Benton vs Towanda

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

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

Towanda has the higher population (1,748 vs 896 in Benton). Benton has the higher median household income ($89,531 vs $71,048 in Towanda). Benton has the higher median home value ($179,600 vs $114,700 in Towanda).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Towanda
Population	896	1,748
Median age	37.9 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$89,531	$71,048
Median home value	$179,600	$114,700
Median gross rent	$989	$944
Housing units	392	702
Homeownership rate	83.0%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Towanda
Population	1,013 → 896 (-11.5%)	1,311 → 1,748 (+33.3%)
Median household income	$87,500 → $89,531 (+2.3%)	$56,989 → $71,048 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$140,800 → $179,600 (+27.6%)	$79,500 → $114,700 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $989 (+19.2%)	$804 → $944 (+17.4%)

Benton

Population

1,013896

Median household income

$87,500$89,531

Median home value

$140,800$179,600

Median gross rent

$830$989

Towanda

Population

1,3111,748

Median household income

$56,989$71,048

Median home value

$79,500$114,700

Median gross rent

$804$944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Towanda
Under 5	6.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	11.9%	29.1%
18 to 24	4.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	18.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	16.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	18.9%	10.1%
55 to 64	10.6%	14.0%
65 to 74	7.7%	6.6%
75 and over	5.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Towanda
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
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%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Towanda
No high school diploma	4.7%	6.3%
High school graduate	22.9%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	22.2%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Towanda
Drove alone	75.9%	85.6%
Carpooled	2.2%	3.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	9.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Towanda
1-unit, detached	91.1%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Towanda
Poverty rate	1.8%	12.1%
Average household size	2.42	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1985	1987