Benton vs Gordonville

A side-by-side comparison of Benton and Gordonville: population, income, housing, and more.

Benton and Gordonville are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gordonville has the higher population (311 vs 34 in Benton). Benton has the higher median home value ($80,000 vs $61,000 in Gordonville). Since 2019, Gordonville's population has grown faster (+70.9% vs +17.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Gordonville
Population	34	311
Median age	61.4 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$46,875
Median home value	$80,000	$61,000
Housing units	22	92
Homeownership rate	100.0%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Gordonville
Population	29 → 34 (+17.2%)	182 → 311 (+70.9%)
Median household income	$101,458 → $44,583 (-56.1%)	$25,179 → $46,875 (+86.2%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $80,000 (-33.8%)	$61,300 → $61,000 (-0.5%)

Benton

Population

2934

Median household income

$101,458$44,583

Median home value

$120,800$80,000

Gordonville

Population

182311

Median household income

$25,179$46,875

Median home value

$61,300$61,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Gordonville
Under 5	0.0%	10.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	16.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	79.4%	6.8%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.6%
75 and over	8.8%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Gordonville
White (non-Hispanic)	67.6%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	100.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	32.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Gordonville
No high school diploma	52.9%	12.7%
High school graduate	32.4%	51.9%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Gordonville
Drove alone	100.0%	98.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Gordonville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	53.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	43.5%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Gordonville
Poverty rate	0.0%	23.8%
Average household size	1.55	3.75
Mean commute (minutes)	—	41
Median year structure built	1940	1979