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Benton city, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Benton city is a Census city of 6,863 people across 5.49 square miles of land, in Franklin County. Median household income is $54,123, 62.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 9 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.4 m.
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Benton
What Benton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.49 sq mi
- Water area0.17 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,250
- County holding the largest share of its areaFranklin 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
- Population6,863
- Median age42.6
- Population under 181,419
- Share under 1820.7 percent
- Population 65 and over1,743
- Share 65 and over25.4 percent
- Households2,985
- Family households1,790
- Share of households that are families60.0 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$54,123 plus or minus $11,820
- Per capita income$32,057
- Civilian labor force2,894
- Employed2,780
- Unemployed114 plus or minus 81
- Unemployment rate3.9 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Adults 25 and over4,961
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher87.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.6 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.5 percent plus or minus 1.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Benton
Housing in Benton
- Housing units3,462
- Occupied units2,985
- Vacant units477 plus or minus 191
- Vacancy rate13.8 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Owner occupied1,868
- Renter occupied1,117
- Ownership rate62.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$87,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$798
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.7 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Single family units2,731
- Share single family78.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more614 plus or minus 179
- Share in buildings of two or more17.7 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Mobile homes117 plus or minus 88
- Median year structure built1959
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 commute2,426
- Commuting under 15 minutes971 plus or minus 237
- Share commuting under 15 minutes40.0 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more879 plus or minus 216
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more36.2 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Drove alone69.8 percent
- Carpooled16.2 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Public transport0.4 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home11.0 percent plus or minus 4.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Benton
SBA loans in Benton (7(a))
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$5,433,300
- Average approval$603,700
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$4,566,300
- Largest approval$4,566,300
- Jobs supported92
- Jobs per approval10.2
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full4
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more11.1 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS9
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 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.
Benton
SBA loans in Benton (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$432,000
- Average approval$432,000
- Median approval$432,000
- Largest approval$432,000
- Jobs supported6
- 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.
Benton
Flood risk in Benton
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170237
- Currently effective map date11/18/09(M)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Franklin County, not Benton
Franklin County context, not Benton figures
These are Franklin 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 Franklin County696
- Employment at those establishments, Franklin County6,940
- Covered employment, Franklin County9,079
- Average annual pay, Franklin County$46,819
- Average weekly wage, Franklin County$900
- Housing units permitted, Franklin County15
- Of those, single family, Franklin County15
- County product, 2024, Franklin County$1,361,931,000
- County product change over the prior year, Franklin County6.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Franklin County$43,344
Every figure in this section is published for Franklin 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.
- 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, Illinois?
6,863, in 2,985 households. Benton city covers 5.49 square miles of land, which is 1,250 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?
Franklin 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?
$54,123. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $87,200. Median gross rent is $798 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?
9 7(a) approvals totalling $5.4 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $100,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $432,000. 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?
No rate is published for Benton. only 4 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 Benton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Benton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170237, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. 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 Benton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Franklin 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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