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Population (year 2000): 2,923. Estimated
population in July 2005: 3,282 (+12.3% change)
Males: 1,326 (45.4%), Females: 1,597 (54.6%)
Johnston County
Zip code:
27504
Median resident age: 34.1 years
Median household income: $26,582 (year 2000)
Median house value: $85,600 (year 2000)
Races in Benson:
- White Non-Hispanic (56.6%)
- Black (34.0%)
- Hispanic (7.3%)
- Other race (5.8%)
- Two or more races (1.6%)
- American Indian (1.2%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (19.3%), English
(7.4%), Irish (4.2%), German (4.1%), Scotch-Irish (2.8%),
Scottish (2.7%).
Elevation: 1300 feet
Land area: 2.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Benson
- High school or higher: 66.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.0%
- Unemployed: 6.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Benson town
- Never married: 31.2%
- Now married: 42.4%
- Separated: 5.1%
- Widowed: 11.3%
- Divorced: 10.0%
7.6% Foreign born (6.2% Latin America, 1.2%
Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: -242 (-7.6%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Benson:
- BETSY JOHNSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 7 miles;
DUNN, NC)
- GOOD HOPE HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; ERWIN, NC)
- JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 17 miles;
SMITHFIELD, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Benson:
- POPE AFB (about 35 miles; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; ID: POB)
- FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL/GRANNIS FIELD (about 36 miles;
FAYETTEVILLE, NC; ID: FAY)
- RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (about 38 miles; RALEIGH/DURHAM,
NC; ID: RDU)
Other public-use airports nearest to Benson:
- HARNETT COUNTY (about 13 miles; ERWIN, NC; ID: HRJ)
- JOHNSTON COUNTY (about 16 miles; SMITHFIELD, NC; ID:
JNX)
- TRIPLE W (about 20 miles; RALEIGH, NC; ID: 5W5)
College/University in Benson:
- ALLIANCE TRACTOR TRAILER TRAINING CENTER
(Location: PO BOX 579; Private, for-profit)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Benson:
- CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY INC (about 14 miles; BUIES
CREEK, NC; Full-time enrollment: 5,286)
- WAKE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 25 miles;
RALEIGH, NC; FT enrollment: 4,754)
- SHAW UNIVERSITY (about 28 miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,299)
- NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY AT RALEIGH (about 30
miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT enrollment: 23,918)
- FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 32 miles;
FAYETTEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 3,506)
- MEREDITH COLLEGE (about 32 miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,173)
- FAYETTEVILLE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 35
miles; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 4,815)
Public high school in Benson:
- WEST JOHNSTON HIGH (Students: 1,299;
Location: 5935 RALEIGH ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Benson:
- MCGEE'S CROSSROADS MIDDLE (Students: 546;
Location: 13353 NC HIGHWAY 210; Grades: 06 - 08)
- BENSON ELEMENTARY (Students: 546; Location:
2040 HWY 50 N; Grades: PK - 04)
- MEADOW ELEMENTARY (Students: 522; Location:
7507 NC HWY 50 S; Grades: KG - 08)
- BENSON MIDDLE (Students: 477; Location: 401 S
ELM ST; Grades: 05 - 08)
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