County · Missouri

Benton County, Missouri

Benton County, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 24 out of 100 (low), ranking #2,396 of 3,143 US counties. Within Missouri it ranks #94 of 115 counties. It ranks best on job growth (high), effective property tax rate (low) and drought exposure (low). It ranks worst on average weekly wage (low), distance to an emergency room (high) and median household income (low).

24Low

Quality-of-life score: #2,396 of 3,143 counties
Missouri: #94 of 115 in MO
Population: 20,536 (2025)
Land area: 704 mi²
Density: 29.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 29015

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety29#2,209/3,096
Economy13#2,738/3,143
Housing41#1,850/3,140
Health20#2,531/3,144
Healthcare8#2,891/3,143
Environment77#710/3,108
Education40#1,894/3,144
Infrastructure14#2,701/3,144
Community46#1,696/3,144
Leisure & amenities41#1,856/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Benton County, Missouri ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Job growth · high2.9%
87/100Missouri 0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Effective property tax rate · low0.47%
84/100Missouri 0.89%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Drought exposure · low13%
81/100Missouri 33%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Drinking water violations · low0
78/100Missouri 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Preventable hospital stays · low2,106 /100k
78/100Missouri 3,034 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Social associations · high14.6 /10k
78/100Missouri 11.5 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Average weekly wage · low$770
2/100Missouri $1,278United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Distance to an emergency room · high21.6 mi
7/100Missouri 6.6 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Median household income · low$49,634
8/100Missouri $71,583United States $81,6042024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Injury deaths · high139 /100k
10/100Missouri 106 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Dentists · low15 /100k
11/100Missouri 64 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Access to exercise opportunities · low32.4%
11/100Missouri 76.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
19,431 (2020) → 20,536 (2025)
+5.7%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Child care cost burdenWorsening
16.4% (2020 & 2021) → 37.6% (2023 & 2024)
+21 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Voter turnoutWorsening
85.3% (2020) → 65.5% (2024)
−20 pts4 yearsUS 68.5% → 65.2%
Traffic deathsWorsening
16.7 /100k (2015-2019) → 28.8 /100k (2020-2024)
+72%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 13% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+13 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
71.3% (2015-2019) → 83.3% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Benton County, Missouri improved on 10 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 17 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved10

Violent crime−58%293 /100k → 123 /100k
Uninsured−3 points16.4% → 13.4%
Property crime−47%1,789 /100k → 946 /100k
Broadband+12 points71.3% → 83.3%
New businesses+58%8.5 /1k → 13.5 /1k

Declined2

Traffic deaths+72%16.7 /100k → 28.8 /100k
Price / income+0.5×2.9× → 3.4×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Benton County, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.6 /10k2020	3.9 /10k2025	−16%	Within the margin of error	16%
Average commute time	28.9 min2015-2019	31.5 min2020-2024	+2.5 min	Within the margin of error	16%
Average weekly wage	$6262020	$7702025	+23%	Improved	44%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%2015-2019	15.0%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Broadband subscriptions	71.3%2015-2019	83.3%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	66%
Child poverty rate	28.6%2019	21.0%2024	−7.6 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Distance to an airport	73 mi2020	73 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	15.4 /100k2020	11.6 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−25%	Within the margin of error	48%
Effective property tax rate	0.66%2015-2019	0.47%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	73%
Firearm deaths	16.2 /100k2020	17.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+6.2%	Within the margin of error	39%
Grocery stores	1.5 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−37%	Within the margin of error	7%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.5 /10k2020	0.5 /10k2025	−5.4%	Within the margin of error	31%
High school diploma or higher	84.5%2015-2019	88.9%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.4×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	42%
Homicide rate	8.5 /100k2020	4.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−49%	Within the margin of error	72%
Income adjusted for local prices	$45,1622019	$57,8812024	+28%	Improved	27%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4672015-2019	0.4762020-2024	+0.009	Within the margin of error	37%
Median household income	$42,1442019	$49,6342024	+18%	Improved	16%
New business applications	8.5 /1k2020	13.5 /1k2025	+58%	Improved	68%
Pharmacies	1.5 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−5.4%	Within the margin of error	49%
Poverty rate	16.7%2019	18.8%2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Property crime rate	1,789 /100k2020	946 /100k2025	−47%	Improved	71%
Public libraries	1.0 /10k2019	1.0 /10k2024	−5.2%	Within the margin of error	24%
Rent as share of income	28.5%2015-2019	30.0%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Rent-burdened households	46.2%2015-2019	49.9%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Restaurants and bars	10.8 /10k2020	8.3 /10k2025	−23%	Within the margin of error	11%
Students per teacher	13.1×2019	12.3×2024	−0.8×	Improved	55%
Traffic deaths	16.7 /100k2015-2019	28.8 /100k2020-2024	+72%	Declined	8%
Unemployment rate	7.4%2020	5.4%2025	−2 points	Improved	35%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.4%2019	13.4%2024	−3 points	Improved	82%
Violent crime rate	293 /100k2020	123 /100k2025	−58%	Improved	92%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Benton County, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Benton County, Missouri in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Benton County, Missouri itself moved −1.8 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

