The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Benton City has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Benton City a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small city, Benton City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Benton City have a very low rate of college education: just 8.45% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Benton City in 2022 was $21,319, which is low income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,276 for a family of four. However, Benton City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Benton City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Benton City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Benton City residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Benton City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 42.97% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Benton City include German, English, Irish, Dutch, and British.
Benton City also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 18.15%.
The most common language spoken in Benton City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
