Benton vs Miner

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

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

Miner has the higher population (930 vs 832 in Benton). Benton has the higher median household income ($82,679 vs $52,375 in Miner). Benton has the higher median home value ($256,900 vs $132,800 in Miner).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Miner
Population	832	930
Median age	46.7 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,679	$52,375
Median home value	$256,900	$132,800
Median gross rent	$771	$610
Housing units	368	355
Homeownership rate	69.8%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Miner
Population	900 → 832 (-7.6%)	1,039 → 930 (-10.5%)
Median household income	$57,679 → $82,679 (+43.3%)	$39,667 → $52,375 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$173,800 → $256,900 (+47.8%)	$88,400 → $132,800 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $771 (+46.9%)	$567 → $610 (+7.6%)

Benton

Population

900832

Median household income

$57,679$82,679

Median home value

$173,800$256,900

Median gross rent

$525$771

Miner

Population

1,039930

Median household income

$39,667$52,375

Median home value

$88,400$132,800

Median gross rent

$567$610

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Miner
Under 5	2.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	10.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.9%
35 to 44	14.1%	5.7%
45 to 54	13.9%	17.2%
55 to 64	11.5%	9.8%
65 to 74	22.5%	11.2%
75 and over	4.0%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Miner
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	68.7%
Black or African American	5.0%	12.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	3.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	15.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Miner
No high school diploma	6.3%	11.1%
High school graduate	37.9%	56.9%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.8%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Miner
Drove alone	81.1%	88.3%
Carpooled	13.2%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Miner
1-unit, detached	86.4%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Miner
Poverty rate	4.6%	13.2%
Average household size	2.18	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1978	1977