Benson vs New Baltimore

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

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

Benson has the higher population (166 vs 128 in New Baltimore). New Baltimore has the higher median household income ($78,000 vs $65,865 in Benson). New Baltimore has the higher median home value ($98,800 vs $83,300 in Benson).

Population, income & housing

	Benson	New Baltimore
Population	166	128
Median age	53.6 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,865	$78,000
Median home value	$83,300	$98,800
Median gross rent	—	$931
Housing units	81	70
Homeownership rate	95.5%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benson	New Baltimore
Population	180 → 166 (-7.8%)	161 → 128 (-20.5%)
Median household income	$55,714 → $65,865 (+18.2%)	$62,250 → $78,000 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $83,300 (+4.1%)	$78,700 → $98,800 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$688 → $931 (+35.3%)

Benson

Population

180166

Median household income

$55,714$65,865

Median home value

$80,000$83,300

New Baltimore

Population

161128

Median household income

$62,250$78,000

Median home value

$78,700$98,800

Median gross rent

$688$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benson	New Baltimore
Under 5	2.4%	7.0%
5 to 17	13.9%	9.4%
18 to 24	6.0%	10.9%
25 to 34	6.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	5.4%	10.2%
45 to 54	23.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	27.1%	17.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	16.4%
75 and over	7.2%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benson	New Baltimore
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	99.2%
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	3.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benson	New Baltimore
No high school diploma	7.8%	7.5%
High school graduate	55.8%	61.3%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benson	New Baltimore
Drove alone	76.1%	97.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.6%	0.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benson	New Baltimore
1-unit, detached	91.4%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Benson	New Baltimore
Poverty rate	4.8%	3.9%
Average household size	2.48	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	28	37
Median year structure built	1938	1962