Benton vs Fernville

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

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

Benton has the higher population (494 vs 420 in Fernville). Fernville has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $36,429 in Benton). Fernville has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $155,800 in Benton).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Fernville
Population	494	420
Median age	45.5 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$36,429	$66,250
Median home value	$155,800	$200,000
Median gross rent	$950	—
Housing units	342	176
Homeownership rate	39.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Fernville
Population	755 → 494 (-34.6%)	450 → 420 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$50,208 → $36,429 (-27.4%)	$83,000 → $66,250 (-20.2%)
Median home value	$96,900 → $155,800 (+60.8%)	$231,300 → $200,000 (-13.5%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $950 (+46.2%)	$1,083 → $1,325 (+22.3%)

Benton

Population

755494

Median household income

$50,208$36,429

Median home value

$96,900$155,800

Median gross rent

$650$950

Fernville

Population

450420

Median household income

$83,000$66,250

Median home value

$231,300$200,000

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,325

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Fernville
Under 5	8.7%	12.1%
5 to 17	14.2%	12.4%
18 to 24	10.9%	2.1%
25 to 34	6.7%	16.4%
35 to 44	9.5%	7.1%
45 to 54	6.9%	5.2%
55 to 64	16.6%	26.2%
65 to 74	14.6%	9.5%
75 and over	11.9%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Fernville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	88.1%
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%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Fernville
No high school diploma	4.6%	1.9%
High school graduate	59.6%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Fernville
Drove alone	69.3%	73.5%
Carpooled	6.6%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.3%	19.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Fernville
1-unit, detached	53.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	0.0%
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	Fernville
Poverty rate	25.9%	22.4%
Average household size	1.93	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1957	1966