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Benton Area School District, PA

5,251 Population
96.4 square miles 54.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.5 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Columbia County: 41.4 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,465 ±$4,131 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Columbia County: $32,432 ±$1,035
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$65,494 ±$5,863 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Columbia County: $61,992 ±$2,529
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

8.8% ±2.5% (460  ±134) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Columbia County: 15.7% † 9,592 (±1.9% / ±1,129)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

30.6 minutes ±2.2 (60,515  ±7,385) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Columbia County: 21.7 580,900 (±0.5 / ±23,927)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

2,127 ±124 Number of households
  • Columbia County: 25,874 ±368
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.5 ±0.2 (5,251  ±288) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Columbia County: 2.4 61,190 (±0 / ±88)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

2.8% ±1.7% (27  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Columbia County: 3.5% † 542 (±1.4% / ±211)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

2,843 ±157 Number of housing units
  • Columbia County: 29,775 ±82
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$211,900 ±$11,091 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Columbia County: $199,200 ±$5,471
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

4.5% ±1.5% (237  ±80) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Columbia County: 11% † 7,108 (±1.3% / ±867.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

92.8% ±1.7% (3,730  ±247.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Columbia County: 91.8% 40,247 (±2.5% / ±1,101.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
17.8% ±1.7% (714  ±82.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Columbia County: 24.9% 10,906 (±1.4% / ±623.9)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

5.4% ±2.1% (281  ±109) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Columbia County: 2.8% 1,794
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

7.8% ±1.4% (340  ±65) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Columbia County: 6.6% 3,511 (±0.6% / ±340)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
340 Total veterans ±65 313 Male ±63 27 Female ±18

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