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Benson, NC

4,282 Population
3 square miles 1,432.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±3.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$33,040 ±$7,183 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $51,873 ±$530
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$67,102 ±$14,459 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $100,103 ±$1,230
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

14.4% ±5.9% (598  ±244) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 8.7% 126,752 (±0.4% / ±5,468)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

29.2 minutes ±9.9 (44,695  ±9,104) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 26.8 15,176,815 (±0.2 / ±205,566)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

1,767 ±261 Number of households
  • the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 574,295 ±2,421
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.4 ±0.4 (4,170  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 2.6 1,462,567 (±0 / ±235)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

11.9% ±8.7% (117  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 5.3% 20,031 (±0.4% / ±1,452)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)

Housing

2,093 ±300 Number of housing units
  • the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 619,032 ±221
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$279,800 ±$48,342 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: $418,400 ±$3,660
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

8% ±5% (341  ±213.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 13.7% 201,076 (±0.5% / ±6,705.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

87% ±12.5% (2,674  ±471) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 93.2% 942,853 (±0.8% / ±8,252.2)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
29.5% ±7.7% (906  ±252.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 51.2% 518,208 (±0.6% / ±5,645.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

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

4.8% ±2.1% (206  ±91) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 13.7% 203,685
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

7% ±4.3% (226  ±140) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area: 6% 68,837 (±0.2% / ±1,946)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
226 Total veterans ±140 226 Male ±140 N/A Female ±14

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