Benton City is a very small city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 3,656 people and four associated neighborhoods, Benton City is the 162nd largest community in Washington.Benton City is a blue-collar town, with 44.86% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Benton City is a city of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Benton City who work in office and administrative support (11.93%), farm management occupations (9.71%), and teaching (8.23%). 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 City 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 City has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Benton City than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Benton City may be for you. Being a small city, Benton City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Benton City, just 8.45% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. 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. Foreign born people are also an important part of Benton City's cultural character, accounting for 18.15% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Benton City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
