Bennington vs Minneapolis

A side-by-side comparison of Bennington and Minneapolis: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Minneapolis has the higher population (2,101 vs 612 in Bennington). Bennington has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $65,694 in Minneapolis). Minneapolis has the higher median home value ($133,100 vs $130,800 in Bennington).

Population, income & housing

	Bennington	Minneapolis
Population	612	2,101
Median age	35.0 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$65,694
Median home value	$130,800	$133,100
Median gross rent	$963	$592
Housing units	279	990
Homeownership rate	68.2%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bennington	Minneapolis
Population	833 → 612 (-26.5%)	1,795 → 2,101 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$56,797 → $78,750 (+38.7%)	$50,286 → $65,694 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$103,000 → $130,800 (+27.0%)	$91,000 → $133,100 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $963 (+18.5%)	$612 → $592 (-3.3%)

Bennington

Population

833612

Median household income

$56,797$78,750

Median home value

$103,000$130,800

Median gross rent

$813$963

Minneapolis

Population

1,7952,101

Median household income

$50,286$65,694

Median home value

$91,000$133,100

Median gross rent

$612$592

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bennington	Minneapolis
Under 5	7.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	20.9%	15.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	8.8%	18.4%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.3%
55 to 64	7.4%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.2%
75 and over	15.0%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bennington	Minneapolis
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bennington	Minneapolis
No high school diploma	7.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	31.3%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bennington	Minneapolis
Drove alone	83.3%	80.5%
Carpooled	9.2%	8.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	5.5%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bennington	Minneapolis
1-unit, detached	86.0%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Bennington	Minneapolis
Poverty rate	16.1%	12.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1960	1965