Bena vs Longville

A side-by-side comparison of Bena and Longville: population, income, housing, and more.

Bena and Longville are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Longville has the higher population (152 vs 59 in Bena). Bena has the higher median household income ($60,417 vs $31,000 in Longville). Longville has the higher median home value ($168,800 vs $112,500 in Bena).

Population, income & housing

	Bena	Longville
Population	59	152
Median age	46.5 yrs	65.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,417	$31,000
Median home value	$112,500	$168,800
Housing units	29	163
Homeownership rate	76.2%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bena	Longville
Population	128 → 59 (-53.9%)	174 → 152 (-12.6%)
Median household income	$16,250 → $60,417 (+271.8%)	$41,250 → $31,000 (-24.8%)
Median home value	$56,000 → $112,500 (+100.9%)	$225,600 → $168,800 (-25.2%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $632 (-13.8%)	—

Bena

Population

12859

Median household income

$16,250$60,417

Median home value

$56,000$112,500

Median gross rent

$733$632

Longville

Population

174152

Median household income

$41,250$31,000

Median home value

$225,600$168,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bena	Longville
Under 5	3.4%	0.7%
5 to 17	25.4%	0.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.2%	6.6%
35 to 44	8.5%	1.3%
45 to 54	15.3%	3.3%
55 to 64	15.3%	29.6%
65 to 74	13.6%	38.2%
75 and over	8.5%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bena	Longville
White (non-Hispanic)	28.8%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	30.5%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	35.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bena	Longville
No high school diploma	19.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	26.2%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bena	Longville
Drove alone	55.6%	47.2%
Carpooled	27.8%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	30.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	13.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bena	Longville
1-unit, detached	75.9%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	17.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.1%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Bena	Longville
Poverty rate	22.0%	23.0%
Average household size	2.81	1.62
Mean commute (minutes)	26	16
Median year structure built	1985	1984