Benton, Maine

Back to Benton, ME housing info, Kennebec County, Maine, ME smaller cities, ME small cities, All Cities.

We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures!

Population in July 2007: 2,692. Population change since 2000: +4.9%

Males: 1,380	(51.3%)
Females: 1,312	(48.7%)

Median resident age:	38.1 years
Maine median age:	38.6 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $46,700 (it was $38,613 in 2000)

Benton	$46,700
Maine:	$45,888

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $138,400 (it was $83,500 in 2000)

Benton	$138,400
Maine:	$176,000

Benton, ME residents, houses, and apartments details

Add your B&M business listing here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition

Races in Benton:

White Non-Hispanic (98.2%)
American Indian (0.6%)
Two or more races (0.6%)

2008 cost of living index in Benton: 92.7 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Recent posts about Benton, Maine on our local forum with over 400,000 registered users. Benton is mentioned 16 times on our forum:

	Please help...opinions on Waterville-Benton (14 replies)
	Peak Oil a Cruel Hoax for Mainers and Other Cold States? (42 replies)
	florida to maine (54 replies)
	Is there still coastline available? (7 replies)

Latest news from Benton, ME collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations

Ancestries: French (26.1%), English (19.7%), Irish (13.4%), French Canadian (10.8%), United States (9.2%), Scotch-Irish (3.5%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated on 03/16/1842

Elevation: 109 feet

Land area: 28.4 square miles.

Population density: 95 people per square mile

(very low).

Recent Home Sales
Address:
City	State	Zip
Min Price (optional)	Max Price (optional)
Prioritization: Sale Date Distance

For population 25 years and over in Benton

High school or higher: 82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.9%
Graduate or professional degree: 6.2%
Unemployed: 4.5%
Mean travel time to work: 21.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Benton town

Never married: 17.1%
Now married: 66.7%
Separated: 1.6%
Widowed: 5.5%
Divorced: 9.1%

17 residents are foreign born

This town:	0.7%
Maine:	2.9%

According to our research there were 8 registered sex offenders living in Benton, Maine in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Benton to the number of sex offenders is 337 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Benton:	1.3% ($1,110)
Maine:	1.4% ($1,417)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Portland, ME (82.2 miles , pop. 64,249).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Boston, MA (190.6 miles , pop. 589,141).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (395.5 miles , pop. 1,332,650).

Nearest cities: Clinton, ME (3.5 miles ), Fairfield, ME (4.8 miles ), Winslow, ME (6.5 miles ), Fairfield, ME (7.2 miles ), Waterville, ME (8.6 miles ), Albion, ME (8.9 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 5 buildings, average cost: $87,400
1997: 5 buildings, average cost: $90,800
1998: 9 buildings, average cost: $96,000
1999: 7 buildings, average cost: $115,300
2000: 8 buildings, average cost: $74,000
2001: 5 buildings, average cost: $64,800
2002: 12 buildings, average cost: $68,700
2003: 10 buildings, average cost: $94,500
2004: 25 buildings, average cost: $90,500
2005: 19 buildings, average cost: $119,200
2006: 14 buildings, average cost: $124,000
2007: 5 buildings, average cost: $200,400

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in 1000s)

Latitude: 44.60 N, Longitude: 69.53 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 207

This town's Wikipedia profile

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	4.2%
Maine:	4.2%

Unemployment by year (%)

Most common industries for males:

Construction (18%)
Paper (8%)
Public administration (8%)
Educational services (7%)
Health care (5%)
Repair and maintenance (4%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (19%)
Accommodation and food services (12%)
Educational services (12%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Public administration (4%)
Construction (4%)
Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Carpenters (6%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
Electricians (5%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Child care workers (6%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)

Average climate in Benton, Maine

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

Back to the top

Hospitals/medical centers near Benton:

INLAND HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; WATERVILLE, ME)
MAINEGENERAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 7 miles; WATERVILLE, ME)
REDINGTON FAIRVIEW GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; SKOWHEGAN, ME)

Political contributions by individuals in Benton, ME

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Benton:

BANGOR INTL (about 52 miles; BANGOR, ME; ID: BGR)
BRUNSWICK NAS (about 57 miles; BRUNSWICK, ME; ID: NHZ)
PORTLAND INTL JETPORT (about 86 miles; PORTLAND, ME; ID: PWM)

Other public-use airports nearest to Benton:

WATERVILLE ROBERT LAFLEUR (about 12 miles; WATERVILLE, ME; ID: WVL)
PITTSFIELD MUNI (about 17 miles; PITTSFIELD, ME; ID: 2B7)
CENTRAL MAINE ARPT OF NORRIDGEWOCK (about 24 miles; NORRIDGEWOCK, ME; ID: OWK)