20,151 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 men (+1.0 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

20,151 residents

Benton County, Missouri
Missouri share

White92%18,460
Black1.0%193
Hispanic or Latino2.0%411

Education

15,411 residents (±131)

Benton County, Missouri
Missouri share

No high school diploma11%1,715
High school or GED41%6,311
Some college24%3,661

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

8,573 households (±303)

Benton County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k26%2,227
$25k–50k21%1,827
$50k–75k20%1,678
$75k–100k13%1,126
$100k–150k13%1,144
$150k–200k4.1%†352
$200k or more2.6%†219

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−10.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

8,573 households (±303)

Benton County, Missouri
Missouri share

Own84%7,187
Rent16%1,386

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.2 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

1,146 households (±197)

Benton County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $75046%528
$750–1,00036%†416
$1,000–1,50016%†185

Home values

7,187 homes (±281)

Benton County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $150k41%2,926
$150k–250k26%1,876
$250k–400k18%1,273

Age of homes

13,594 homes (±37)

Benton County, Missouri
Missouri share

2010 or later11%1,500
2000–200916%2,211
1980–199931%4,218

Size of homes

13,594 homes (±37)

Benton County, Missouri
Missouri share

Studio4.0%539
1 bedroom12%1,686
2 bedrooms33%4,484

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

6,796 workers (±404)

Benton County, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone77%5,206
Carpool12%849
Public transit0.0%†2
Walk2.0%†136
Bike0.0%†3
Work from home7.6%518
Other1.2%†82

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+2.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

6,278 workers (±374)

Benton County, Missouri
Missouri share

Under 15 min29%1,850
15–29 min25%1,577
30–44 min21%1,349

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Benton County has 383 employer establishments, 186 for every 10,000 residents (0.75× the US rate of 248; 0.76× Missouri's), with 2,399 paid employees at an average annual pay of $31,654. The Census Bureau also counts 1,696 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 383; 1,696 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 186; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 2,399
Average annual pay: $31,654; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Benton County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	41	19.9	1.29×More than typical	158	$50,373	234
Restaurants and other eating places	30	14.6	0.79×Fewer than typical	339	$17,991	6
Religious organizations	27	13.1	2.37×More than typical	86	$14,279	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	20	9.7	1.93×More than typical	48	$35,167	41
Ambulatory health care services	18	8.8	0.42×Fewer than typical	97	$57,505	38
Full-service restaurants	18	8.8	1.14×About typical	144	$19,438	—
Lessors of real estate	17	8.3	0.67×Fewer than typical	36	$23,694	138
Other specialty trade contractors	17	8.3	3.29×More than typical	49	$46,592	90
Building equipment contractors	15	7.3	1.21×About typical	44	$58,750	27
Gasoline stations	12	5.8	1.80×More than typical	138	$23,457	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	12	5.8	1.33×More than typical	24	$38,667	24
Offices of other health practitioners	12	5.8	0.96×About typical	33	$47,000	11

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 20,568 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.1M on contracts performed in Benton County, Missouri: $51.16 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.1M; −18% vs FY2025
Per resident: $51.16; US $1,994
Sole-source: 9.4%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$1.1M100%

