Benson vs Mendon

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

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

Benson has the higher population (1,864 vs 1,446 in Mendon). Mendon has the higher median household income ($141,563 vs $82,019 in Benson). Mendon has the higher median home value ($525,000 vs $281,400 in Benson).

Population, income & housing

	Benson	Mendon
Population	1,864	1,446
Median age	33.0 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,019	$141,563
Median home value	$281,400	$525,000
Median gross rent	$964	$753
Housing units	599	440
Homeownership rate	72.3%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	52.9%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benson	Mendon
Population	1,468 → 1,864 (+27.0%)	1,214 → 1,446 (+19.1%)
Median household income	$58,826 → $82,019 (+39.4%)	$80,000 → $141,563 (+77.0%)
Median home value	$253,700 → $281,400 (+10.9%)	$269,900 → $525,000 (+94.5%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $964 (+65.4%)	$725 → $753 (+3.9%)

Benson

Population

1,4681,864

Median household income

$58,826$82,019

Median home value

$253,700$281,400

Median gross rent

$583$964

Mendon

Population

1,2141,446

Median household income

$80,000$141,563

Median home value

$269,900$525,000

Median gross rent

$725$753

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benson	Mendon
Under 5	1.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	28.3%	24.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	11.4%
25 to 34	13.4%	7.1%
35 to 44	22.1%	9.5%
45 to 54	3.0%	17.4%
55 to 64	14.2%	15.0%
65 to 74	6.7%	5.6%
75 and over	4.0%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benson	Mendon
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
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%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benson	Mendon
No high school diploma	6.9%	1.8%
High school graduate	34.9%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	35.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benson	Mendon
Drove alone	65.1%	68.7%
Carpooled	7.6%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	2.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	20.8%	18.9%
Other means	2.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benson	Mendon
1-unit, detached	89.1%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Benson	Mendon
Poverty rate	5.0%	0.0%
Average household size	3.11	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1981	1992