Benton County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 7,762 88.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 638 7.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 62 0.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 251 2.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 8 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 10 0.1%

• Under 18 2,147 24.6%
• 18–24 681 7.8%
• 25–44 2,119 24.3%
• 45–64 2,276 26.1%
• 65 and over 1,512 17.3%

Median household income

$71,407

90% interval $63,951–$78,863

−$551 vs IN · 40th of 92

Below poverty line

9.8%

90% interval 7.7%–11.9%

−2.3 pp vs IN · 64th of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

−0.44 pp vs. state

County GDP

$623.3M

0.12% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,342

Establishments

216

• Trade, transportation & utilities 473 22.9%
• Manufacturing 373 18.1%
• Education & health services 320 15.5%
• Public administration 205 9.9%
• Natural resources & mining 201 9.7%
• Financial activities 151 7.3%
• Construction 83 4.0%
• Other services 67 3.2%
• Information 22 1.1%

The sectors listed cover 91.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

79.8%

+9.2 pp vs IN · 32nd of 92

Median gross rent

$774

−$288 vs IN · 77th of 92

Owner-occupied

2,755

Renter-occupied

699

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 2.2× the lowest ($92,873 vs $42,662/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.6 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 2,873 72.7%
• Democratic 1,010 25.5%
• Other / third-party 71 1.8%

• Spanish 387 4.7%
• German or other West Germanic 19 0.2%
• Korean 4 0.0%
• Tagalog 1 0.0%

Households

3,454

Family households

2,227

64.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

617

27.7% of families

Single-mother families

216

9.7% of families

Veterans

485

7.4% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 1,701 19.5%
• Mainline Protestant 900 10.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 890 10.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 214 2.5%

Health insured

92.9%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

7.1%

±1.4 pp

33rd of 92

With a disability

19.5%

±2.1 pp

15th of 92

Bachelor's or higher

19.8%

±2.9 pp

−9.7 pp vs IN · 50th of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.0%

90% interval 9.8%–12.2% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Benton Circuit Court

Judges

1 (Combined Circuit + Superior Court trial-court judges per county (both have general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 Indiana Office of Judicial Administration Judicial Service Report, cross-checked against courts.in.gov per-county rosters. Counties with a count of 1 operate the Circuit Court only; larger counties add Superior Court judges with concurrent general jurisdiction. Marion County (Indianapolis) is by far the largest single-county bench in Indiana.)

Court seats

Fowler

Traffic fatalities

2

30.36 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2