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Benton Community School District, IA

9,744 Population
331.3 square miles 29.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Benton County: 43.3 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$42,348 ±$1,596 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Benton County: $40,995 ±$1,318
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$95,147 ±$6,378 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Benton County: $84,742 ±$3,490
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

6.1% ±1.7% (587  ±163) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Benton County: 7.9% † 1,979 (±1.3% / ±326)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

26.1 minutes ±0.3 (112,755  ±9,110) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Benton County: 25.1 295,340 (±1 / ±14,596)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

3,674 ±202 Number of households
  • Benton County: 10,111 ±219
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.6 ±0.2 (9,700  ±459) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Benton County: 2.5 25,360 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

7.9% ±2.2% (157  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Benton County: 5.6% † 290 (±1.2% / ±61)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

3,881 ±199 Number of housing units
  • Benton County: 11,095 ±35
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$234,100 ±$14,927 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Benton County: $198,400 ±$10,561
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

6.6% ±1.7% (635  ±170.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Benton County: 8.2% † 2,076 (±1.6% / ±414.5)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

96.3% ±0.9% (6,430  ±334.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Benton County: 94.7% 16,999 (±3.5% / ±624.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
25.9% ±2.3% (1,730  ±176.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Benton County: 24.9% 4,475 (±2% / ±353.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

0.8% ±0.4% (74  ±34) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Benton County: 0.8% 205
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

8.5% ±1.6% (626  ±123) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Benton County: 8.8% † 1,739 (±1.2% / ±230)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
626 Total veterans ±123 542 Male ±111 84 Female ±41

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