Benham vs Cawood

A side-by-side comparison of Benham and Cawood: population, income, housing, and more.

Benham and Cawood are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Benham has the higher population (628 vs 499 in Cawood). Benham has the higher median household income ($52,652 vs $42,604 in Cawood). Cawood has the higher median home value ($64,900 vs $54,500 in Benham).

Population, income & housing

	Benham	Cawood
Population	628	499
Median age	45.0 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,652	$42,604
Median home value	$54,500	$64,900
Median gross rent	$723	—
Housing units	324	384
Homeownership rate	93.0%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benham	Cawood
Population	570 → 628 (+10.2%)	501 → 499 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$42,083 → $52,652 (+25.1%)	$36,797 → $42,604 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $54,500 (-0.9%)	$44,600 → $64,900 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $723 (+24.9%)	—

Benham

Population

570628

Median household income

$42,083$52,652

Median home value

$55,000$54,500

Median gross rent

$579$723

Cawood

Population

501499

Median household income

$36,797$42,604

Median home value

$44,600$64,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benham	Cawood
Under 5	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.0%	12.6%
18 to 24	10.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	4.3%	6.2%
35 to 44	19.4%	20.6%
45 to 54	16.9%	16.6%
55 to 64	8.0%	7.4%
65 to 74	15.3%	24.4%
75 and over	9.9%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benham	Cawood
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	10.2%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benham	Cawood
No high school diploma	21.4%	34.6%
High school graduate	31.1%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	8.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benham	Cawood
Drove alone	52.8%	33.3%
Carpooled	32.2%	66.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benham	Cawood
1-unit, detached	100.0%	31.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	50.5%

Poverty & households

	Benham	Cawood
Poverty rate	9.6%	7.0%
Average household size	2.28	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	12	—
Median year structure built	1938	1978