Benton City vs Vandiver

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

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

Vandiver has the higher population (114 vs 112 in Benton City). Vandiver has the higher median household income ($54,167 vs $41,042 in Benton City). Vandiver has the higher median home value ($99,200 vs $81,300 in Benton City).

Population, income & housing

	Benton City	Vandiver
Population	112	114
Median age	50.0 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,042	$54,167
Median home value	$81,300	$99,200
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	62	40
Homeownership rate	98.2%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.1%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton City	Vandiver
Population	133 → 112 (-15.8%)	85 → 114 (+34.1%)
Median household income	$32,500 → $41,042 (+26.3%)	$53,750 → $54,167 (+0.8%)
Median home value	$45,300 → $81,300 (+79.5%)	$88,800 → $99,200 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$667 → $850 (+27.4%)

Benton City

Population

133112

Median household income

$32,500$41,042

Median home value

$45,300$81,300

Vandiver

Population

85114

Median household income

$53,750$54,167

Median home value

$88,800$99,200

Median gross rent

$667$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton City	Vandiver
Under 5	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 17	12.5%	14.9%
18 to 24	3.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	7.1%	1.8%
35 to 44	8.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	25.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	21.4%	21.1%
65 to 74	13.4%	12.3%
75 and over	7.1%	19.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton City	Vandiver
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton City	Vandiver
No high school diploma	9.6%	9.0%
High school graduate	67.0%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	1.1%	1.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	25.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton City	Vandiver
Drove alone	92.3%	68.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	26.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton City	Vandiver
1-unit, detached	64.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Benton City	Vandiver
Poverty rate	23.2%	0.9%
Average household size	2.04	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1975	1962