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Benton, LA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Benton, LA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 12,158. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet BENTON-LA · Benton, LA 1 ZIPs · 12,158 pop · #5455/25278 · Bossier Parish

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $94,266
  • RANK-UPPER #5455/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Elm Grove
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 88% owners
  • POP-TOWN 12,158
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $325,900

Nearest income peer: Elm Grove, LA ( $8,935 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Benton

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Benton on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Benton, LA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 22%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
12,158
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$94,266
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $94,266 and home value $325,900 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 36.5%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (87.5%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Louisiana, Albany is the closest lower-income city and Sugartown the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Benton.

Population concentration

Benton reads through its lone ZIP, 71006

12,158 ACS residents, one ZIP: 71006 is not the leading code inside Benton, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Benton's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 234 establishments, 1,299 employees , annual payroll $50,067k (~19 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 71006 (234 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (43) · also Construction · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Benton, LA

These ZIP codes sit in Bossier Parish, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Benton. See the Bossier Parish roll-up →

No other city sharing Bossier Parish reports a higher average ZIP median income than Benton. Bossier City, Haughton and Plain Dealing sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Plain Dealing marks the far end of that range at $49,878, 47% below Benton.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
71006 12,158 $94,266 234 23
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Benton roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Benton, .