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Benton, IL Urban Area

7,537 Population
5 square miles 1,513 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.2 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,283 ±$3,564 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,366 ±$8,044 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.5% ±4.5% (1,265  ±330) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.4 minutes ±2.2 (64,830  ±10,457) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,398 ±200 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (7,258  ±313) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.8% ±5.4% (110  ±89) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,871 ±206 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$78,600 ±$11,350 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16% ±3.6% (1,204  ±276.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.3% ±6.4% (4,838  ±422.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.6% ±3.9% (907  ±216.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half 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

1.9% ±1.1% (140  ±83) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±1.6% (400  ±100) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
400 Total veterans ±100 362 Male ±95 38 Female ±30

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