Benton vs Vistula

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

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

Benton has the higher population (394 vs 45 in Vistula). Benton has the higher median household income ($103,681 vs $56,667 in Vistula). Vistula has the higher median home value ($283,300 vs $149,500 in Benton).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Vistula
Population	394	45
Median age	52.1 yrs	66.2 yrs
Median household income	$103,681	$56,667
Median home value	$149,500	$283,300
Housing units	187	26
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Vistula
Population	582 → 394 (-32.3%)	45 → 45 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$99,583 → $103,681 (+4.1%)	—
Median home value	$151,300 → $149,500 (-1.2%)	—

Benton

Population

582394

Median household income

$99,583$103,681

Median home value

$151,300$149,500

Vistula

Population

4545

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Vistula
Under 5	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	22.2%
25 to 34	23.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	2.8%	0.0%
45 to 54	27.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	11.4%	20.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	57.8%
75 and over	1.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Vistula
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	34.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Vistula
No high school diploma	4.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	68.3%	71.4%
Some college or associate's	10.1%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Vistula
Drove alone	93.5%	65.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	34.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

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

Poverty & households

	Benton	Vistula
Poverty rate	6.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.86	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	18	—
Median year structure built	1947	1974