Benton vs Blanchardville

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

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

Benton has the higher population (904 vs 659 in Blanchardville). Blanchardville has the higher median household income ($66,161 vs $63,594 in Benton). Blanchardville has the higher median home value ($165,200 vs $139,300 in Benton).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Blanchardville
Population	904	659
Median age	37.6 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,594	$66,161
Median home value	$139,300	$165,200
Median gross rent	$1,079	$631
Housing units	380	341
Homeownership rate	77.2%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Blanchardville
Population	896 → 904 (+0.9%)	797 → 659 (-17.3%)
Median household income	$57,188 → $63,594 (+11.2%)	$57,431 → $66,161 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$110,400 → $139,300 (+26.2%)	$116,300 → $165,200 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $1,079 (+63.5%)	$588 → $631 (+7.3%)

Benton

Population

896904

Median household income

$57,188$63,594

Median home value

$110,400$139,300

Median gross rent

$660$1,079

Blanchardville

Population

797659

Median household income

$57,431$66,161

Median home value

$116,300$165,200

Median gross rent

$588$631

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Blanchardville
Under 5	6.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	19.8%	14.9%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	12.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	14.3%	14.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	7.7%
55 to 64	11.0%	18.2%
65 to 74	13.4%	11.4%
75 and over	5.8%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Blanchardville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Blanchardville
No high school diploma	4.8%	4.1%
High school graduate	36.1%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	42.0%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Blanchardville
Drove alone	86.1%	82.6%
Carpooled	9.4%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Blanchardville
1-unit, detached	88.7%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	16.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Blanchardville
Poverty rate	10.2%	6.1%
Average household size	2.52	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1959	1947