| Back to United States. City: Benton, IL Population (2000): 11,349
Housing units: 5,230 Land area: 99.0 sq. mi. Water area: 0.7 sq. mi. White population: 11196 Black population: 25 American Indian population: 19 Asian population: 25 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0 Some other race population: 16 Two or more races population: 68 Urban population: 8005 Rural population: 3344 Median age: 41.0 Average household size: 2.34 Median household income (1999): $29313
 
Nearest zip codes: 62897, 62819, 62874, 62896, 62891, 62822.
Year house built:
- 1999 to March 2000: 32
- 1995 to 1998: 321
- 1990 to 1994: 153
- 1980 to 1989: 431
- 1970 to 1979: 914
- 1960 to 1969: 609
- 1950 to 1959: 669
- 1940 to 1949: 643
- 1939 or earlier: 1396
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Benton, IL (62812):
- no bedroom: 4
- 1 bedrooms: 127
- 2 bedrooms: 1187
- 3 bedrooms: 1853
- 4 bedrooms: 298
- 5 or more bedrooms: 68
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units:
- no bedroom: 3
- 1 bedrooms: 241
- 2 bedrooms: 530
- 3 bedrooms: 321
- 4 bedrooms: 39
- 5 or more bedrooms: 0
Vehicles available in 62812 zip code in owner-occupied houses:
- no vehicle: 174
- 1 vehicle: 1131
- 2 vehicles: 1492
- 3 vehicles: 564
- 4 vehicles: 167
- 5 or more vehicles: 9
Vehicles available in renter-occupied housing units:
- no vehicle: 198
- 1 vehicle: 565
- 2 vehicles: 321
- 3 vehicles: 48
- 4 vehicles: 2
- 5 or more vehicles: 0
Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in zip code 62812:
- Less than $10,000: 52
- $10,000 to $14,999: 40
- $15,000 to $19,999: 92
- $20,000 to $24,999: 115
- $25,000 to $29,999: 197
- $30,000 to $34,999: 191
- $35,000 to $39,999: 165
- $40,000 to $49,999: 427
- $50,000 to $59,999: 405
- $60,000 to $69,999: 214
- $70,000 to $79,999: 157
- $80,000 to $89,999: 194
- $90,000 to $99,999: 161
- $100,000 to $124,999: 105
- $125,000 to $149,999: 106
- $150,000 to $174,999: 75
- $175,000 to $199,999: 16
- $200,000 to $249,999: 21
- $250,000 to $299,999: 0
- $300,000 to $399,999: 5
- $400,000 to $499,999: 0
- $500,000 to $749,999: 0
- $750,000 to $999,999: 0
- $1,000,000 or more: 0
First ancestries reported:
- United States or American: 1588
- German: 1403
- English: 1312
- Irish: 833
- Other groups: 526
- Italian: 401
- Polish: 248
- French (except Basque): 185
- Scotch-Irish: 185
- Scottish: 121
- Dutch: 91
- Welsh: 81
- European: 48
- Russian: 47
- Norwegian: 37
- Swedish: 37
- Hungarian: 30
- Northern European: 28
- French Canadian: 26
- British: 23
- Austrian: 22
- Greek: 18
- Czech: 14
- Croatian: 13
- Lithuanian: 12
- Yugoslavian: 11
- Slovak: 10
- Bulgarian: 9
- Serbian: 9
- Danish: 8
- Czechoslovakian: 7
- African: 7
- Subsaharan African:: 7
- Swiss: 6
- Portuguese: 6
- Ukrainian: 2
- Acadian/Cajun: 2
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