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Benton town, Louisiana: commercial real estate data.
Benton town is a Census town of 2,548 people across 2.52 square miles of land, in Bossier Parish. Median household income is $58,143, 63.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 8 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.2 m.
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Benton
What Benton is
- Census place typetown
- Land area2.52 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,013
- County holding the largest share of its areaBossier Parish, 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
- Population2,548
- Median age35.7 plus or minus 7.9
- Population under 18672 plus or minus 214
- Share under 1826.4 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Population 65 and over360 plus or minus 112
- Share 65 and over14.1 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Households952
- Family households708 plus or minus 181
- Share of households that are families74.4 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$58,143
- Per capita income$27,305
- Civilian labor force1,230 plus or minus 296
- Employed1,179 plus or minus 290
- Unemployed51 plus or minus 42
- Unemployment rate4.1 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Adults 25 and over1,655
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.5 percent plus or minus 24.2
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.0 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.7 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Benton
Housing in Benton
- Housing units1,045
- Occupied units952
- Vacant units93 plus or minus 54
- Vacancy rate8.9 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Owner occupied600 plus or minus 181
- Renter occupied352 plus or minus 138
- Ownership rate63.0 percent plus or minus 15.1
- Median owner-occupied home value$201,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$873 plus or minus $299
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.0 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Single family units784 plus or minus 167
- Share single family75.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more138 plus or minus 78
- Share in buildings of two or more13.2 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Mobile homes123 plus or minus 62
- Median year structure built1981
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 commute1,173 plus or minus 287
- Commuting under 15 minutes427 plus or minus 175
- Share commuting under 15 minutes36.4 percent plus or minus 12.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more230 plus or minus 78
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more19.6 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Drove alone86.7 percent plus or minus 29.5
- Carpooled8.1 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.2 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Worked from home1.1 percent plus or minus 1.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Benton
SBA loans in Benton (7(a))
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$1,177,500
- Average approval$147,188
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$500,000
- Largest approval$500,000
- Jobs supported28
- 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 more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises25.0 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS8
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.
Benton
SBA loans in Benton (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,625,000
- Average approval$541,667
- Median approval$517,000
- Largest approval$826,000
- Jobs supported22
- 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.
Bossier Parish, not Benton
Bossier Parish context, not Benton figures
These are Bossier Parish 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 Bossier Parish2,649
- Employment at those establishments, Bossier Parish37,246
- Covered employment, Bossier Parish44,354
- Average annual pay, Bossier Parish$52,165
- Average weekly wage, Bossier Parish$1,003
- Housing units permitted, Bossier Parish779
- Of those, single family, Bossier Parish779
- County product, 2024, Bossier Parish$7,656,264,000
- County product change over the prior year, Bossier Parish3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Bossier Parish$51,658
Every figure in this section is published for Bossier Parish 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, Louisiana?
2,548, in 952 households. Benton town covers 2.52 square miles of land, which is 1,013 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?
Bossier Parish, 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?
$58,143. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $201,000. Median gross rent is $873 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?
8 7(a) approvals totalling $1.2 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $100,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $1.6 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 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.
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 Bossier Parish 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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