Benton vs Ducktown

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

Benton and Ducktown 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 470 in Ducktown). Ducktown has the higher median home value ($202,800 vs $167,700 in Benton). Since 2019, Ducktown's population has grown faster (-1.7% vs -11.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Ducktown
Population	1,349	470
Median age	38.7 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$35,000	—
Median home value	$167,700	$202,800
Median gross rent	$530	$527
Housing units	646	297
Homeownership rate	58.7%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Ducktown
Population	1,526 → 1,349 (-11.6%)	478 → 470 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$34,511 → $35,000 (+1.4%)	—
Median home value	$115,300 → $167,700 (+45.4%)	$109,400 → $202,800 (+85.4%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $530 (-10.0%)	$545 → $527 (-3.3%)

Benton

Population

1,5261,349

Median household income

$34,511$35,000

Median home value

$115,300$167,700

Median gross rent

$589$530

Ducktown

Population

478470

Median home value

$109,400$202,800

Median gross rent

$545$527

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Ducktown
Under 5	6.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	11.1%	1.9%
18 to 24	16.2%	4.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	3.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	4.0%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	41.3%
65 to 74	13.6%	10.9%
75 and over	4.2%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Ducktown
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	91.1%
Black or African American	3.0%	4.9%
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%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Ducktown
No high school diploma	19.6%	14.6%
High school graduate	39.7%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Ducktown
Drove alone	75.0%	90.5%
Carpooled	18.9%	9.5%
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	Ducktown
1-unit, detached	57.1%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	36.7%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.6%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Ducktown
Poverty rate	14.5%	32.3%
Average household size	2.25	1.62
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1985	1980