Benton County vs Mower County

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

Benton County and Mower County are counties in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Benton County has the higher population (41,458 vs 40,069 in Mower County). Mower County has the higher median household income ($71,495 vs $71,480 in Benton County). Benton County has the higher median home value ($247,100 vs $172,000 in Mower County).

Population, income & housing

	Benton County	Mower County
Population	41,458	40,069
Median age	36.7 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,480	$71,495
Median home value	$247,100	$172,000
Median gross rent	$917	$848
Housing units	17,484	16,963
Homeownership rate	67.9%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton County	Mower County
Population	40,129 → 41,458 (+3.3%)	39,807 → 40,069 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$57,715 → $71,480 (+23.8%)	$54,295 → $71,495 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$174,900 → $247,100 (+41.3%)	$123,900 → $172,000 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $917 (+20.7%)	$716 → $848 (+18.4%)

Benton County

Population

40,12941,458

Median household income

$57,715$71,480

Median home value

$174,900$247,100

Median gross rent

$760$917

Mower County

Population

39,80740,069

Median household income

$54,295$71,495

Median home value

$123,900$172,000

Median gross rent

$716$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton County	Mower County
Under 5	6.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.9%	19.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.2%
75 and over	5.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton County	Mower County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	74.0%
Black or African American	3.9%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton County	Mower County
No high school diploma	7.7%	10.3%
High school graduate	29.6%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton County	Mower County
Drove alone	81.2%	77.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	10.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.9%
Walked	3.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.5%	6.4%
Other means	1.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton County	Mower County
1-unit, detached	65.7%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	5.2%
20 or more units	15.7%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Benton County	Mower County
Poverty rate	9.8%	12.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1985	1957