Benton vs Copperhill

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

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

Benton has the higher population (1,349 vs 409 in Copperhill). Copperhill has the higher median household income ($45,313 vs $35,000 in Benton). Benton has the higher median home value ($167,700 vs $108,200 in Copperhill).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Copperhill
Population	1,349	409
Median age	38.7 yrs	56.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,000	$45,313
Median home value	$167,700	$108,200
Median gross rent	$530	$732
Housing units	646	299
Homeownership rate	58.7%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Copperhill
Population	1,526 → 1,349 (-11.6%)	417 → 409 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$34,511 → $35,000 (+1.4%)	$26,833 → $45,313 (+68.9%)
Median home value	$115,300 → $167,700 (+45.4%)	$66,500 → $108,200 (+62.7%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $530 (-10.0%)	$700 → $732 (+4.6%)

Benton

Population

1,5261,349

Median household income

$34,511$35,000

Median home value

$115,300$167,700

Median gross rent

$589$530

Copperhill

Population

417409

Median household income

$26,833$45,313

Median home value

$66,500$108,200

Median gross rent

$700$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Copperhill
Under 5	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.1%	9.3%
18 to 24	16.2%	2.2%
25 to 34	13.1%	6.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	2.0%
45 to 54	9.9%	20.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	36.2%
65 to 74	13.6%	17.8%
75 and over	4.2%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Copperhill
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	99.0%
Black or African American	3.0%	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	5.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Copperhill
No high school diploma	19.6%	14.4%
High school graduate	39.7%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Copperhill
Drove alone	75.0%	89.2%
Carpooled	18.9%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Copperhill
1-unit, detached	57.1%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	2.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.6%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Copperhill
Poverty rate	14.5%	14.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1985	1938