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Population (year 2000): 955. Estimated
population in July 2005: 923 (-3.4% change)
Males: 456 (47.7%), Females: 499 (52.3%)
Zip code:
17814
Median resident age: 36.5 years
Median household income: $27,986 (year 2000)
Median house value: $74,800 (year 2000)
Races in Benton:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.6%)
Ancestries: German (34.9%), Irish (11.0%), Dutch
(8.7%), United States (6.3%), Polish (5.9%), English (5.8%).
Land area: 0.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Benton
- High school or higher: 81.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.1%
- Unemployed: 9.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 27.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Benton borough
- Never married: 27.0%
- Now married: 52.0%
- Separated: 1.8%
- Widowed: 8.7%
- Divorced: 10.4%
0.3% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -5 (-0.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Benton:
- BERWICK HOSPITAL CENTER (about 14 miles; BERWICK,
PA)
- BLOOMSBURG HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA)
- GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER (about 22 miles; DANVILLE,
PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Benton:
- WILLIAMSPORT RGNL (about 37 miles; WILLIAMSPORT, PA;
ID: IPT)
- WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (about 48 miles;
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON, PA; ID: AVP)
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 65
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Benton:
- BLOOMSBURG MUNI (about 16 miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; ID:
N13)
- DANVILLE (about 25 miles; DANVILLE, PA; ID: 8N8)
- NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY (about 28 miles; SHAMOKIN, PA;
ID: N79)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Benton:
- BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 14
miles; BLOOMSBURG, PA; Full-time enrollment: 6,880)
- LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 27 miles;
NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)
- WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 35 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,438)
- BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles; LEWISBURG, PA;
FT enrollment: 3,534)
- PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 44 miles;
WILLIAMSPORT, PA; FT enrollment: 4,666)
- UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON (about 54 miles; SCRANTON,
PA; FT enrollment: 4,093)
- MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY (about 54 miles; SCRANTON, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,203)
Public high school in Benton:
- BENTON AREA MSHS (Students: 394; Grades: 07 -
12)
Public primary/middle school in Benton:
- APPLEMAN EL SCH (Students: 394; Grades: KG -
06)
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