Benham vs Pathfork

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

Benham and Pathfork 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 606 in Pathfork). Benham has the higher median household income ($52,652 vs $45,913 in Pathfork). Benham has the higher median home value ($54,500 vs $33,400 in Pathfork).

Population, income & housing

	Benham	Pathfork
Population	628	606
Median age	45.0 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,652	$45,913
Median home value	$54,500	$33,400
Median gross rent	$723	—
Housing units	324	210
Homeownership rate	93.0%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benham	Pathfork
Population	570 → 628 (+10.2%)	464 → 606 (+30.6%)
Median household income	$42,083 → $52,652 (+25.1%)	$13,854 → $45,913 (+231.4%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $54,500 (-0.9%)	$43,100 → $33,400 (-22.5%)
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

Pathfork

Population

464606

Median household income

$13,854$45,913

Median home value

$43,100$33,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benham	Pathfork
Under 5	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.0%	35.8%
18 to 24	10.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.3%	20.5%
35 to 44	19.4%	2.5%
45 to 54	16.9%	21.5%
55 to 64	8.0%	6.3%
65 to 74	15.3%	3.3%
75 and over	9.9%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benham	Pathfork
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	95.7%
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%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benham	Pathfork
No high school diploma	21.4%	28.5%
High school graduate	31.1%	13.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benham	Pathfork
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	Pathfork
1-unit, detached	100.0%	79.5%
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%	20.5%

Poverty & households

	Benham	Pathfork
Poverty rate	9.6%	37.2%
Average household size	2.28	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	12	—
Median year structure built	1938	1972