Benton vs New Paris

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

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

New Paris has the higher population (1,630 vs 394 in Benton). Benton has the higher median household income ($103,681 vs $71,750 in New Paris). New Paris has the higher median home value ($173,100 vs $149,500 in Benton).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	New Paris
Population	394	1,630
Median age	52.1 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$103,681	$71,750
Median home value	$149,500	$173,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,066
Housing units	187	562
Homeownership rate	100.0%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	New Paris
Population	582 → 394 (-32.3%)	1,503 → 1,630 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$99,583 → $103,681 (+4.1%)	$50,078 → $71,750 (+43.3%)
Median home value	$151,300 → $149,500 (-1.2%)	$113,500 → $173,100 (+52.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$793 → $1,066 (+34.4%)

Benton

Population

582394

Median household income

$99,583$103,681

Median home value

$151,300$149,500

New Paris

Population

1,5031,630

Median household income

$50,078$71,750

Median home value

$113,500$173,100

Median gross rent

$793$1,066

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	New Paris
Under 5	9.4%	6.4%
5 to 17	12.9%	19.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.1%
25 to 34	23.6%	14.3%
35 to 44	2.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	27.9%	13.8%
55 to 64	11.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	7.2%
75 and over	1.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	New Paris
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	34.8%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	New Paris
No high school diploma	4.2%	21.3%
High school graduate	68.3%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	10.1%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	New Paris
Drove alone	93.5%	91.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	New Paris
1-unit, detached	100.0%	99.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Benton	New Paris
Poverty rate	6.6%	12.2%
Average household size	2.86	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1947	1967