Benton vs Calvert City

A side-by-side comparison of Benton and Calvert City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Benton has the higher population (4,774 vs 2,522 in Calvert City). Benton has the higher median household income ($63,368 vs $42,566 in Calvert City). Benton has the higher median home value ($159,600 vs $157,400 in Calvert City).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Calvert City
Population	4,774	2,522
Median age	43.7 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,368	$42,566
Median home value	$159,600	$157,400
Median gross rent	$839	$820
Housing units	2,248	1,312
Homeownership rate	78.1%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Calvert City
Population	4,477 → 4,774 (+6.6%)	2,513 → 2,522 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$49,043 → $63,368 (+29.2%)	$52,446 → $42,566 (-18.8%)
Median home value	$133,600 → $159,600 (+19.5%)	$106,200 → $157,400 (+48.2%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $839 (+16.2%)	$647 → $820 (+26.7%)

Benton

Population

4,4774,774

Median household income

$49,043$63,368

Median home value

$133,600$159,600

Median gross rent

$722$839

Calvert City

Population

2,5132,522

Median household income

$52,446$42,566

Median home value

$106,200$157,400

Median gross rent

$647$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Calvert City
Under 5	2.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.9%	18.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	8.3%
35 to 44	14.8%	20.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.9%	11.9%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.1%
75 and over	11.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Calvert City
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	96.9%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Calvert City
No high school diploma	6.1%	8.1%
High school graduate	38.1%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Calvert City
Drove alone	88.3%	88.5%
Carpooled	2.8%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	3.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Calvert City
1-unit, detached	78.6%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	6.6%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Calvert City
Poverty rate	14.1%	16.4%
Average household size	2.10	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1978	1973