Acosta vs Benson

A side-by-side comparison of Acosta and Benson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Acosta has the higher population (225 vs 166 in Benson). Acosta has the higher median home value ($107,700 vs $83,300 in Benson).

Population, income & housing

	Acosta	Benson
Population	225	166
Median age	53.5 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$65,865
Median home value	$107,700	$83,300
Housing units	92	81
Homeownership rate	100.0%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acosta	Benson
Population	—	180 → 166 (-7.8%)
Median household income	—	$55,714 → $65,865 (+18.2%)
Median home value	—	$80,000 → $83,300 (+4.1%)

Acosta

Benson

Population

180166

Median household income

$55,714$65,865

Median home value

$80,000$83,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acosta	Benson
Under 5	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	13.9%
18 to 24	41.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	23.5%
55 to 64	34.2%	27.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	8.4%
75 and over	12.4%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acosta	Benson
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acosta	Benson
No high school diploma	38.6%	7.8%
High school graduate	40.2%	55.8%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acosta	Benson
Drove alone	81.1%	76.1%
Carpooled	18.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	21.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acosta	Benson
1-unit, detached	69.6%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.4%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Acosta	Benson
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.8%
Average household size	2.81	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1999	1938