Food Stamps in Benson, Somerset County, Pennsylvania (Borough)

Income On and Off Food Stamps#1

Median income among households that do and do not receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Somerset County and Benson
Benson
Somerset County
$0k$10k$20k$30k$40k$50kCountAllOn Food StampsNot On Food Stamps$38,958.000000$45,424.000000$38,958.000000$39.0k73$18,750.000000$16,029.000000$18,750.000000$18.8k20$53,250.000000$51,217.000000$53,250.000000$53.3k53
Count number of households in category

Characteristics of Households Receiving Food Stamps#2

Households with given characteristics as a percentage of all households that receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Somerset County and Benson
Benson
Somerset County
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty230.000000%46.146146%30.000000%30.0%42.857%42.9%25.000000%19.594595%25.000000%25.0%100.000%100%5.000000%20.620621%5.000000%5.0%11.111%11.1%70.000000%51.551552%70.000000%70.0%43.750%43.8%10.000000%34.334334%10.000000%10.0%10.000%10.0%55.000000%49.674675%55.000000%55.0%61.111%61.1%
% households on food stamps as a percentage of all households with the given characteristic
1at least one qualifying person 2income in last 12 months below poverty level

Characteristics of Households Not Receiving Food Stamps#3

Households with given characteristics as a percentage of all households that do not receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Somerset County and Benson
Benson
Somerset County
0%10%20%30%40%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty215.094340%23.094328%15.094340%15.1%57.143%57.1%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%2.192401%0.000%0%15.094340%18.818756%15.094340%15.1%88.889%88.9%33.962264%27.330889%33.962264%34.0%56.250%56.3%33.962264%48.490286%33.962264%34.0%90.000%90.0%13.207547%6.834673%13.207547%13.2%38.889%38.9%
% households not on food stamps as a percentage of all households with the given characteristic
1at least one qualifying person 2income in last 12 months below poverty level

On Food Stamps by Race#4

Percentage of given ethno-racial group on food stamps.
Scope: households in Somerset County and Benson
Benson
Somerset County
0%5%10%15%20%25%Count%All RacesWhite127.397260%13.486331%27.397260%27.4%20100.000000%100%27.397260%13.293984%27.397260%27.4%20100.000000%100%
Count number of households on food stamps in given ethno-racial group
% percentage more or less than the population at large
1non-Hispanic white 2white Hispanic 3including Hispanic

Food Stamps by County Subdivision in the Somerset Area

There are 50 county subdivisions in the Somerset Area. This section compares Benson to all of the county subdivisions in the Somerset Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Benson.

