Hendricks vs Lake Benton

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

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

Lake Benton has the higher population (698 vs 572 in Hendricks). Lake Benton has the higher median household income ($52,000 vs $45,125 in Hendricks). Lake Benton has the higher median home value ($91,900 vs $78,100 in Hendricks).

Population, income & housing

	Hendricks	Lake Benton
Population	572	698
Median age	54.6 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$45,125	$52,000
Median home value	$78,100	$91,900
Median gross rent	$666	$550
Housing units	393	401
Homeownership rate	72.0%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hendricks	Lake Benton
Population	770 → 572 (-25.7%)	668 → 698 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$39,250 → $45,125 (+15.0%)	$41,250 → $52,000 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $78,100 (+14.7%)	$86,700 → $91,900 (+6.0%)
Median gross rent	$624 → $666 (+6.7%)	$475 → $550 (+15.8%)

Hendricks

Population

770572

Median household income

$39,250$45,125

Median home value

$68,100$78,100

Median gross rent

$624$666

Lake Benton

Population

668698

Median household income

$41,250$52,000

Median home value

$86,700$91,900

Median gross rent

$475$550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hendricks	Lake Benton
Under 5	2.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	11.4%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.3%	9.9%
25 to 34	7.7%	10.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.2%
45 to 54	10.5%	15.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	8.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.9%
75 and over	22.7%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hendricks	Lake Benton
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	89.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hendricks	Lake Benton
No high school diploma	6.3%	5.3%
High school graduate	43.1%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hendricks	Lake Benton
Drove alone	72.6%	76.1%
Carpooled	6.8%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.5%	3.4%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hendricks	Lake Benton
1-unit, detached	79.6%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	8.5%
20 or more units	1.8%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Hendricks	Lake Benton
Poverty rate	15.4%	13.3%
Average household size	1.72	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	15	26
Median year structure built	1958	1961