Benton vs Haskell

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

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

Benton has the higher population (35,954 vs 4,035 in Haskell). Haskell has the higher median household income ($92,061 vs $69,638 in Benton). Benton has the higher median home value ($199,400 vs $158,000 in Haskell).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Haskell
Population	35,954	4,035
Median age	37.8 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,638	$92,061
Median home value	$199,400	$158,000
Median gross rent	$1,003	$1,362
Housing units	15,705	1,491
Homeownership rate	65.1%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Haskell
Population	35,679 → 35,954 (+0.8%)	4,543 → 4,035 (-11.2%)
Median household income	$59,029 → $69,638 (+18.0%)	$76,497 → $92,061 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$149,400 → $199,400 (+33.5%)	$128,900 → $158,000 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$796 → $1,003 (+26.0%)	$1,101 → $1,362 (+23.7%)

Benton

Population

35,67935,954

Median household income

$59,029$69,638

Median home value

$149,400$199,400

Median gross rent

$796$1,003

Haskell

Population

4,5434,035

Median household income

$76,497$92,061

Median home value

$128,900$158,000

Median gross rent

$1,101$1,362

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Haskell
Under 5	6.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.3%	17.1%
18 to 24	9.9%	3.5%
25 to 34	12.2%	22.6%
35 to 44	15.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.9%	9.4%
55 to 64	9.3%	16.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	7.1%
75 and over	6.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Haskell
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	90.6%
Black or African American	9.6%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Haskell
No high school diploma	6.7%	8.6%
High school graduate	32.2%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Haskell
Drove alone	81.5%	82.5%
Carpooled	9.4%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	3.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Haskell
1-unit, detached	78.0%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	4.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Haskell
Poverty rate	10.1%	5.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1995	2002