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Benson city, Arizona: commercial real estate data.
Benson city is a Census city of 5,417 people across 41.64 square miles of land, in Cochise County. Median household income is $49,346, 59.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 16 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $8.1 m.
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Benson
What Benson is
- Census place typecity
- Land area41.64 sq mi
- Water area0.05 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land130
- County holding the largest share of its areaCochise County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Benson
How many people live in Benson
- Population5,417
- Median age50.6
- Population under 181,045 plus or minus 227
- Share under 1819.3 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Population 65 and over1,677
- Share 65 and over31.0 percent
- Households2,395
- Family households1,392
- Share of households that are families58.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Benson
Income and work in Benson
- Median household income$49,346
- Per capita income$29,633
- Civilian labor force2,130
- Employed1,944
- Unemployed186 plus or minus 124
- Unemployment rate8.7 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Adults 25 and over4,013
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher25.2 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.9 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Benson
Housing in Benson
- Housing units3,226
- Occupied units2,395
- Vacant units831 plus or minus 198
- Vacancy rate25.8 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Owner occupied1,424
- Renter occupied971 plus or minus 214
- Ownership rate59.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$148,900 plus or minus $35,505
- Median gross rent, monthly$783
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.0 percent
- Single family units1,306
- Share single family40.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more468 plus or minus 184
- Share in buildings of two or more14.5 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Mobile homes1,338 plus or minus 286
- Median year structure built1985
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Benson
How Benson gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,708
- Commuting under 15 minutes760 plus or minus 229
- Share commuting under 15 minutes44.5 percent plus or minus 10.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more816 plus or minus 229
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more47.8 percent plus or minus 10.2
- Drove alone70.5 percent
- Carpooled14.1 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.8 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Worked from home8.3 percent plus or minus 5.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Benson
SBA 7(a) lending to Benson borrowers
- Approvals16
- Gross approval$8,126,600
- Average approval$507,913
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,931,000
- Largest approval$2,970,000
- Jobs supported56
- Jobs per approval3.5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more43.8 percent
- Share to franchises12.5 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS13
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Benson
SBA 504 lending to Benson borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$985,000
- Average approval$985,000
- Median approval$985,000
- Largest approval$985,000
- Jobs supported10
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Benson
Flood programme status in Benson
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 10
- NFIP community number040013
- Currently effective map date02/03/16
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Cochise County, not Benson
Cochise County context, not Benson figures
These are Cochise County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Benson measurements.
- Establishments in Cochise County2,189
- Employment at those establishments, Cochise County26,077
- Covered employment, Cochise County34,954
- Average annual pay, Cochise County$59,877
- Average weekly wage, Cochise County$1,151
- Housing units permitted, Cochise County441
- Of those, single family, Cochise County435
- County product, 2024, Cochise County$6,576,220,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cochise County5.6 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cochise County$57,228
Every figure in this section is published for Cochise County as a whole and is not a measurement of Benson. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Benson questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Benson, Arizona?
5,417, in 2,395 households. Benson city covers 41.64 square miles of land, which is 130 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Benson in?
Cochise County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Benson?
$49,346. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $148,900. Median gross rent is $783 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Benson businesses?
16 7(a) approvals totalling $8.1 m, across 7 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $985,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Benson, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Benson borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Benson. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Benson in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Benson appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 040013, carrying Community Rating System class 10, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Benson figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cochise County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Benson.
Is zoning published for Benson?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.