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Benson Public School District, MN

5,543 Population
396.2 square miles 14 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±2.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Swift County: 41.8 ±0.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,069 ±$2,919 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Swift County: $36,134 ±$1,770
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,212 ±$4,536 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Swift County: $60,412 ±$3,430
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.2% ±1.9% (446  ±104) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Swift County: 12% † 1,150 (±1.9% / ±182)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.9 minutes ±2 (43,360  ±5,626) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Swift County: 19.4 78,030 (±1.3 / ±6,178)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,349 ±111 Number of households
  • Swift County: 4,121 ±130
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (5,428  ±140) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Swift County: 2.3 9,504 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

17% ±7.3% (177  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Swift County: 11.7% † 221 (±4.2% / ±81)
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,691 ±99 Number of housing units
  • Swift County: 4,706 ±33
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$171,400 ±$13,135 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Swift County: $161,400 ±$6,637
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.2% ±3.1% (495  ±167.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Swift County: 11.3% † 1,085 (±2.4% / ±232.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.1% ±6.3% (3,570  ±271.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Swift County: 93.9% 6,264 (±4.6% / ±317.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.6% ±3.9% (1,048  ±151.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Swift County: 24.2% † 1,618 (±2.5% / ±170.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about three-quarters of 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

1.2% ±0.7% (68  ±41) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Swift County: 3% 296
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.1% ±1.7% (256  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Swift County: 6.7% † 502 (±1.1% / ±84)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
256 Total veterans ±73 237 Male ±68 19 Female ±15

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