Benton vs Plain Dealing

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

Benton and Plain Dealing are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Benton has the higher population (2,408 vs 852 in Plain Dealing). Benton has the higher median household income ($59,744 vs $31,298 in Plain Dealing). Benton has the higher median home value ($192,800 vs $99,700 in Plain Dealing).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Plain Dealing
Population	2,408	852
Median age	38.9 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,744	$31,298
Median home value	$192,800	$99,700
Median gross rent	$829	$493
Housing units	1,045	528
Homeownership rate	65.2%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Plain Dealing
Population	2,165 → 2,408 (+11.2%)	958 → 852 (-11.1%)
Median household income	$61,493 → $59,744 (-2.8%)	$30,391 → $31,298 (+3.0%)
Median home value	$146,500 → $192,800 (+31.6%)	$86,900 → $99,700 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $829 (+18.8%)	$697 → $493 (-29.3%)

Benton

Population

2,1652,408

Median household income

$61,493$59,744

Median home value

$146,500$192,800

Median gross rent

$698$829

Plain Dealing

Population

958852

Median household income

$30,391$31,298

Median home value

$86,900$99,700

Median gross rent

$697$493

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Plain Dealing
Under 5	6.8%	3.3%
5 to 17	18.6%	8.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	11.4%
25 to 34	15.3%	10.7%
35 to 44	14.7%	4.2%
45 to 54	9.1%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.7%	22.3%
65 to 74	11.7%	18.0%
75 and over	2.5%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Plain Dealing
White (non-Hispanic)	45.4%	62.2%
Black or African American	34.4%	37.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.5%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Plain Dealing
No high school diploma	6.5%	9.2%
High school graduate	40.0%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Plain Dealing
Drove alone	84.6%	96.4%
Carpooled	6.4%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	0.0%
Other means	2.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Plain Dealing
1-unit, detached	75.3%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Plain Dealing
Poverty rate	19.2%	25.2%
Average household size	2.55	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1983	1969