Most Food Stamps by County Subdivision#5

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Benson, selected other county subdivisions in the Somerset Area, and entities that contain Benson
0%5%10%15%20%25%Count#ConfluenceBensonBensonBoswellUrsinaSomersetWindberMeyersdaleSalisburyShade TownshipShadeCasselmanAddisonCentral CityRockwoodQuemahoning TownshipQuemahoningJenner TownshipJennerLarimer TownshipLarimerHooversvilleLower Turkeyfoot TownshipLower TurkeyfootSomerset Metro AreaSomerset AreaSomerset CountySomersetMiddle AtlanticGarrettNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaSummit TownshipSummitStonycreek TownshipStonycreekBerlinWellersburgOgle TownshipBrothersvalley TownshipBrothersvalleySomerset TownshipSomersetElk Lick TownshipElk LickStoystownNew BaltimoreBlack TownshipBlackAllegheny TownshipAlleghenyConemaugh Township Area School DistrictConemaugh TwpPaint TownshipPaintNorthampton TownshipNorthampton020102Tract 020102Southampton TownshipSouthamptonLincoln TownshipLincolnNew CentervilleConemaugh TownshipConemaughAddison TownshipAddisonMilford TownshipMilfordJennerstownZIP Code 15935ZIP 15935CallimontMiddlecreek TownshipMiddlecreekGreenville TownshipGreenvilleJefferson TownshipJeffersonUpper Turkeyfoot TownshipUpper TurkeyfootFairhope TownshipFairhopeShanksvilleIndian LakePaintSeven Springs28.093645%28.093645%28.1%84127.397260%27.397260%27.4%2027.397260%27.397260%27.4%20227.153558%27.153558%27.2%145324.468085%24.468085%24.5%23423.693503%23.693503%23.7%671521.195652%21.195652%21.2%390618.826406%18.826406%18.8%154718.716578%18.716578%18.7%70817.663293%17.663293%17.7%192917.241379%17.241379%17.2%51017.073171%17.073171%17.1%141116.317016%16.317016%16.3%701215.405405%15.405405%15.4%571315.384615%15.384615%15.4%1161415.132003%15.132003%15.1%2351514.975845%14.975845%15.0%311614.876033%14.876033%14.9%361714.479638%14.479638%14.5%321813.486331%13.486331%13.5%3,99613.486331%13.486331%13.5%3,99613.364894%13.364894%13.4%2,061,2852.06M13.333333%13.333333%13.3%201913.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.983035%12.983035%13.0%644,209644k12.758202%12.758202%12.8%1052012.652068%12.652068%12.7%1042112.385919%12.385919%12.4%952211.881188%11.881188%11.9%122311.731844%11.731844%11.7%212411.410118%11.410118%11.4%1062511.216566%11.216566%11.2%3902611.125654%11.125654%11.1%852710.975610%10.975610%11.0%182810.169492%10.169492%10.2%6299.779180%9.779180%9.8%31309.459459%9.459459%9.5%28319.114286%9.114286%9.1%3199.097978%9.097978%9.1%117329.016393%9.016393%9.0%11338.678756%8.678756%8.7%2018.108108%8.108108%8.1%21347.730263%7.730263%7.7%47357.692308%7.692308%7.7%4367.634828%7.634828%7.6%235377.619048%7.619048%7.6%32387.000000%7.000000%7.0%42396.521739%6.521739%6.5%15406.262042%6.262042%6.3%656.250000%6.250000%6.3%1416.149733%6.149733%6.1%23425.020921%5.020921%5.0%12434.990020%4.990020%5.0%25444.524887%4.524887%4.5%20454.444444%4.444444%4.4%2464.395604%4.395604%4.4%4473.645833%3.645833%3.6%7483.141361%3.141361%3.1%12490.000000%0.000000%0.0%050
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of county subdivision out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by County Subdivision in Pennsylvania

There are 2,574 county subdivisions in Pennsylvania. This section compares Benson to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in Pennsylvania and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Benson. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 27,333.

