Benton vs Hardin

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

Benton and Hardin 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 414 in Hardin). Benton has the higher median household income ($63,368 vs $29,688 in Hardin). Benton has the higher median home value ($159,600 vs $91,000 in Hardin).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Hardin
Population	4,774	414
Median age	43.7 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,368	$29,688
Median home value	$159,600	$91,000
Median gross rent	$839	$559
Housing units	2,248	289
Homeownership rate	78.1%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Hardin
Population	4,477 → 4,774 (+6.6%)	517 → 414 (-19.9%)
Median household income	$49,043 → $63,368 (+29.2%)	$21,488 → $29,688 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$133,600 → $159,600 (+19.5%)	$75,900 → $91,000 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $839 (+16.2%)	$575 → $559 (-2.8%)

Benton

Population

4,4774,774

Median household income

$49,043$63,368

Median home value

$133,600$159,600

Median gross rent

$722$839

Hardin

Population

517414

Median household income

$21,488$29,688

Median home value

$75,900$91,000

Median gross rent

$575$559

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Hardin
Under 5	2.9%	8.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	18.6%
18 to 24	6.6%	4.3%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.6%
35 to 44	14.8%	8.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	6.3%
55 to 64	14.9%	17.4%
65 to 74	11.0%	7.0%
75 and over	11.1%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Hardin
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	98.3%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Hardin
No high school diploma	6.1%	17.3%
High school graduate	38.1%	49.3%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Hardin
Drove alone	88.3%	91.3%
Carpooled	2.8%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Hardin
1-unit, detached	78.6%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	6.6%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Hardin
Poverty rate	14.1%	44.2%
Average household size	2.10	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1978	1971