Benton vs Douglass

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

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

Douglass has the higher population (1,523 vs 896 in Benton). Benton has the higher median household income ($89,531 vs $70,735 in Douglass). Benton has the higher median home value ($179,600 vs $115,300 in Douglass).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Douglass
Population	896	1,523
Median age	37.9 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$89,531	$70,735
Median home value	$179,600	$115,300
Median gross rent	$989	$869
Housing units	392	652
Homeownership rate	83.0%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Douglass
Population	1,013 → 896 (-11.5%)	1,780 → 1,523 (-14.4%)
Median household income	$87,500 → $89,531 (+2.3%)	$56,776 → $70,735 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$140,800 → $179,600 (+27.6%)	$88,500 → $115,300 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $989 (+19.2%)	$704 → $869 (+23.4%)

Benton

Population

1,013896

Median household income

$87,500$89,531

Median home value

$140,800$179,600

Median gross rent

$830$989

Douglass

Population

1,7801,523

Median household income

$56,776$70,735

Median home value

$88,500$115,300

Median gross rent

$704$869

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Douglass
Under 5	6.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	11.9%	18.8%
18 to 24	4.4%	9.5%
25 to 34	18.5%	15.6%
35 to 44	16.1%	8.8%
45 to 54	18.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	8.2%
75 and over	5.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Douglass
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.3%
Asian	7.7%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Douglass
No high school diploma	4.7%	6.2%
High school graduate	22.9%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.2%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Douglass
Drove alone	75.9%	82.1%
Carpooled	2.2%	11.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.9%
Worked from home	18.8%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Douglass
1-unit, detached	91.1%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Douglass
Poverty rate	1.8%	9.1%
Average household size	2.42	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	20	32
Median year structure built	1985	1960