College/University in Benton:

ASSISTANCE PLUS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (Location: 1604 BENTON AVE; Private, for-profit)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Benton:

UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT AUGUSTA (about 26 miles; AUGUSTA, ME; Full-time enrollment: 3,172)
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT FARMINGTON (about 42 miles; FARMINGTON, ME; FT enrollment: 2,229)
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE (about 68 miles; ORONO, ME; FT enrollment: 8,590)
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE (about 82 miles; PORTLAND, ME; FT enrollment: 7,381)
SAINT JOSEPHS COLLEGE (about 92 miles; STANDISH, ME; FT enrollment: 2,376)
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND-UNIVERSITY CAMPUS (about 101 miles; BIDDEFORD, ME; FT enrollment: 2,251)
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE-MAIN CAMPUS (about 140 miles; DURHAM, NH; FT enrollment: 12,586)

Public elementary/middle school in Benton:

BENTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 675; Location: 68 SCHOOL DRIVE; Grades: 1st Grade - 6th Grade)

Click to draw/clear town borders

Cemeteries: Holt Cemetery (1), Ames Cemetery (2), Reed Cemetery (3), Brown Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoir: Kennebec River Reservoir (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Drinking water stations with addresses in Benton and their reported violations in the past:

AVERILLS MOBILE HOME PARK (Population served: 78, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between OCT-13-2005 and NOV-02-2005, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-11-2005), St Public Notif requested (OCT-11-2005), St Compliance achieved (NOV-02-2005)

Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2004 and DEC-2004, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (FEB-14-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (FEB-14-2005), St Compliance achieved (FEB-27-2006), St Public Notif received (FEB-27-2006)

Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2004 and DEC-2004, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (FEB-14-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (FEB-14-2005), St Compliance achieved (FEB-27-2006), St Public Notif received (FEB-27-2006)

2 regular monitoring violations

TOWN AND COUNTRY WAYS M.H.P (Population served: 75, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JAN-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JAN-04-2002), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-04-2002), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (JUN-21-2002), St Compliance Meeting conducted (JUN-24-2002), St Public Notif received (JUL-02-2002), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (JUL-30-2002), St Compliance achieved (2 times from OCT-15-2002 to MAR-12-2003)

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In NOV-2001, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (NOV-09-2001), St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-09-2001), St Formal NOV issued (NOV-30-2001), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (JUN-21-2002), St Compliance Meeting conducted (JUN-24-2002), St Public Notif received (JUL-02-2002), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (JUL-30-2002), St Compliance achieved (2 times from OCT-15-2002 to MAR-12-2003)

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2001, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (AUG-27-2001), St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-27-2001), St Formal NOV issued (NOV-30-2001), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (JUN-21-2002), St Compliance Meeting conducted (JUN-24-2002), St Public Notif received (JUL-02-2002), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (JUL-30-2002), St Compliance achieved (2 times from OCT-15-2002 to MAR-12-2003)

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUL-2001, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUL-23-2001), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-23-2001), St Compliance achieved (AUG-10-2001), St Formal NOV issued (NOV-30-2001), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (JUN-21-2002), St Compliance Meeting conducted (JUN-24-2002), St Public Notif received (JUL-02-2002)

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In NOV-1996, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (DEC-09-1996), Fed FAO issued (MAR-29-1997), St Formal NOV issued (NOV-30-2001), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (JUN-21-2002), St Compliance Meeting conducted (JUN-24-2002), St Public Notif received (JUL-02-2002), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (JUL-30-2002), St Compliance achieved (2 times from OCT-15-2002 to MAR-12-2003)

Past monitoring violations:

CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2001 and JUL-02-2002, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (NOV-28-2001), St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-28-2001), St Formal NOV issued (NOV-30-2001), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (JUN-21-2002), St Compliance Meeting conducted (JUN-24-2002), St Compliance achieved (JUL-02-2002), St Public Notif received (JUL-02-2002)

CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between OCT-20-1999 and JAN-02-2002, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (NOV-30-2001), St Compliance achieved (JAN-02-2002), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (JUN-21-2002), St Compliance Meeting conducted (JUN-24-2002), St Public Notif received (JUL-02-2002), St Compliance achieved (2 times from OCT-15-2002 to MAR-12-2003)

Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JAN-01-1996 and OCT-05-2001, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUL-31-1996), Fed FAO issued (MAR-29-1997), St Compliance achieved (OCT-05-2001), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (JUN-21-2002), St Compliance Meeting conducted (JUN-24-2002), St Public Notif received (JUL-02-2002)

Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JAN-1994 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: Fed Formal NOV issued (JUN-12-1996), Fed FAO issued (MAR-29-1997)

Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JUL-1993 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (NOV-01-1994), Fed FAO issued (MAR-29-1997)

6 routine major monitoring violations

Average household size:

This town:	2.5 people
Maine:	2.4 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	74.0%
Whole state:	65.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	7.4%
Whole state:	7.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.5% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	10.2%
Whole state:	10.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	5.1%
Whole state:	4.1%

Benton compared to Maine state average:

Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.
Length of stay since moving in above state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.

Back to the top

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

5.99% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,721 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.99%
Maine average:	6.39%

0.14% of residents moved from foreign countries ($253 average AGI)
Kennebec County: 0.14%
Maine average: 0.12%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Somerset County, ME	0.77% ($26,873 average AGI)
from Androscoggin County, ME	0.64% ($32,593)
from Cumberland County, ME	0.58% ($36,300)

6.01% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,476 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.01%
Maine average:	6.44%

0.07% of residents moved to foreign countries ($211 average AGI)
Kennebec County: 0.07%
Maine average: 0.07%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Somerset County, ME	0.81% ($29,363 average AGI)
to Cumberland County, ME	0.62% ($32,672)
to Androscoggin County, ME	0.50% ($29,339)

Strongest AM radio stations in Benton:

WSKW (1160 AM; 10 kW; SKOWHEGAN, ME; Owner: MOUNTAIN WIRELESS, INCORPORATED)
WTVL (1490 AM; 1 kW; WATERVILLE, ME; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WFAU (1280 AM; 5 kW; GARDINER, ME; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WTME (780 AM; 10 kW; RUMFORD, ME; Owner: MOUNTAIN VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WZON (620 AM; 5 kW; BANGOR, ME; Owner: THE ZONE CORPORATION)
WRKO (680 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
WABI (910 AM; 5 kW; BANGOR, ME; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WEEI (850 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
WBZ (1030 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WMTW (870 AM; 10 kW; GORHAM, ME; Owner: RADIO PARTNERS OF MAINE, L.P.)
WMDR (1340 AM; 1 kW; AUGUSTA, ME; Owner: LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES, INC.)
WGAN (560 AM; 5 kW; PORTLAND, ME; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF NEW ENGLAND, LLC)
WCRN (830 AM; 50 kW; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Benton:

WCTB (93.5 FM; FAIRFIELD, ME; Owner: MOUNTAIN WIRELESS, INC.)
WEBB (98.5 FM; WATERVILLE, ME; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WWWA (95.3 FM; WINSLOW, ME; Owner: LIGHT OF LIFE MINISTRIES, INC.)
WHQO (107.9 FM; SKOWHEGAN, ME; Owner: MOUNTAIN WIRELESS, INC.)
WWBX (97.1 FM; BANGOR, ME; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WMEW (91.3 FM; WATERVILLE, ME; Owner: MAINE PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WTOS-FM (105.1 FM; SKOWHEGAN, ME; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WMEP (90.5 FM; CAMDEN, ME; Owner: MAINE PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORP.)
WQSS (102.5 FM; CAMDEN, ME; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WMME-FM (92.3 FM; AUGUSTA, ME; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WQCB (106.5 FM; BREWER, ME; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WBFB (104.7 FM; BELFAST, ME; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WGUY (102.1 FM; DEXTER, ME; Owner: CONCORD MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
WMHB (89.7 FM; WATERVILLE, ME; Owner: THE MAYFLOWER HILL BROADCASTING. CORP.)
WJCX (99.5 FM; PITTSFIELD, ME; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)

TV broadcast stations around Benton:

WFYW-LP (Channel 69; FAIRFIELD/WATERVILLE, ME; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
DW23AB (Channel 23; WATERVILLE, ME; Owner: RUSSELL COMMUNICATIONS)
WGCI-LP (Channel 4; WATERVILLE, ME; Owner: PACIFIC AND SOUTHERN COMPANY, INC.)

Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)

See more detailed statistics of Benton fatal accidents for 1975 - 2006 here

Back to Benton, ME housing info, Kennebec County, Maine, ME smaller cities, ME small cities, All Cities.

Back to the top

Recent home sales and price trends information powered by Onboard Informatics
© 2008 Onboard Informatics. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

City-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site. Use at your own risk.
Some parts © 2003-2008 Advameg, Inc.