Benton City vs Farber

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

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

Farber has the higher population (352 vs 112 in Benton City). Farber has the higher median household income ($42,094 vs $41,042 in Benton City). Benton City has the higher median home value ($81,300 vs $55,200 in Farber).

Population, income & housing

	Benton City	Farber
Population	112	352
Median age	50.0 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,042	$42,094
Median home value	$81,300	$55,200
Median gross rent	—	$332
Housing units	62	212
Homeownership rate	98.2%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.1%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton City	Farber
Population	133 → 112 (-15.8%)	333 → 352 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$32,500 → $41,042 (+26.3%)	$41,250 → $42,094 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$45,300 → $81,300 (+79.5%)	$54,200 → $55,200 (+1.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$382 → $332 (-13.1%)

Benton City

Population

133112

Median household income

$32,500$41,042

Median home value

$45,300$81,300

Farber

Population

333352

Median household income

$41,250$42,094

Median home value

$54,200$55,200

Median gross rent

$382$332

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton City	Farber
Under 5	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 17	12.5%	11.1%
18 to 24	3.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	7.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	8.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	25.9%	23.0%
55 to 64	21.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	13.4%	13.4%
75 and over	7.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton City	Farber
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
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%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton City	Farber
No high school diploma	9.6%	16.0%
High school graduate	67.0%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.1%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton City	Farber
Drove alone	92.3%	89.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton City	Farber
1-unit, detached	64.5%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.9%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Benton City	Farber
Poverty rate	23.2%	17.6%
Average household size	2.04	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1975	1970