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The town sits atop the southeastern face of Crowley's Ridge, a range of low hills in the northern part of the county, well above the low-lying floodplain nearby (another reason it was chosen to be the county seat). Benton has a total land area of 0.64 square miles, and an elevation of 436 feet.<ref>https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2017_Gazetteer/2017_gaz_place_29.txt</ref>
The town sits atop the southeastern face of Crowley's Ridge, a range of low hills in the northern part of the county, well above the low-lying floodplain nearby (another reason it was chosen to be the county seat). Benton has a total land area of 0.64 square miles, and an elevation of 436 feet.<ref>https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2017_Gazetteer/2017_gaz_place_29.txt</ref>
==Demographics==
At the 2010 census, Benton had a total of 863 inhabitants, grouped into 311 households, with a population density of 1,628.3 people per square mile. This figure represented a significant increase from the 2000 census, when Benton had a population of 732. 94.21% of the inhabitants were White, 4.87% were African-American, 0.23% were from other races, and 0.7% were from two or more races. Hispanics of any race were 1.51% of the population.
The median age in Benton was 35.5 years, with 24.2% of inhabitants under the age of 18, 9.5% between 18 and 24 years old, 30.5% between 25 and 44, 24.7% between 45 and 64, and 11.1% 65 years old or older. The sex ratio was 52.8% male, 47.2% female.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref>
According to the 2017 American Community Survey, the median household income in Benton was $49,833, and the median family income was $70,625. The unemployment rate was 2.9%. The per capita income was $23,325. About 17.7% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 20.3% of people under the age of 18 and 6.1% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF</ref>
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