Benton vs Ocoee

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

Benton and Ocoee 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 210 in Ocoee). Ocoee has the higher median household income ($174,773 vs $35,000 in Benton). Since 2019, Ocoee's population has grown faster (+36.4% vs -11.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Ocoee
Population	1,349	210
Median age	38.7 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$35,000	$174,773
Median home value	$167,700	—
Median gross rent	$530	—
Housing units	646	78
Homeownership rate	58.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Ocoee
Population	1,526 → 1,349 (-11.6%)	154 → 210 (+36.4%)
Median household income	$34,511 → $35,000 (+1.4%)	$46,833 → $174,773 (+273.2%)
Median home value	$115,300 → $167,700 (+45.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$589 → $530 (-10.0%)	—

Benton

Population

1,5261,349

Median household income

$34,511$35,000

Median home value

$115,300$167,700

Median gross rent

$589$530

Ocoee

Population

154210

Median household income

$46,833$174,773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Ocoee
Under 5	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.1%	9.5%
18 to 24	16.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	9.9%	27.6%
55 to 64	13.0%	35.2%
65 to 74	13.6%	3.3%
75 and over	4.2%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Ocoee
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Ocoee
No high school diploma	19.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	39.7%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	36.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Ocoee
Drove alone	75.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	18.9%	0.0%
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	Ocoee
1-unit, detached	57.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Ocoee
Poverty rate	14.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1985	1946