Most Food Stamps by County Subdivision#6

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Benson, selected other county subdivisions in Pennsylvania, and entities that contain Benson
0%10%20%30%40%Count#ReadingChesterYorkHarrisburgLancasterWilkes-BarreAllentownErieBensonBensonWilliamsportNorristownAltoonaPhiladelphiaScrantonBethlehemPittsburghPenn Hills TownshipPenn HlsUpper Darby TownshipUpper DarbySomerset Metro AreaSomerset AreaSomerset CountySomersetMiddle AtlanticNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaBristol TownshipBristolBensalem TownshipBensalemRidley TownshipRidleyConemaugh Township Area School DistrictConemaugh TwpMillcreek TownshipMillcreekHempfield TownshipHempfield020102Tract 020102Falls TownshipFallsYork TownshipMonroevilleCheltenham TownshipCheltenhamAbington TownshipAbingtonWarminster TownshipWarminsterZIP Code 15935ZIP 15935PlumRoss TownshipLower Paxton TownshipLower PaxtonNorth Huntingdon TownshipN HuntingdonMiddletown TownshipMiddletownSpring TownshipSpgState CollegeManheim TownshipManheimBethel ParkMount Lebanon TownshipMt LebanonShaler TownshipShalerUpper Merion TownshipUpper MerionRadnor TownshipRadnorHampden TownshipHampdenHaverford TownshipHaverfordCranberry TownshipCranberryLower Merion TownshipLower MerionMcCandless TownshipMcCandlessLower Macungie TownshipLower MacungieNorthampton TownshipNorthamptonTredyffrin TownshipTredyffrinLower Makefield TownshipLower Makefield44.333023%44.333023%44.3%12,86512.9k140.482343%40.482343%40.5%4,700235.934809%35.934809%35.9%5,843334.192483%34.192483%34.2%6,832430.655699%30.655699%30.7%6,522530.627692%30.627692%30.6%4,694629.085692%29.085692%29.1%12,06312.1k727.864170%27.864170%27.9%11,41411.4k827.397260%27.397260%27.4%2027.397260%27.397260%27.4%2026.477167%26.477167%26.5%2,841926.394203%26.394203%26.4%3,2421025.573382%25.573382%25.6%4,7501125.315915%25.315915%25.3%147,489147k1222.888490%22.888490%22.9%6,6341321.579593%21.579593%21.6%4,3991417.343865%17.343865%17.3%23,03323.0k1515.213388%15.213388%15.2%2,8091613.818242%13.818242%13.8%4,1891713.486331%13.486331%13.5%3,99613.486331%13.486331%13.5%3,99613.364894%13.364894%13.4%2,061,2852.06M13.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.983035%12.983035%13.0%644,209644k11.671811%11.671811%11.7%2,2691810.120105%10.120105%10.1%2,393199.597783%9.597783%9.6%1,143209.114286%9.114286%9.1%3198.762521%8.762521%8.8%1,977218.695652%8.695652%8.7%1,468228.678756%8.678756%8.7%2018.314395%8.314395%8.3%1,061236.938326%6.938326%6.9%819246.693760%6.693760%6.7%840256.620670%6.620670%6.6%950266.389883%6.389883%6.4%1,339276.355965%6.355965%6.4%821286.262042%6.262042%6.3%655.362805%5.362805%5.4%592295.243255%5.243255%5.2%721305.136145%5.136145%5.1%1,045315.081714%5.081714%5.1%625324.958781%4.958781%5.0%794334.770049%4.770049%4.8%502344.764657%4.764657%4.8%577354.613900%4.613900%4.6%717364.451902%4.451902%4.5%597374.279263%4.279263%4.3%597384.139236%4.139236%4.1%503393.407098%3.407098%3.4%408403.044521%3.044521%3.0%292413.014693%3.014693%3.0%357422.842407%2.842407%2.8%496432.743233%2.743233%2.7%300442.639621%2.639621%2.6%596452.637605%2.637605%2.6%311462.542580%2.542580%2.5%312471.840358%1.840358%1.8%255481.281192%1.281192%1.3%153490.677630%0.677630%0.7%8250
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of county subdivision out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by County Subdivision in the Northeast

There are 5,785 county subdivisions in the Northeast. This section compares Benson to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in the Northeast and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Benson. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 91,133.

