Benton vs Potwin

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

Benton and Potwin 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 562 in Potwin). Benton has the higher median household income ($89,531 vs $38,833 in Potwin). Benton has the higher median home value ($179,600 vs $95,000 in Potwin).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Potwin
Population	896	562
Median age	37.9 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$89,531	$38,833
Median home value	$179,600	$95,000
Median gross rent	$989	$856
Housing units	392	264
Homeownership rate	83.0%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Potwin
Population	1,013 → 896 (-11.5%)	466 → 562 (+20.6%)
Median household income	$87,500 → $89,531 (+2.3%)	$46,250 → $38,833 (-16.0%)
Median home value	$140,800 → $179,600 (+27.6%)	$56,900 → $95,000 (+67.0%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $989 (+19.2%)	$681 → $856 (+25.7%)

Benton

Population

1,013896

Median household income

$87,500$89,531

Median home value

$140,800$179,600

Median gross rent

$830$989

Potwin

Population

466562

Median household income

$46,250$38,833

Median home value

$56,900$95,000

Median gross rent

$681$856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Potwin
Under 5	6.1%	2.7%
5 to 17	11.9%	14.1%
18 to 24	4.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	18.5%	8.5%
35 to 44	16.1%	21.0%
45 to 54	18.9%	9.1%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	7.7%	6.2%
75 and over	5.8%	18.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Potwin
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	78.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.2%
Asian	7.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	16.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Potwin
No high school diploma	4.7%	8.1%
High school graduate	22.9%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.2%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Potwin
Drove alone	75.9%	87.7%
Carpooled	2.2%	10.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Potwin
1-unit, detached	91.1%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.8%
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%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Potwin
Poverty rate	1.8%	21.4%
Average household size	2.42	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1985	1952