Benson vs Pirtleville

A side-by-side comparison of Benson and Pirtleville: population, income, housing, and more.

Benson and Pirtleville are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Benson has the higher population (5,331 vs 1,869 in Pirtleville). Pirtleville has the higher median household income ($49,022 vs $48,854 in Benson). Benson has the higher median home value ($145,700 vs $75,500 in Pirtleville).

Population, income & housing

	Benson	Pirtleville
Population	5,331	1,869
Median age	53.5 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$48,854	$49,022
Median home value	$145,700	$75,500
Median gross rent	$759	$665
Housing units	3,171	587
Homeownership rate	66.6%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	18.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benson	Pirtleville
Population	4,878 → 5,331 (+9.3%)	1,572 → 1,869 (+18.9%)
Median household income	$32,783 → $48,854 (+49.0%)	$35,083 → $49,022 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$108,000 → $145,700 (+34.9%)	$78,400 → $75,500 (-3.7%)
Median gross rent	$727 → $759 (+4.4%)	$585 → $665 (+13.7%)

Benson

Population

4,8785,331

Median household income

$32,783$48,854

Median home value

$108,000$145,700

Median gross rent

$727$759

Pirtleville

Population

1,5721,869

Median household income

$35,083$49,022

Median home value

$78,400$75,500

Median gross rent

$585$665

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benson	Pirtleville
Under 5	5.3%	1.4%
5 to 17	12.1%	19.4%
18 to 24	5.8%	12.7%
25 to 34	8.3%	22.8%
35 to 44	8.3%	6.2%
45 to 54	12.8%	8.5%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.8%
65 to 74	19.0%	7.4%
75 and over	14.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benson	Pirtleville
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benson	Pirtleville
No high school diploma	11.7%	57.6%
High school graduate	33.0%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benson	Pirtleville
Drove alone	64.5%	79.3%
Carpooled	14.8%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	11.0%
Other means	3.8%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benson	Pirtleville
1-unit, detached	44.0%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.4%	35.1%

Poverty & households

	Benson	Pirtleville
Poverty rate	14.2%	25.4%
Average household size	2.22	3.94
Mean commute (minutes)	27	38
Median year structure built	1986	1976