Most Food Stamps by County Subdivision#7

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Benson, selected other county subdivisions in the Northeast, and entities that contain Benson
0%10%20%30%40%Count#Town of HartfordHartfordPatersonSpringfieldBronxRochesterBuffaloProvidenceSyracuseTown of WaterburyWaterburyLynnNewarkAllentownBrocktonTown of BridgeportBridgeportErieBensonBensonTown of New HavenNew HvnNew BedfordPhiladelphiaBrooklynLakewood TownshipLakewoodLowellWorcesterAlbanyElizabethTown of RamapoRamapoBostonPittsburghYonkersJersey CityManchesterQueensManhattanSomerset Metro AreaSomerset AreaSomerset CountySomersetMiddle AtlanticNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaStaten IslandQuincyTown of IslipConemaugh Township Area School DistrictConemaugh TwpTown of StamfordStamfordTown of GreeceGreece020102Tract 020102CambridgeTown of BabylonBabylonTown of AmherstAmherstTown of BrookhavenBrookhavenToms River TownshipToms RivTown of HempsteadHempsteadZIP Code 15935ZIP 15935Woodbridge TownshipWoodbridgeTown of HuntingtonHuntingtonEdison TownshipEdisonTown of GreenburghGreenburghTown of North HempsteadN HempsteadTown of Oyster BayOyster BayTown of SmithtownSmithtown41.537790%41.537790%41.5%19,04319.0k139.804428%39.804428%39.8%17,42217.4k237.003988%37.003988%37.0%20,69320.7k336.640787%36.640787%36.6%179,811180k434.826485%34.826485%34.8%29,88629.9k534.412955%34.412955%34.4%37,74037.7k632.144141%32.144141%32.1%19,67819.7k730.808773%30.808773%30.8%17,08117.1k830.441676%30.441676%30.4%12,09612.1k929.691086%29.691086%29.7%9,5731029.258268%29.258268%29.3%27,54927.5k1129.085692%29.085692%29.1%12,06312.1k1228.501766%28.501766%28.5%9,1181328.212562%28.212562%28.2%14,20714.2k1427.864170%27.864170%27.9%11,41411.4k1527.397260%27.397260%27.4%2027.397260%27.397260%27.4%2026.525268%26.525268%26.5%13,26913.3k1626.343812%26.343812%26.3%10,34110.3k1725.315915%25.315915%25.3%147,489147k1823.963174%23.963174%24.0%224,967225k1923.574016%23.574016%23.6%5,5962023.167678%23.167678%23.2%8,9742122.095544%22.095544%22.1%15,29115.3k2221.582487%21.582487%21.6%8,8242319.514573%19.514573%19.5%7,8072419.233644%19.233644%19.2%6,6912519.103130%19.103130%19.1%49,53949.5k2617.343865%17.343865%17.3%23,03323.0k2716.679687%16.679687%16.7%12,17012.2k2816.195840%16.195840%16.2%16,13316.1k2914.949843%14.949843%14.9%6,7663013.924220%13.924220%13.9%108,512109k3113.731890%13.731890%13.7%103,454103k3213.486331%13.486331%13.5%3,99613.486331%13.486331%13.5%3,99613.364894%13.364894%13.4%2,061,2852.06M13.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.983035%12.983035%13.0%644,209644k12.543520%12.543520%12.5%20,82420.8k3310.627025%10.627025%10.6%4,232349.145754%9.145754%9.1%9,111359.114286%9.114286%9.1%3198.981722%8.981722%9.0%4,285368.722887%8.722887%8.7%3,551378.678756%8.678756%8.7%2018.428167%8.428167%8.4%3,666388.236290%8.236290%8.2%5,545397.176033%7.176033%7.2%3,569407.005629%7.005629%7.0%11,26411.3k416.917276%6.917276%6.9%2,394426.305438%6.305438%6.3%15,24115.2k436.262042%6.262042%6.3%655.451322%5.451322%5.5%1,845444.454109%4.454109%4.5%3,052453.812606%3.812606%3.8%1,355463.675937%3.675937%3.7%1,216473.090064%3.090064%3.1%2,366483.027583%3.027583%3.0%2,968492.870620%2.870620%2.9%1,13850
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of county subdivision out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by County Subdivision in the United States

There are 35,600 county subdivisions in the United States. This section compares Benson to the 50 most populous county subdivisions in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Benson. The least populous of the compared county subdivisions has a population of 547,300.

