Benton vs Whitewater

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

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

Whitewater has the higher population (900 vs 896 in Benton). Benton has the higher median household income ($89,531 vs $71,875 in Whitewater). Benton has the higher median home value ($179,600 vs $123,700 in Whitewater).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Whitewater
Population	896	900
Median age	37.9 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$89,531	$71,875
Median home value	$179,600	$123,700
Median gross rent	$989	$933
Housing units	392	366
Homeownership rate	83.0%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Whitewater
Population	1,013 → 896 (-11.5%)	778 → 900 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$87,500 → $89,531 (+2.3%)	$63,487 → $71,875 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$140,800 → $179,600 (+27.6%)	$107,100 → $123,700 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $989 (+19.2%)	$750 → $933 (+24.4%)

Benton

Population

1,013896

Median household income

$87,500$89,531

Median home value

$140,800$179,600

Median gross rent

$830$989

Whitewater

Population

778900

Median household income

$63,487$71,875

Median home value

$107,100$123,700

Median gross rent

$750$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Whitewater
Under 5	6.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	11.9%	14.0%
18 to 24	4.4%	12.0%
25 to 34	18.5%	9.0%
35 to 44	16.1%	5.4%
45 to 54	18.9%	25.9%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.0%
65 to 74	7.7%	6.3%
75 and over	5.8%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Whitewater
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.8%
Asian	7.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Whitewater
No high school diploma	4.7%	13.8%
High school graduate	22.9%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.2%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Whitewater
Drove alone	75.9%	88.4%
Carpooled	2.2%	3.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.9%
Worked from home	18.8%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Whitewater
1-unit, detached	91.1%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Whitewater
Poverty rate	1.8%	3.6%
Average household size	2.42	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1985	1938