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Benton, MO

783 Population
0.6 square miles 1,231.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.5 ±7.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 39.4 ±0.7
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Missouri: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$40,745 ±$6,867 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: $29,687 ±$1,663
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $36,754 ±$192
$82,656 ±$26,837 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: $54,621 ±$3,245
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $65,920 ±$361

1.9% ±2.1% (13  ±15) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 15.6% † 5,826 (±1.8% / ±676)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Missouri: 12.8% 766,582 (±0.2% / ±11,744)

20.4 minutes ±1.9 (7,530  ±1,991) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 20.2 331,625 (±1.1 / ±20,729)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.8 62,486,084 (±0.1 / ±394,655)

Families

317 ±95 Number of households
  • the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 15,160 ±282
  • Missouri: 2,458,324 ±6,327
2.2 ±0.9 (691  ±175) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 2.5 37,480 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 2.4 5,987,423

7.6% ±10.4% (10  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 6.5% † 549 (±2.4% / ±201)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 5.5% 76,551 (±0.2% / ±2,101)

Housing

342 ±99 Number of housing units
  • the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 16,803 ±34
  • Missouri: 2,795,030 ±544

$252,300 ±$50,628 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: $132,800 ±$7,494
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Missouri: $199,400 ±$949

14.5% ±6.3% (112  ±54.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 13% † 4,885 (±2.1% / ±,798.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Missouri: 13.6% 827,230 (±0.2% / ±11,018.1)

Social

89.8% ±29.1% (555  ±121) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 86.4% 22,257 (±3.5% / ±,905.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Missouri: 91.3% 3,834,146 (±0.4% / ±14,766.4)
42.7% ±12.2% (264  ±98.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 21.2% 5,455 (±1.8% / ±,462.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Missouri: 31.2% 1,309,838 (±0.2% / ±8,787.6)

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

1.9% ±3% (15  ±24) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 0.7% 270
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 4.2% 258,202

13% ±10.1% (87  ±71) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Sikeston, MO Micro Area: 6.8% † 1,974 (±1% / ±275)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 7.6% 361,097 (±0.1% / ±4,608)
87 Total veterans ±71 79 Male ±69 8 Female ±11

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