Top recipients

MAUZEY SOIL, INC$260K25%
GOLDEN VALLEY BRUSH CONTROL, L.L.C.$195.1K19%
OZARK DISPOSAL COMPANY$77.3K7.4%
GERMRIP LLC$56K5.3%
TRIBALCO LLC$55.7K5.3%
COUNTY OF HENRY$53.2K5.1%
COUNTY OF BENTON MISSOURI$46K4.4%
BALES SARAH$42K4.0%

Spending by fiscal year

2.4MFY2017
9MFY2018
8MFY2019
4MFY2020
1.6MFY2021
6.1MFY2022
1.6MFY2023
1.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$452.7K43%
Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$260K25%
Justice, public order, and safety activities · 9221$99.2K9.4%
Waste collection · 5621$77.3K7.4%
Wired and wireless telecommunications carriers · 5173$55.7K5.3%
RV parks and recreational camps · 7212

Largest awards

THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS KANSAS CITY DISTRICT HAS A NEED FOR ROAD WORK SERVICES ON THE SAC ACCESS ROADS AT THE HARRY S. TRUMAN PROJECT IN THE OPERATIONS DIVISION OF THE KANSAS CITY DISTRICT.$260K
MAUZEY SOIL, INC· Benton County, MO· Construction & real property· Mar 12, 2026 – Mar 12, 2026· W912DQ26CA014
THE KANSAS DISTRICT HAS A NEED FOR HYDROPOWER CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THE SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION (SCADA) SYSTEM AT BOTH HARRY S. TRUMAN (HST) POWER PLANT, WARSAW, MO, AND STOCKTON (STK) POWER PLANT, STOCKTON, MO.$202.5K
US AUTOMATION INC· Benton County, MO· IT & telecom· Sep 26, 2025 – Jun 9, 2026· W912DQ25PA014
THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (USACE), KANSAS CITY DISTRICT (NWK), IS IN NEED OF LAND MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO PERFORM GROUNDS MAINTENANCE SUPPORT AT THE HARRY S. TRUMAN LAKE PROJECT.$195.1K
GOLDEN VALLEY BRUSH CONTROL, L.L.C.· Benton County, MO

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $204.9M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Benton County, Missouri: $9,979 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $204.9M; −5.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9,979; US $12,955
Loan face value: $20.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.8%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$123.1M60%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$24.1M12%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$23.1M11%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$9.7M4.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$4.5M2.2%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$3.8M1.9%
20.265 · Carbon Reduction Program$2.2M1.1%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$2.1M1.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$5.1M2.5%
JEFFERSON CITY, MO
GOLDEN VALLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DISTRICT$1.6M0.8%
CLINTON, MO
CITY OF WARSAW MUNICIPALITY$1.3M0.6%
WARSAW, MO
OSCEOLA HOUSING AUTHORITY$359.4K0.2%
OSCEOLA, MO
ARROW NETWORKS$310.2K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$160.3M78%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$27M13%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$6.4M3.1%
Department of Transportation
Railroad Retirement Board$3.8M1.9%
Farm Service Agency$2.9M1.4%

Assistance by fiscal year

184.5MFY2021
178.7MFY2022
188.3MFY2023
206MFY2024
217MFY2025
204.9MFY2026

County aggregates

93%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Benton County, Missouri compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Benton County, Missouri
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Benton County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Benton County, Missouri	United States
FY2017	$127	$1,436
FY2018	$464	$1,552
FY2019	$408	$1,654
FY2020	$207	$1,880
FY2021	$82.13	$1,810
FY2022	$303	$1,917
FY2023	$78.22	$2,079
FY2024	$61.06	$2,047
FY2025	$62.29	$2,165
FY2026	$51.16 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Benton County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Benton County, Missouri	United States
FY2017	$42.79	$93.28
FY2018	$259	$105
FY2019	$363	$128
FY2020	$124	$145
FY2021	$4.98	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Benton County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Benton County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$398	$5,748
FY2022	$487	$5,221
FY2023	$163	$5,364
FY2024	$271	$5,501
FY2025	$181	$5,732
FY2026	$469

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Benton County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Benton County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$301	$298
FY2022	$151	$357
FY2023	$40.38	$301
FY2024	$184	$319
FY2025	$113	$360
FY2026	$310

