Benham vs Lynch

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

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

Lynch has the higher population (727 vs 628 in Benham). Benham has the higher median household income ($52,652 vs $28,958 in Lynch). Lynch has the higher median home value ($55,700 vs $54,500 in Benham).

Population, income & housing

	Benham	Lynch
Population	628	727
Median age	45.0 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,652	$28,958
Median home value	$54,500	$55,700
Median gross rent	$723	$873
Housing units	324	417
Homeownership rate	93.0%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benham	Lynch
Population	570 → 628 (+10.2%)	553 → 727 (+31.5%)
Median household income	$42,083 → $52,652 (+25.1%)	$38,462 → $28,958 (-24.7%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $54,500 (-0.9%)	$53,000 → $55,700 (+5.1%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $723 (+24.9%)	$708 → $873 (+23.3%)

Benham

Population

570628

Median household income

$42,083$52,652

Median home value

$55,000$54,500

Median gross rent

$579$723

Lynch

Population

553727

Median household income

$38,462$28,958

Median home value

$53,000$55,700

Median gross rent

$708$873

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benham	Lynch
Under 5	5.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	11.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	10.0%	5.2%
25 to 34	4.3%	8.9%
35 to 44	19.4%	14.3%
45 to 54	16.9%	10.0%
55 to 64	8.0%	19.1%
65 to 74	15.3%	13.2%
75 and over	9.9%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benham	Lynch
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	86.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.9%
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%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benham	Lynch
No high school diploma	21.4%	14.9%
High school graduate	31.1%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benham	Lynch
Drove alone	52.8%	73.1%
Carpooled	32.2%	16.9%
Public transit	0.0%	5.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	0.9%
Other means	1.5%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benham	Lynch
1-unit, detached	100.0%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	13.9%
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%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Benham	Lynch
Poverty rate	9.6%	38.4%
Average household size	2.28	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	12	32
Median year structure built	1938	1938