Benham vs Loyall

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

Benham and Loyall 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 496 in Loyall). Benham has the higher median household income ($52,652 vs $31,250 in Loyall). Loyall has the higher median home value ($73,300 vs $54,500 in Benham).

Population, income & housing

	Benham	Loyall
Population	628	496
Median age	45.0 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,652	$31,250
Median home value	$54,500	$73,300
Median gross rent	$723	$631
Housing units	324	279
Homeownership rate	93.0%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benham	Loyall
Population	570 → 628 (+10.2%)	654 → 496 (-24.2%)
Median household income	$42,083 → $52,652 (+25.1%)	$24,205 → $31,250 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $54,500 (-0.9%)	$59,400 → $73,300 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $723 (+24.9%)	$535 → $631 (+17.9%)

Benham

Population

570628

Median household income

$42,083$52,652

Median home value

$55,000$54,500

Median gross rent

$579$723

Loyall

Population

654496

Median household income

$24,205$31,250

Median home value

$59,400$73,300

Median gross rent

$535$631

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benham	Loyall
Under 5	5.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	11.0%	19.4%
18 to 24	10.0%	2.0%
25 to 34	4.3%	5.4%
35 to 44	19.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	16.9%	18.1%
55 to 64	8.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	15.3%	16.1%
75 and over	9.9%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benham	Loyall
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
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%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benham	Loyall
No high school diploma	21.4%	25.0%
High school graduate	31.1%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benham	Loyall
Drove alone	52.8%	82.1%
Carpooled	32.2%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	1.6%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benham	Loyall
1-unit, detached	100.0%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Benham	Loyall
Poverty rate	9.6%	37.7%
Average household size	2.28	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	12	24
Median year structure built	1938	1960