Benton vs Chaffee

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

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

Chaffee has the higher population (3,039 vs 832 in Benton). Benton has the higher median household income ($82,679 vs $41,024 in Chaffee). Benton has the higher median home value ($256,900 vs $120,900 in Chaffee).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Chaffee
Population	832	3,039
Median age	46.7 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,679	$41,024
Median home value	$256,900	$120,900
Median gross rent	$771	$713
Housing units	368	1,464
Homeownership rate	69.8%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Chaffee
Population	900 → 832 (-7.6%)	2,919 → 3,039 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$57,679 → $82,679 (+43.3%)	$42,113 → $41,024 (-2.6%)
Median home value	$173,800 → $256,900 (+47.8%)	$87,100 → $120,900 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $771 (+46.9%)	$783 → $713 (-8.9%)

Benton

Population

900832

Median household income

$57,679$82,679

Median home value

$173,800$256,900

Median gross rent

$525$771

Chaffee

Population

2,9193,039

Median household income

$42,113$41,024

Median home value

$87,100$120,900

Median gross rent

$783$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Chaffee
Under 5	2.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	12.9%	21.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	14.1%	9.9%
45 to 54	13.9%	8.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	18.1%
65 to 74	22.5%	5.8%
75 and over	4.0%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Chaffee
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	87.5%
Black or African American	5.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Chaffee
No high school diploma	6.3%	12.1%
High school graduate	37.9%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.8%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Chaffee
Drove alone	81.1%	73.3%
Carpooled	13.2%	18.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Chaffee
1-unit, detached	86.4%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	15.5%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Chaffee
Poverty rate	4.6%	14.1%
Average household size	2.18	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1978	1965