Bena is home to 79 people in Minnesota. 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. The median age is 32.7, younger than the US median of 38.9. That trails the Minnesota median by roughly 45%. Home values have more than tripled since 2000, reaching $112,500. 1% of locals were born outside the United States.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $49,167, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 32.7
US median: 38.9
Less educated
15% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 102%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Bena
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$35,999 → $112,500(+213%)US over the same years: +67%
Poverty rate50.0% → 22.8%(−27.2 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median household income (2024 dollars)$24,001 → $49,167(+105%)US over the same years: +14%
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
Bena, decade by decade
Bena 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
158
$24,001
$35,999
4.6%
62.1
2000
110
$21,064
$55,743
0.0%
46.3
2010
116
$15,157
$109,475
14.6%
55.3
2020
143
$18,181
$103,023
3.3%
50.0
2024
79
$49,167
$112,500
15.2%
48.0
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.
