Benton Ridge vs Van Buren

A side-by-side comparison of Benton Ridge and Van Buren: population, income, housing, and more.

Benton Ridge and Van Buren are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Van Buren has the higher population (647 vs 328 in Benton Ridge). Van Buren has the higher median household income ($85,000 vs $75,938 in Benton Ridge). Van Buren has the higher median home value ($158,000 vs $123,800 in Benton Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Benton Ridge	Van Buren
Population	328	647
Median age	39.5 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,938	$85,000
Median home value	$123,800	$158,000
Housing units	126	208
Homeownership rate	90.4%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton Ridge	Van Buren
Population	356 → 328 (-7.9%)	428 → 647 (+51.2%)
Median household income	$56,875 → $75,938 (+33.5%)	$89,583 → $85,000 (-5.1%)
Median home value	$94,100 → $123,800 (+31.6%)	$157,700 → $158,000 (+0.2%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $597 (+9.9%)	$958 → $1,048 (+9.4%)

Benton Ridge

Population

356328

Median household income

$56,875$75,938

Median home value

$94,100$123,800

Median gross rent

$543$597

Van Buren

Population

428647

Median household income

$89,583$85,000

Median home value

$157,700$158,000

Median gross rent

$958$1,048

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton Ridge	Van Buren
Under 5	7.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.1%	29.8%
18 to 24	3.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	6.5%
35 to 44	16.5%	14.5%
45 to 54	13.7%	15.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	8.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	6.3%
75 and over	6.1%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton Ridge	Van Buren
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton Ridge	Van Buren
No high school diploma	11.9%	2.7%
High school graduate	42.4%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton Ridge	Van Buren
Drove alone	76.7%	92.0%
Carpooled	17.0%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton Ridge	Van Buren
1-unit, detached	96.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Benton Ridge	Van Buren
Poverty rate	5.8%	9.7%
Average household size	2.62	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	27	15
Median year structure built	1938	1938