Benton City is a very small city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 3,876 people and four associated neighborhoods, Benton City is the 162nd largest community in Washington. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Benton City, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Benton City, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Benton City’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Benton City does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $63,542.00.When you are in Benton City, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.24% of Benton City’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Benton City is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Benton City who work in maintenance occupations (13.60%), office and administrative support (10.28%), and sales jobs (9.19%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.97% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Being a small city, Benton City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Benton City, just 10.54% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Benton City in 2022 was $27,697, which is low income relative to Washington, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,788 for a family of four. However, Benton City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Benton City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Benton City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Benton City residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Benton City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 33.94% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Benton City include German, English, Norwegian, Irish, and Finnish. The most common language spoken in Benton City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
