Benham vs Kenvir

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

Benham and Kenvir 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 550 in Kenvir). Since 2019, Kenvir's population has grown faster (+16.5% vs +10.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Benham	Kenvir
Population	628	550
Median age	45.0 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,652	—
Median home value	$54,500	—
Median gross rent	$723	—
Housing units	324	209
Homeownership rate	93.0%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	15.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benham	Kenvir
Population	570 → 628 (+10.2%)	472 → 550 (+16.5%)
Median household income	$42,083 → $52,652 (+25.1%)	$25,694 → $33,938 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $54,500 (-0.9%)	$43,700 → $65,800 (+50.6%)
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

Kenvir

Population

472550

Median household income

$25,694$33,938

Median home value

$43,700$65,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benham	Kenvir
Under 5	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.0%	10.7%
18 to 24	10.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	4.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	19.4%	19.3%
45 to 54	16.9%	34.7%
55 to 64	8.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	15.3%	7.6%
75 and over	9.9%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benham	Kenvir
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benham	Kenvir
No high school diploma	21.4%	34.1%
High school graduate	31.1%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	12.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benham	Kenvir
Drove alone	52.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	32.2%	0.0%
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	Kenvir
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Benham	Kenvir
Poverty rate	9.6%	41.3%
Average household size	2.28	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	12	—
Median year structure built	1938	1938