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Population (year 2000): 408. Estimated
population in July 2005: 407 (-0.2% change)
Males: 202 (49.5%), Females: 206 (50.5%)
Woodford County
Zip code:
61516
Median resident age: 40.1 years
Median household income: $40,500 (year 2000)
Median house value: $65,500 (year 2000)
Races in Benson:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.0%)
Ancestries: German (59.3%), Irish (10.3%),
English (7.6%), United States (4.4%), Italian (3.7%), Swiss
(3.7%).
Elevation: 769 feet
Land area: 0.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Benson
- High school or higher: 86.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 5.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.0%
- Unemployed: 4.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Benson village
- Never married: 17.8%
- Now married: 64.2%
- Separated: 0.0%
- Widowed: 10.1%
- Divorced: 8.0%
1.2% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -4 (-1.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Benson:
- EUREKA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; EUREKA,
IL)
- BROMENN HEALTHCARE (about 25 miles; NORMAL, IL)
- ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER (about 28 miles;
BLOOMINGTON, IL)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Benson:
- CENTRAL IL REGL ARPT AT BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL (about 31
miles; BLOOMINGTON/NORMAL, IL; ID: BMI)
- GREATER PEORIA REGIONAL (about 42 miles; PEORIA, IL;
ID: PIA)
- WHITESIDE CO ARPT-JOS H BITTORF FLD (about 72 miles;
STERLING/ROCKFALLS, IL; ID: SQI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Benson:
- MARSHALL COUNTY (about 22 miles; LACON, IL; ID: C75)
- HARTENBOWER HECTARES (about 22 miles; LOSTANT, IL;
ID: 2V3)
- MOUNT HAWLEY AUXILIARY (about 34 miles; PEORIA, IL;
ID: 3MY)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Benson:
- HEARTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 25 miles; Normal,
IL; Full-time enrollment: 2,390)
- ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 25 miles; NORMAL,
IL; FT enrollment: 18,785)
- ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY (about 29 miles;
BLOOMINGTON, IL; FT enrollment: 2,019)
- ILLINOIS VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 31 miles;
OGLESBY, IL; FT enrollment: 2,272)
- BRADLEY UNIVERSITY (about 36 miles; PEORIA, IL; FT
enrollment: 5,262)
- ILLINOIS CENTRAL COLLEGE (about 42 miles; EAST
PEORIA, IL; FT enrollment: 6,404)
- MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY (about 70 miles; DECATUR, IL; FT
enrollment: 2,274)
Public primary/middle school in Benson:
- ROANOKE-BENSON JR HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 170;
Location: 131 N REITER; Grades: 05 - 08)
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