With 32 people, Benton is a city in Alabama. At a median age of 63.3, this is an older place than the country as a whole. 100% of homes are owner-occupied. 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Median home value sits at $95,000. The foreign-born share is 0%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $46,750, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 63.3
US median: 38.9
Less educated
19% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 40%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Benton
What changed most since 1990
White share53.3% → 81.3%(+27.9 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median age31.7 → 63.3(+31.6 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Black share38.3% → 0.0%(−38.3 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Over time
Benton, decade by decade
Benton population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
60
$52,002
$150,004
29.7%
70.2
2000
47
$163,949
$159,395
46.2%
44.8
2010
49
$86,314
$238,227
52.2%
37.5
2020
41
$124,992
$138,900
56.5%
11.8
2024
32
$46,750
$95,000
18.8%
38.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
