What is the population of Benton city?

Benton city has 35,954 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #12 of 625 in Arkansas.

What is the median household income in Benton city?

Median household income in Benton city is $69,638 a year, 11.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Benton city?

Median gross rent is $1,003 a month and the median home value is $199,400, so rent absorbs about 17.3% of median household income.

Is Benton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Benton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Benton, AR population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Benton, Arkansas (Benton, AR — Census place “Benton city”) is 35,954 residents, ranking #12 of 625 places in Arkansas. Median household income is $69,638, the median home is worth $199,400 and median gross rent runs $1,003 a month. Looking for the Benton Arkansas ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Benton, AR: 72015, 72019.

Population: 35,954Benton city residents
Median household income: $69,638Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $199,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,003Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 65.1%Owner-occupied households

Benton ZIP codes (Arkansas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Benton.

The Benton AR ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Benton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Benton city median would spend about 17.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.1% of residents and 65.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Benton city, AR in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Benton city is a small city in Arkansas, with 35,954 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #12 of 625 ranked by population — larger than 98% of them. The median age here is 37.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Benton city earn a median of $69,638 a year, 11.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 41% above the $49,306 median for the 209 Arkansas cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 10.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Benton city is valued at $199,400, 34.3% below the national figure and 55% above the $128,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,003 a month, 28.7% below the national figure, or roughly $12,036 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 65.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Benton city?: Benton city has 35,954 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #12 of 625 in Arkansas.
What is the median household income in Benton city?: Median household income in Benton city is $69,638 a year, 11.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Benton city?: Median gross rent is $1,003 a month and the median home value is $199,400, so rent absorbs about 17.3% of median household income.
Is Benton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Benton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Benton city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.