Benson vs Ursina

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

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

Ursina has the higher population (216 vs 166 in Benson). Benson has the higher median household income ($65,865 vs $35,833 in Ursina). Ursina has the higher median home value ($90,000 vs $83,300 in Benson).

Population, income & housing

	Benson	Ursina
Population	166	216
Median age	53.6 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,865	$35,833
Median home value	$83,300	$90,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,038
Housing units	81	124
Homeownership rate	95.5%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benson	Ursina
Population	180 → 166 (-7.8%)	256 → 216 (-15.6%)
Median household income	$55,714 → $65,865 (+18.2%)	$32,159 → $35,833 (+11.4%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $83,300 (+4.1%)	$83,300 → $90,000 (+8.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$858 → $1,038 (+21.0%)

Benson

Population

180166

Median household income

$55,714$65,865

Median home value

$80,000$83,300

Ursina

Population

256216

Median household income

$32,159$35,833

Median home value

$83,300$90,000

Median gross rent

$858$1,038

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benson	Ursina
Under 5	2.4%	0.9%
5 to 17	13.9%	16.2%
18 to 24	6.0%	12.5%
25 to 34	6.0%	2.3%
35 to 44	5.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	23.5%	15.3%
55 to 64	27.1%	19.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	10.2%
75 and over	7.2%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benson	Ursina
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benson	Ursina
No high school diploma	7.8%	11.2%
High school graduate	55.8%	65.8%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	15.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benson	Ursina
Drove alone	76.1%	71.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	23.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.6%	0.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benson	Ursina
1-unit, detached	91.4%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	29.0%

Poverty & households

	Benson	Ursina
Poverty rate	4.8%	21.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1938	1954