It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Benson has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Benson has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Benson than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Benson may be for you.
Being a small city, Benson does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Benson are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.27% of adults in Benson having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Benson in 2022 was $29,164, which is middle income relative to Arizona, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,656 for a family of four. However, Benson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Benson is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Benson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Benson residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Benson also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.79% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Benson include English, German, Irish, Norwegian, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Benson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
