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Benton city, Kentucky: commercial real estate data.
Benton city is a Census city of 4,748 people across 5.10 square miles of land, in Marshall County. Median household income is $66,827, 78.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 7 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.7 m.
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Benton
What Benton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.1 sq mi
- Water area0.06 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land931
- County holding the largest share of its areaMarshall 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
- Population4,748
- Median age43.2
- Population under 18909 plus or minus 263
- Share under 1819.1 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Population 65 and over947 plus or minus 246
- Share 65 and over19.9 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Households1,938
- Family households1,127
- Share of households that are families58.2 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$66,827 plus or minus $18,749
- Per capita income$30,643
- Civilian labor force2,474
- Employed2,375
- Unemployed99 plus or minus 86
- Unemployment rate4.0 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Adults 25 and over3,420
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.1 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.8 percent plus or minus 4.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Benton
Housing in Benton
- Housing units2,142
- Occupied units1,938
- Vacant units204 plus or minus 151
- Vacancy rate9.5 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Owner occupied1,525
- Renter occupied413 plus or minus 221
- Ownership rate78.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$157,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$787
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.1 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Single family units1,751
- Share single family81.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more288 plus or minus 164
- Share in buildings of two or more13.4 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Mobile homes103 plus or minus 105
- Median year structure built1975
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 commute2,047
- Commuting under 15 minutes696 plus or minus 215
- Share commuting under 15 minutes34.0 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more720 plus or minus 214
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.2 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Drove alone79.9 percent
- Carpooled4.1 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.8 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Worked from home13.4 percent plus or minus 5.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Benton
SBA loans in Benton (7(a))
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$5,657,500
- Average approval$808,214
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,700,000
- Largest approval$3,700,000
- Jobs supported62
- Jobs per approval8.9
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full4
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more14.3 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS7
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)
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$4,013,000
- Average approval$668,833
- Median approval$686,000
- Largest approval$1,393,000
- Jobs supported76
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Marshall County, not Benton
Marshall County context, not Benton figures
These are Marshall 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 Marshall County734
- Employment at those establishments, Marshall County9,645
- Covered employment, Marshall County11,710
- Average annual pay, Marshall County$62,678
- Average weekly wage, Marshall County$1,205
- Housing units permitted, Marshall County121
- Of those, single family, Marshall County98
- County product, 2024, Marshall County$1,759,795,000
- County product change over the prior year, Marshall County-0.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Marshall County$56,843
Every figure in this section is published for Marshall 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, Kentucky?
4,748, in 1,938 households. Benton city covers 5.10 square miles of land, which is 931 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?
Marshall 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?
$66,827. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $157,000. Median gross rent is $787 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?
7 7(a) approvals totalling $5.7 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 6 504 approvals worth $4.0 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?
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.
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 Marshall 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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