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Benton County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Benton County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$11.16	$239
FY2022	$14.55	$185
FY2023	$11.54	$229
FY2024	$31.16	$229
FY2025	$22.54	$249
FY2026	$31.84

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Benton County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Benton County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$4.96	$2,304
FY2022	$0	$2,197
FY2023	$24.23	$2,274
FY2024	$0	$2,267
FY2025	$0	$2,397
FY2026	$0

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Benton County, Missouri and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Benton County, Missouri	United States
FY2021	$592	$1,186
FY2022	$163	$465
FY2023	$48.38	$76.52
FY2024	$0	$120
FY2025	$312	$148
FY2026	$476

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Benton County, Missouri
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Benton County, Missouri and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Benton County, Missouri	United States
2014	−2.3%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/29015

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Benton County, Missouri is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mark AlfordR-MO-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Cities and towns in Benton County

Places whose residents live mostly in Benton County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Benton County, Missouri	United States
2014	−2.2%	−4.2%
2015	−0.6%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.0%	+3.3%
2018	+7.8%	+6.8%
2019	+8.9%	+10.5%
2020	+15.7%	+19.4%
2021	+25.0%	+26.1%
2022	+29.2%	+30.6%
2023	+30.5%	+35.0%
2024	+35.9%	+41.0%
2025	+42.3%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Benton County, Missouri	United States
2014	−2.2%	−5.5%
2015	+2.6%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.5%	+4.1%
2018	+10.0%	+8.9%
2019	+15.1%	+13.5%
2020	+21.3%	+20.8%
2021	+28.4%	+32.1%
2022	+30.5%	+35.4%
2023	+37.0%	+42.9%
2024	+43.3%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Benton County, Missouri	United States
2014	0.0/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.1/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.9/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.2/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.5/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.3/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.2/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.3/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.1/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.3/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.2/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.2/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Benton County, Missouri	United States
2014	−8.7%	−6.9%
2015	−6.2%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+8.7%	+4.7%
2018	+9.9%	+7.5%
2019	+15.7%	+14.0%
2020	+21.2%	+16.9%
2021	+41.6%	+21.0%
2022	+41.4%	+29.7%
2023	+39.9%	+34.9%
2024	+36.3%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Benton County, Missouri	United States
2014	19.5%	15.5%
2015	18.7%	14.7%
2016	17.9%	14.0%
2017	17.2%	13.4%
2018	20.2%	13.1%
2019	16.7%	12.3%
2020	16.8%	11.9%
2021	15.6%	12.8%
2022	14.7%	12.6%
2023	18.1%	12.5%
2024	18.8%	12.1%

Calendar years	Benton County, Missouri	United States
2014	7.8%	6.2%
2015	6.7%	5.3%
2016	6.1%	4.9%
2017	5.2%	4.4%
2018	4.6%	3.9%
2019	4.8%	3.7%
2020	7.4%	8.1%
2021	5.5%	5.4%
2022	3.9%	3.7%
2023	4.5%	3.6%
2024	5.3%	4.0%
2025	5.4%	4.3%

Calendar years	Benton County, Missouri	United States
2014	−14.8% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−0.1% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.1% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+24.8% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+32.3% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+58.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+80.9% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+77.8% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+66.8% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+74.3% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+77.3% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Benton County, Missouri	United States
2014	19.0%	13.5%
2015	15.0%	10.9%
2016	13.9%	10.0%
2017	14.9%	10.2%
2018	16.5%	10.4%
2019	16.4%	10.8%
2020	15.5%	10.4%
2021	15.1%	10.2%
2022	14.9%	9.5%
2023	12.9%	9.5%
2024	13.4%	9.8%

Calendar years	Benton County, Missouri	United States
2014	6.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.0/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.8/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.4/1k	9.8/1k
2018	7.9/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.6/1k	10.6/1k
2020	8.5/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.3/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	11.7/1k	16.2/1k
2024	12.0/1k	15.4/1k
2025	13.5/1k	16.6/1k

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved10

Declined2

Counties like Benton County, Missouri five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

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Income

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Top industries (NAICS)

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Federal grants & assistance

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County aggregates

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Cities and towns in Benton County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved10

Declined2

House

Senate

Household income

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

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Top buying agencies

Top recipients

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Top industries (NAICS)

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What was bought

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped