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.Benton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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%). A relatively large number of people in Benton telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.01% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. As is often the case in a small city, Benton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The education level of Benton citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.64% of adults 25 and older in Benton have a college 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.
