Benton City vs Martinsburg

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

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

Martinsburg has the higher population (582 vs 112 in Benton City). Benton City has the higher median household income ($41,042 vs $31,735 in Martinsburg). Since 2019, Martinsburg's population has grown faster (+103.5% vs -15.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Benton City	Martinsburg
Population	112	582
Median age	50.0 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,042	$31,735
Median home value	$81,300	—
Median gross rent	—	$432
Housing units	62	238
Homeownership rate	98.2%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.1%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton City	Martinsburg
Population	133 → 112 (-15.8%)	286 → 582 (+103.5%)
Median household income	$32,500 → $41,042 (+26.3%)	$40,556 → $31,735 (-21.8%)
Median home value	$45,300 → $81,300 (+79.5%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$435 → $432 (-0.7%)

Benton City

Population

133112

Median household income

$32,500$41,042

Median home value

$45,300$81,300

Martinsburg

Population

286582

Median household income

$40,556$31,735

Median gross rent

$435$432

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton City	Martinsburg
Under 5	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	12.5%	28.2%
18 to 24	3.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	7.1%	3.6%
35 to 44	8.9%	19.8%
45 to 54	25.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	21.4%	8.2%
65 to 74	13.4%	19.2%
75 and over	7.1%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton City	Martinsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
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%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton City	Martinsburg
No high school diploma	9.6%	3.1%
High school graduate	67.0%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.1%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton City	Martinsburg
Drove alone	92.3%	88.7%
Carpooled	7.7%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton City	Martinsburg
1-unit, detached	64.5%	43.3%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.9%	45.4%

Poverty & households

	Benton City	Martinsburg
Poverty rate	23.2%	16.3%
Average household size	2.04	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	26	14
Median year structure built	1975	1982