Benton is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 4,762 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Benton is the 91st largest community in Kentucky.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Benton is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Benton is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Benton who work in sales jobs (16.90%), management occupations (16.71%), and office and administrative support (13.90%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.01% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Benton has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Benton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Benton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Benton may be for you. Benton is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The percentage of adults in Benton who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.64% of the adults in Benton have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Benton in 2022 was $29,759, which is upper middle income relative to Kentucky, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,036 for a family of four. However, Benton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Benton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Benton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Benton include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and French. The most common language spoken in Benton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Tagalog.
