Benton vs Buckhorn

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

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

Buckhorn has the higher population (614 vs 494 in Benton). Buckhorn has the higher median household income ($73,250 vs $36,429 in Benton). Buckhorn has the higher median home value ($270,600 vs $155,800 in Benton).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Buckhorn
Population	494	614
Median age	45.5 yrs	23.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,429	$73,250
Median home value	$155,800	$270,600
Median gross rent	$950	—
Housing units	342	181
Homeownership rate	39.5%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Buckhorn
Population	755 → 494 (-34.6%)	349 → 614 (+75.9%)
Median household income	$50,208 → $36,429 (-27.4%)	$75,000 → $73,250 (-2.3%)
Median home value	$96,900 → $155,800 (+60.8%)	$236,100 → $270,600 (+14.6%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $950 (+46.2%)	—

Benton

Population

755494

Median household income

$50,208$36,429

Median home value

$96,900$155,800

Median gross rent

$650$950

Buckhorn

Population

349614

Median household income

$75,000$73,250

Median home value

$236,100$270,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Buckhorn
Under 5	8.7%	2.0%
5 to 17	14.2%	19.5%
18 to 24	10.9%	35.0%
25 to 34	6.7%	2.9%
35 to 44	9.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	6.9%	5.0%
55 to 64	16.6%	9.3%
65 to 74	14.6%	11.7%
75 and over	11.9%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Buckhorn
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Buckhorn
No high school diploma	4.6%	11.2%
High school graduate	59.6%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Buckhorn
Drove alone	69.3%	88.9%
Carpooled	6.6%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.3%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Buckhorn
1-unit, detached	53.8%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Buckhorn
Poverty rate	25.9%	43.3%
Average household size	1.93	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1957	1981