Benton City vs Vandalia

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

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

Vandalia has the higher population (3,260 vs 112 in Benton City). Vandalia has the higher median household income ($58,649 vs $41,042 in Benton City). Benton City has the higher median home value ($81,300 vs $75,600 in Vandalia).

Population, income & housing

	Benton City	Vandalia
Population	112	3,260
Median age	50.0 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,042	$58,649
Median home value	$81,300	$75,600
Median gross rent	—	$762
Housing units	62	1,184
Homeownership rate	98.2%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.1%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton City	Vandalia
Population	133 → 112 (-15.8%)	4,149 → 3,260 (-21.4%)
Median household income	$32,500 → $41,042 (+26.3%)	$39,135 → $58,649 (+49.9%)
Median home value	$45,300 → $81,300 (+79.5%)	$66,400 → $75,600 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$613 → $762 (+24.3%)

Benton City

Population

133112

Median household income

$32,500$41,042

Median home value

$45,300$81,300

Vandalia

Population

4,1493,260

Median household income

$39,135$58,649

Median home value

$66,400$75,600

Median gross rent

$613$762

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton City	Vandalia
Under 5	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	12.5%	10.0%
18 to 24	3.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	7.1%	15.7%
35 to 44	8.9%	21.9%
45 to 54	25.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	21.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	13.4%	8.1%
75 and over	7.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton City	Vandalia
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	81.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton City	Vandalia
No high school diploma	9.6%	15.3%
High school graduate	67.0%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.1%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton City	Vandalia
Drove alone	92.3%	85.4%
Carpooled	7.7%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton City	Vandalia
1-unit, detached	64.5%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	33.9%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Benton City	Vandalia
Poverty rate	23.2%	15.8%
Average household size	2.04	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1975	1960