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Benton, LA Urban Area

4,516 Population
4.5 square miles 1,009 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±8.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,456 ±$5,454 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$88,893 ±$6,711 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.7% ±5% (800  ±279) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.4 minutes ±2.3 (38,325  ±11,936) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,745 ±346 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (4,506  ±915) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.1% ±8.7% (61  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,852 ±345 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$336,600 ±$45,927 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.2% ±4.4% (364  ±209.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91% ±23% (2,839  ±459.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
39.3% ±7.3% (1,225  ±329.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

2.1% ±2% (95  ±91) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.4% ±3.8% (277  ±138) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
277 Total veterans ±138 210 Male ±103 67 Female ±81

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