Benham vs South Wallins

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

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

South Wallins has the higher population (948 vs 628 in Benham). Benham has the higher median household income ($52,652 vs $29,153 in South Wallins). South Wallins has the higher median home value ($58,200 vs $54,500 in Benham).

Population, income & housing

	Benham	South Wallins
Population	628	948
Median age	45.0 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,652	$29,153
Median home value	$54,500	$58,200
Median gross rent	$723	—
Housing units	324	457
Homeownership rate	93.0%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	2.8%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benham	South Wallins
Population	570 → 628 (+10.2%)	849 → 948 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$42,083 → $52,652 (+25.1%)	$50,329 → $29,153 (-42.1%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $54,500 (-0.9%)	$52,800 → $58,200 (+10.2%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $723 (+24.9%)	$663 → $784 (+18.3%)

Benham

Population

570628

Median household income

$42,083$52,652

Median home value

$55,000$54,500

Median gross rent

$579$723

South Wallins

Population

849948

Median household income

$50,329$29,153

Median home value

$52,800$58,200

Median gross rent

$663$784

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benham	South Wallins
Under 5	5.3%	3.7%
5 to 17	11.0%	32.3%
18 to 24	10.0%	4.3%
25 to 34	4.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	19.4%	9.7%
45 to 54	16.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	8.0%	8.9%
65 to 74	15.3%	15.1%
75 and over	9.9%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benham	South Wallins
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	South Wallins
No high school diploma	21.4%	20.7%
High school graduate	31.1%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benham	South Wallins
Drove alone	52.8%	75.9%
Carpooled	32.2%	24.1%
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	South Wallins
1-unit, detached	100.0%	73.1%
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%	26.9%

Poverty & households

	Benham	South Wallins
Poverty rate	9.6%	23.2%
Average household size	2.28	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	12	—
Median year structure built	1938	1979