Benton vs Elbing

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

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

Benton has the higher population (896 vs 287 in Elbing). Benton has the higher median household income ($89,531 vs $81,000 in Elbing). Benton has the higher median home value ($179,600 vs $136,500 in Elbing).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Elbing
Population	896	287
Median age	37.9 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$89,531	$81,000
Median home value	$179,600	$136,500
Median gross rent	$989	—
Housing units	392	103
Homeownership rate	83.0%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Elbing
Population	1,013 → 896 (-11.5%)	335 → 287 (-14.3%)
Median household income	$87,500 → $89,531 (+2.3%)	$68,542 → $81,000 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$140,800 → $179,600 (+27.6%)	$110,000 → $136,500 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $989 (+19.2%)	—

Benton

Population

1,013896

Median household income

$87,500$89,531

Median home value

$140,800$179,600

Median gross rent

$830$989

Elbing

Population

335287

Median household income

$68,542$81,000

Median home value

$110,000$136,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Elbing
Under 5	6.1%	11.1%
5 to 17	11.9%	20.6%
18 to 24	4.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	18.5%	15.7%
35 to 44	16.1%	11.1%
45 to 54	18.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	10.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	2.4%
75 and over	5.8%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Elbing
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	7.7%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Elbing
No high school diploma	4.7%	2.9%
High school graduate	22.9%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.2%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Elbing
Drove alone	75.9%	70.5%
Carpooled	2.2%	6.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	10.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	10.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Elbing
1-unit, detached	91.1%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Elbing
Poverty rate	1.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.42	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1985	1975