City safety & data profile

BentonAR

Benton, AR is a 34K-resident city in Saline County with a median household income of $72,876.

Saline County, Arkansas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Benton, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Benton has a population larger than 68% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $212,700, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

34K
Population (place)
Top 32%
By size
$72,876
Median income (place)
$212,700
Median home (place)
8.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Benton

Benton posts a median household income higher than 41% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Benton area.

Bottom 42%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Benton

Where Benton income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$72,876 Bottom 41% higher than 41% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Benton $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in AR

Population among 39 AR places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Little Rock is the largest AR city on this list; Centerton leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in AR

Median household income among the same 39-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Centerton posts the highest place-level median income in AR; Little Rock is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Benton, AR beyond the headline numbers

Benton sits inside Saline County, Arkansas, at roughly 34.56°N, -92.59°W. Population 34,177, $72,876 median household income. Median home value $212,700, median rent $1,072. Poverty rate 8.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Benton, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

At 8.1%, poverty in Benton, AR runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Benton runs about 2.9 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Remote work covers 9.4% of Benton workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, high blood pressure departs furthest from its peer median: 38.2% in Benton, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Benton workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Benton from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
34,177
Benton · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$72,876
-18% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$212,700
-49% vs avg
Median Age (place)
38.1
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Saline County): Benton's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
127K+16%
Median Income
$79,046+43%
Median Home Value
$221,200+60%
Poverty Rate
8.8%+2%
Unemployment
3.9%-39%

Economics

Economics indicators for Benton, AR
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,072/mo
Poverty Rate
8.1% -35% vs avg
Unemployment 3.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 28.3%
Work From Home 9.4%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 80.4%
African American 10.2%
Asian 0.9%
Two or More Ethnicities 0.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
38.2%
Short Sleep Duration
37.7%
Obesity
35%
Physical Inactivity
29.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.4%
Binge Drinking
16.4%
Current Smoking
15.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.3%
Diabetes
10.7%
Current Asthma
10.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 59%
Annual Checkup 78.4%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
9.6%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.5%
Stroke
3.3%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
★★★★
0
★★★
1
★★
0
★
0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
1
SALINE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
BENTON · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Benton?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Benton right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet AR-BENTON · Benton

Benton: 7 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 7 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dallas

Tagged alert mix: Benton

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 7 tagged notices on record for Benton.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Dallas, TX (7 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Benton; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Arkansas state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (7 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Dallas, TX 7 alerts Leicester, MA 7 alerts Central, LA 8 alerts Detroit, MI 6 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Benton, AR? ▼
Benton, AR has a population of 34,177 people, located in Saline County, Arkansas.
What is the median household income in Benton? ▼
The median household income in Benton, AR is $72,876 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 8.1%.
What is the median home value in Benton? ▼
The median home value in Benton, AR is $212,700. Median rent is $1,072/month.
What are the top health concerns in Benton? ▼
The top health indicators in Benton include High Blood Pressure (38.2%), Short Sleep Duration (37.7%), Obesity (35%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Benton? ▼
Benton has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Benton? ▼
The median age in Benton, AR is 38.1 years. 28.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Benton, both outside Arkansas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AR (8.1% here).

San Jose, CA 8.1% Renton, WA 8.1% Edmond, OK 8.1% Layton, UT 8.1%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AR ($72,876 here).

Four Corners, FL $72,879 Garden City, KS $72,865 East Rancho Dominguez, CA $72,895 Miami Beach, FL $72,856

Compare Benton with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Bryant, AR 20K Malvern, AR 11K Little Rock, AR 203K Maumelle, AR 18K North Little Rock, AR 67K Hot Springs Village, AR 13K Sherwood, AR 31K Hot Springs, AR 36K
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Using Benton's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Benton area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Benton against Arkansas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Arkansas

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Saline County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.