Benton vs Yazoo City

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

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

Yazoo City has the higher population (10,270 vs 448 in Benton). Benton has the higher median household income ($59,759 vs $28,722 in Yazoo City). Since 2019, Benton's population has grown faster (+31.8% vs -7.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Yazoo City
Population	448	10,270
Median age	48.9 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,759	$28,722
Median home value	—	$93,000
Median gross rent	—	$823
Housing units	221	4,203
Homeownership rate	85.5%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	13.0%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Yazoo City
Population	340 → 448 (+31.8%)	11,063 → 10,270 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$50,150 → $59,759 (+19.2%)	$24,688 → $28,722 (+16.3%)
Median home value	—	$70,900 → $93,000 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$625 → $823 (+31.7%)

Benton

Population

340448

Median household income

$50,150$59,759

Yazoo City

Population

11,06310,270

Median household income

$24,688$28,722

Median home value

$70,900$93,000

Median gross rent

$625$823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Yazoo City
Under 5	0.4%	7.4%
5 to 17	7.8%	24.2%
18 to 24	0.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.6%	13.5%
35 to 44	14.1%	14.1%
45 to 54	28.8%	7.7%
55 to 64	8.5%	11.5%
65 to 74	17.6%	7.4%
75 and over	8.7%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Yazoo City
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	10.0%
Black or African American	5.6%	87.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Yazoo City
No high school diploma	37.7%	25.3%
High school graduate	26.9%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Yazoo City
Drove alone	93.2%	81.6%
Carpooled	5.1%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Yazoo City
1-unit, detached	85.5%	59.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	14.5%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Yazoo City
Poverty rate	7.1%	45.0%
Average household size	2.03	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	43	25
Median year structure built	1957	1974