737.2)
37.3% ±8.7% (249  ±75.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 31% 129,568 (±0.6% / ±2,502.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 33.9% 648,613 (±0.3% / ±5,509)

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

7.2% ±6.6% (65  ±61) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 7.3% 46,714 (±0.3% / ±1,638)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 7% 204,029 (±0.1% / ±3,184)

10.7% ±3.1% (79  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 8.2% 38,995 (±0.3% / ±1,370)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 7.9% 172,750 (±0.1% / ±2,402)
79 Total veterans ±28 64 Male ±26 15 Female ±10

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