Benham vs Cumberland

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

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

Cumberland has the higher population (2,234 vs 628 in Benham). Benham has the higher median household income ($52,652 vs $35,309 in Cumberland). Cumberland has the higher median home value ($61,600 vs $54,500 in Benham).

Population, income & housing

	Benham	Cumberland
Population	628	2,234
Median age	45.0 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,652	$35,309
Median home value	$54,500	$61,600
Median gross rent	$723	$618
Housing units	324	1,035
Homeownership rate	93.0%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	34.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benham	Cumberland
Population	570 → 628 (+10.2%)	1,724 → 2,234 (+29.6%)
Median household income	$42,083 → $52,652 (+25.1%)	$19,250 → $35,309 (+83.4%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $54,500 (-0.9%)	$47,100 → $61,600 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $723 (+24.9%)	$413 → $618 (+49.6%)

Benham

Population

570628

Median household income

$42,083$52,652

Median home value

$55,000$54,500

Median gross rent

$579$723

Cumberland

Population

1,7242,234

Median household income

$19,250$35,309

Median home value

$47,100$61,600

Median gross rent

$413$618

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benham	Cumberland
Under 5	5.3%	15.3%
5 to 17	11.0%	20.3%
18 to 24	10.0%	4.3%
25 to 34	4.3%	15.6%
35 to 44	19.4%	7.6%
45 to 54	16.9%	4.5%
55 to 64	8.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	15.3%	9.3%
75 and over	9.9%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benham	Cumberland
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.2%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benham	Cumberland
No high school diploma	21.4%	25.6%
High school graduate	31.1%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benham	Cumberland
Drove alone	52.8%	52.9%
Carpooled	32.2%	24.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	10.9%
Other means	1.5%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benham	Cumberland
1-unit, detached	100.0%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Benham	Cumberland
Poverty rate	9.6%	57.0%
Average household size	2.28	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	12	14
Median year structure built	1938	1968