Benham vs Harlan

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

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

Harlan has the higher population (2,304 vs 628 in Benham). Benham has the higher median household income ($52,652 vs $30,365 in Harlan). Harlan has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $54,500 in Benham).

Population, income & housing

	Benham	Harlan
Population	628	2,304
Median age	45.0 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,652	$30,365
Median home value	$54,500	$112,500
Median gross rent	$723	$516
Housing units	324	1,178
Homeownership rate	93.0%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benham	Harlan
Population	570 → 628 (+10.2%)	1,447 → 2,304 (+59.2%)
Median household income	$42,083 → $52,652 (+25.1%)	$24,432 → $30,365 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $54,500 (-0.9%)	$91,400 → $112,500 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $723 (+24.9%)	$391 → $516 (+32.0%)

Benham

Population

570628

Median household income

$42,083$52,652

Median home value

$55,000$54,500

Median gross rent

$579$723

Harlan

Population

1,4472,304

Median household income

$24,432$30,365

Median home value

$91,400$112,500

Median gross rent

$391$516

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benham	Harlan
Under 5	5.3%	8.4%
5 to 17	11.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	10.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	4.3%	14.6%
35 to 44	19.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	16.9%	10.5%
55 to 64	8.0%	12.8%
65 to 74	15.3%	12.0%
75 and over	9.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benham	Harlan
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benham	Harlan
No high school diploma	21.4%	18.3%
High school graduate	31.1%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benham	Harlan
Drove alone	52.8%	74.5%
Carpooled	32.2%	16.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	3.8%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benham	Harlan
1-unit, detached	100.0%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	32.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Benham	Harlan
Poverty rate	9.6%	32.2%
Average household size	2.28	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	12	23
Median year structure built	1938	1963