Benham vs Evarts

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

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

Evarts has the higher population (804 vs 628 in Benham). Benham has the higher median household income ($52,652 vs $35,625 in Evarts). Evarts has the higher median home value ($81,400 vs $54,500 in Benham).

Population, income & housing

	Benham	Evarts
Population	628	804
Median age	45.0 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,652	$35,625
Median home value	$54,500	$81,400
Median gross rent	$723	$652
Housing units	324	282
Homeownership rate	93.0%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	16.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benham	Evarts
Population	570 → 628 (+10.2%)	686 → 804 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$42,083 → $52,652 (+25.1%)	$29,306 → $35,625 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $54,500 (-0.9%)	$61,100 → $81,400 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $723 (+24.9%)	$523 → $652 (+24.7%)

Benham

Population

570628

Median household income

$42,083$52,652

Median home value

$55,000$54,500

Median gross rent

$579$723

Evarts

Population

686804

Median household income

$29,306$35,625

Median home value

$61,100$81,400

Median gross rent

$523$652

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benham	Evarts
Under 5	5.3%	2.6%
5 to 17	11.0%	14.1%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	4.3%	15.2%
35 to 44	19.4%	25.9%
45 to 54	16.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	8.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	15.3%	6.5%
75 and over	9.9%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benham	Evarts
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benham	Evarts
No high school diploma	21.4%	28.2%
High school graduate	31.1%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benham	Evarts
Drove alone	52.8%	82.0%
Carpooled	32.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	3.4%
Other means	1.5%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benham	Evarts
1-unit, detached	100.0%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Benham	Evarts
Poverty rate	9.6%	23.7%
Average household size	2.28	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	12	21
Median year structure built	1938	1976