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Benton city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Benton city is a Census city of 27 people across 0.76 square miles of land, in Ringgold County. Median household income is $51,250, 100.0 percent of occupied homes are owned.
47 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
This is a small place, and the figures below carry wide margins.
The American Community Survey reaches Benton through a sample, not a count, and in a place this size that sample is thin. The population estimate here is 27 with a margin of error of plus or minus 16, which is 59.3 percent of the estimate itself. Every figure whose margin reaches 20 percent is printed with that margin beside it, so you can see the width of each one rather than having to assume it.
Nothing has been removed or adjusted. These are the published federal estimates, shown with the uncertainty the Census publishes alongside them.
Benton
What Benton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.76 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land36 plus or minus 21
- County holding the largest share of its areaRinggold 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
- Population27 plus or minus 16
- Median age58.5
- Population under 182 plus or minus 11
- Share under 187.4 percent plus or minus 41.2
- Population 65 and over9 plus or minus 12
- Share 65 and over33.3 percent plus or minus 40.2
- Households13 plus or minus 7
- Family households10 plus or minus 6
- Share of households that are families76.9 percent plus or minus 20.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Benton
Income and work in Benton
- Median household income$51,250 plus or minus $21,736
- Per capita income$26,315 plus or minus $6,300
- Civilian labor force13 plus or minus 8
- Employed13 plus or minus 8
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over23 plus or minus 12
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher100.0 percent plus or minus 42.6
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher26.1 percent plus or minus 48.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Benton
Housing in Benton
- Housing units19 plus or minus 13
- Occupied units13 plus or minus 7
- Vacant units6 plus or minus 11
- Vacancy rate31.6 percent plus or minus 53.7
- Owner occupied13 plus or minus 7
- Renter occupied0
- Ownership rate100.0 percent
- Single family units15 plus or minus 16
- Share single family78.9 percent plus or minus 62.0
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes4 plus or minus 5
- Median year structure built1968
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 commute12 plus or minus 7
- Commuting under 15 minutes6 plus or minus 12
- Share commuting under 15 minutes50.0 percent plus or minus 94.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1 plus or minus 10
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more8.3 percent plus or minus 86.9
- Drove alone84.6 percent plus or minus 32.8
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked7.7 percent plus or minus 14.6
- Worked from home7.7 percent plus or minus 22.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ringgold County, not Benton
Ringgold County context, not Benton figures
These are Ringgold 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 Ringgold County131
- Employment at those establishments, Ringgold County1,112
- Covered employment, Ringgold County1,394
- Average annual pay, Ringgold County$46,230
- Average weekly wage, Ringgold County$889
- Housing units permitted, Ringgold County3
- Of those, single family, Ringgold County3
- County product, 2024, Ringgold County$233,698,000
- County product change over the prior year, Ringgold County11.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Ringgold County$58,494
Every figure in this section is published for Ringgold 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.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- No median owner-occupied home value is published for this place.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- 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, Iowa?
27, in 13 households. Benton city covers 0.76 square miles of land, which is 36 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?
Ringgold 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?
$51,250. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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 Ringgold 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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