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Benton city, Arkansas: commercial real estate data.
Benton city is a Census city of 36,595 people across 23.11 square miles of land, in Saline County. Median household income is $72,876, 68.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 44 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $13.3 m.
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Benton
What Benton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area23.11 sq mi
- Water area0.53 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,583
- County holding the largest share of its areaSaline 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.
Benton
How many people live in Benton
- Population36,595
- Median age38.1
- Population under 188,573
- Share under 1823.4 percent
- Population 65 and over5,892
- Share 65 and over16.1 percent
- Households15,377
- Family households9,680
- Share of households that are families63.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Benton
Income and work in Benton
- Median household income$72,876
- Per capita income$38,819
- Civilian labor force19,338
- Employed18,674
- Unemployed664 plus or minus 237
- Unemployment rate3.4 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Adults 25 and over24,649
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher28.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Benton
Housing in Benton
- Housing units16,230
- Occupied units15,377
- Vacant units853 plus or minus 221
- Vacancy rate5.3 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Owner occupied10,485
- Renter occupied4,892
- Ownership rate68.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$212,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,072
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.7 percent
- Single family units13,103
- Share single family80.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,634
- Share in buildings of two or more16.2 percent
- Mobile homes469 plus or minus 222
- Median year structure built1995
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Benton
How Benton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute16,815
- Commuting under 15 minutes5,053
- Share commuting under 15 minutes30.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more6,911
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more41.1 percent
- Drove alone79.9 percent
- Carpooled9.1 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Worked from home9.4 percent plus or minus 2.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Benton
SBA loans in Benton (7(a))
- Approvals44
- Gross approval$13,335,200
- Average approval$303,073
- Median approval$170,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$683,300
- Largest approval$2,623,800
- Jobs supported375
- Jobs per approval8.5
- Loans with a final outcome13
- Paid in full11
- Charged off2
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans15.4 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more6.8 percent
- Share to franchises11.4 percent
- Distinct lenders20
- Distinct industries by NAICS38
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Benton
SBA loans in Benton (504)
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$3,255,000
- Average approval$406,875
- Median approval$335,000
- Largest approval$907,000
- Jobs supported85
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Saline County, not Benton
Saline County context, not Benton figures
These are Saline County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Benton measurements.
- Establishments in Saline County2,389
- Employment at those establishments, Saline County25,592
- Covered employment, Saline County27,501
- Average annual pay, Saline County$47,454
- Average weekly wage, Saline County$913
- Housing units permitted, Saline County509
- Of those, single family, Saline County491
- County product, 2024, Saline County$4,029,131,000
- County product change over the prior year, Saline County3.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Saline County$66,525
Every figure in this section is published for Saline County as a whole and is not a measurement of Benton. 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.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- 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
Benton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Benton, Arkansas?
36,595, in 15,377 households. Benton city covers 23.11 square miles of land, which is 1,583 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Benton in?
Saline 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 Benton?
$72,876. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $212,700. Median gross rent is $1,072 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Benton businesses?
44 7(a) approvals totalling $13.3 m, across 20 lenders, median approval $170,500, plus 8 504 approvals worth $3.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Benton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Benton borrowers get paid back?
Of the 13 loans that have reached a final outcome, 11 were paid in full and 2 charged off, a charge off rate of 15.4 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Benton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Saline 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 Benton.
Is zoning published for Benton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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