Bennington vs Niles

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

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

Bennington has the higher population (612 vs 120 in Niles). Bennington has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $41,618 in Niles). Since 2019, Niles's population has grown faster (+150.0% vs -26.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Bennington	Niles
Population	612	120
Median age	35.0 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$41,618
Median home value	$130,800	—
Median gross rent	$963	—
Housing units	279	45
Homeownership rate	68.2%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bennington	Niles
Population	833 → 612 (-26.5%)	48 → 120 (+150.0%)
Median household income	$56,797 → $78,750 (+38.7%)	$51,667 → $41,618 (-19.4%)
Median home value	$103,000 → $130,800 (+27.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$813 → $963 (+18.5%)	—

Bennington

Population

833612

Median household income

$56,797$78,750

Median home value

$103,000$130,800

Median gross rent

$813$963

Niles

Population

48120

Median household income

$51,667$41,618

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bennington	Niles
Under 5	7.0%	17.5%
5 to 17	20.9%	18.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	5.8%
35 to 44	8.8%	43.3%
45 to 54	9.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	7.4%	6.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	0.0%
75 and over	15.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bennington	Niles
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	35.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	29.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	35.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bennington	Niles
No high school diploma	7.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.3%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bennington	Niles
Drove alone	83.3%	93.1%
Carpooled	9.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	6.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bennington	Niles
1-unit, detached	86.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bennington	Niles
Poverty rate	16.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.37	3.53
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1960	1938