{"id":84,"date":"2013-12-02T17:45:08","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T17:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bentonil.com\/?page_id=84"},"modified":"2022-07-05T14:38:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T14:38:53","slug":"demographics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bentonil.com\/?page_id=84","title":{"rendered":"Demographics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SI Now - Southern Illinois Now\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oF994hZzYx4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Population in 2012:<\/b> 7,070 (95% urban, 5% rural).<br \/>\n<b>Population change\u00a0 since 2000:<\/b> +2.8%<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;\"><b>Males:<\/b> 3,329<\/td>\n<td><!--<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/pics3.city-data.com\/sg.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"94\" height=\"10\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0-->47.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;\"><b>Females:<\/b> 3,741<\/td>\n<td><!--<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/pics3.city-data.com\/sg3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"10\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0-->52.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;\"><b>Median resident age:\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td><!--<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/pics3.city-data.com\/sg4.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"83\" height=\"10\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0-->41.5\u00a0 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Illinois median age:\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 175px;\"><!--<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/pics3.city-data.com\/sg6.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"10\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0-->42.2\u00a0 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Estimated median household income in 2011:<\/b> $29,001 (<b>it was<\/b> $27,177\u00a0 <b>in 2000<\/b>)<\/p>\n<div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Benton:<\/b><\/td>\n<td>$29,001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Illinois:<\/b><\/td>\n<td>$53,234<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Estimated\u00a0 per capita income in 2011:<\/b> $18,456<\/p>\n<p><b>Houses and condos:<\/b> 5,046 <b>Renter-occupied apartments:<\/b> 1,139<\/p>\n<div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>% of renters here:<\/b><\/td>\n<td>25%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>State:<\/b><\/td>\n<td>33%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Mar.\u00a0 2012 cost of living index in zip code 62812:<\/b> 76.5 <b>(low, U.S. average is\u00a0 100)<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Land area:<\/b> 95.5 <b>sq. mi.<\/b> <b>Water area:<\/b> 1.5\u00a0 <b>sq. mi.<\/b><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Population density:<\/b> 117 <b>people per square mile\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<table border=\"2\" width=\"20\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" bgcolor=\"#fdfdfd\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0(very low).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>Real estate property taxes\u00a0 paid for housing units in 2011:<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>This zip code:<\/b><\/td>\n<td>1.5% ($1,002)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Illinois:<\/b><\/td>\n<td>2.1%\u00a0 ($3,813)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Median real estate property taxes\u00a0 paid for housing units with<\/b> mortgages<b> in 2011:<\/b> $1,256 (1.8%)<\/p>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><b>Average household size:<\/b><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>This zip code:<\/b><\/td>\n<td>2.4 people<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Illinois:<\/b><\/td>\n<td>2.6\u00a0 people<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Population in 2012: 7,070 (95% urban, 5% rural). 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