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Benham, KY

628 Population
0.2 square miles 2,681 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±5.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Harlan County: 41.2 ±0.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$23,311 ±$4,783 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Harlan County: $21,681 ±$1,627
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kentucky: $34,960 ±$241
$52,652 ±$10,442 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Harlan County: $37,198 † ±$3,833
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kentucky: $62,417 ±$401

9.6% ±6.2% (60  ±43) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Harlan County: 27.2% † 6,930 (±3.7% / ±931)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 707,480 (±0.2% / ±10,444)

11.9 minutes ±7.8 (2,045  ±941) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Harlan County: 23.5 160,750 (±2.3 / ±19,800)
  • about half the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,734,136 (±0.1 / ±320,197)

Families

271 ±78 Number of households
  • Harlan County: 10,500 ±219
  • Kentucky: 1,791,991 ±5,353
2.3 ±0.2 (619  ±185) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Harlan County: 2.4 25,585 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kentucky: 2.5 4,388,482

5.1% ±6.1% (7  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Harlan County: 2.1% † 117 (±1.2% / ±68)
  • a little less than the rate in Kentucky: 5.3% 53,943 (±0.2% / ±1,856)

Housing

324 ±75 Number of housing units
  • Harlan County: 13,012 ±32
  • Kentucky: 2,010,655 ±372

$54,500 ±$3,878 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Harlan County: $73,100 ±$4,727
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Kentucky: $192,300 ±$1,018

12.6% ±10.9% (78  ±71.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Harlan County: 10.7% † 2,781 (±2.3% / ±597.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Kentucky: 12.9% 574,533 (±0.2% / ±9,944)

Social

78.6% ±31.5% (364  ±95.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Harlan County: 79.3% 14,513 (±3.9% / ±722.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 88.5% 2,725,191 (±0.4% / ±12,155.7)
18.8% ±9.2% (87  ±49.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Harlan County: 12.7% † 2,326 (±1.5% / ±278)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 27% 830,856 (±0.2% / ±6,979.9)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.3% ±4.1% (28  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Harlan County: 6.1% † 1,214 (±1.3% / ±258)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 6.8% 235,118 (±0.1% / ±3,869)
28 Total veterans ±23 28 Male ±23 N/A Female ±13

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