Most Food Stamps by County Subdivision#8

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Benson, selected other county subdivisions in the United States, and entities that contain Benson
0%10%20%30%40%Count#DetroitBronxMilwaukeeBensonBensonMiamiBaltimorePhiladelphiaEl PasoSan Antonio CentralSan Antonio CntrlBrooklynFresnoOrlandoChicagoSan BernardinoTampaBostonColumbusSouthwest DallasSW DallasFort WorthAlbuquerqueAtlantaWashingtonTucsonHoustonQueensLas VegasManhattanSacramentoSomerset Metro AreaSomerset AreaSomerset CountySomersetPhoenixMiddle AtlanticNortheastTulsaUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaNortheast DallasNE DallasTownship 1:Charlotte1, CharlotteSeattleLong Beach-LakewoodLong Bch-LakewoodDenverAustinLos AngelesAnaheim-Santa Ana-Garden GroveAnaheim-Santa An…Conemaugh Township Area School DistrictConemaugh Twp020102Tract 020102OntarioSalt Lake CitySalt Lk CityNorthwest HarrisNW HarrisEast San Gabriel ValleyE San Gabriel VlySan Fernando ValleySan Fernando VlySan DiegoNortheast TarrantNE TarrantTown of HempsteadHempsteadZIP Code 15935ZIP 15935Seattle EastOceanside-EscondidoOceanside-Escond…San FranciscoSan JosePlano42.327373%42.327373%42.3%108,775109k136.640787%36.640787%36.6%179,811180k230.439719%30.439719%30.4%70,25070.3k327.397260%27.397260%27.4%2027.397260%27.397260%27.4%2026.918616%26.918616%26.9%90,50990.5k425.907118%25.907118%25.9%62,80362.8k525.315915%25.315915%25.3%147,489147k624.474984%24.474984%24.5%44,95145.0k724.405515%24.405515%24.4%55,00155.0k823.963174%23.963174%24.0%224,967225k920.437953%20.437953%20.4%45,71545.7k1020.198587%20.198587%20.2%44,63144.6k1119.820560%19.820560%19.8%206,645207k1219.710216%19.710216%19.7%44,79644.8k1319.376055%19.376055%19.4%50,49450.5k1419.103130%19.103130%19.1%49,53949.5k1517.573826%17.573826%17.6%58,55358.6k1617.250632%17.250632%17.3%55,99456.0k1715.901493%15.901493%15.9%47,09147.1k1815.784743%15.784743%15.8%39,68639.7k1915.004424%15.004424%15.0%35,78335.8k2014.960260%14.960260%15.0%41,37241.4k2114.937099%14.937099%14.9%51,79251.8k2214.236256%14.236256%14.2%164,852165k2313.924220%13.924220%13.9%108,512109k2413.780346%13.780346%13.8%91,44191.4k2513.731890%13.731890%13.7%103,454103k2613.554775%13.554775%13.6%55,27855.3k2713.486331%13.486331%13.5%3,99613.486331%13.486331%13.5%3,99613.433314%13.433314%13.4%153,787154k2813.364894%13.364894%13.4%2,061,2852.06M13.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.071915%13.071915%13.1%30,77930.8k2913.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.983035%12.983035%13.0%644,209644k12.939884%12.939884%12.9%73,75173.8k3012.867008%12.867008%12.9%39,89339.9k3111.909058%11.909058%11.9%52,40752.4k3210.963747%10.963747%11.0%21,74121.7k3310.333295%10.333295%10.3%29,04429.0k3410.290689%10.290689%10.3%34,30034.3k3510.248119%10.248119%10.2%95,93595.9k369.585555%9.585555%9.6%46,82446.8k379.114286%9.114286%9.1%3198.678756%8.678756%8.7%2018.572006%8.572006%8.6%16,53316.5k388.561760%8.561760%8.6%27,90827.9k398.134682%8.134682%8.1%20,38620.4k407.755337%7.755337%7.8%20,50120.5k417.739421%7.739421%7.7%47,77847.8k427.450825%7.450825%7.5%60,92860.9k436.406793%6.406793%6.4%13,11413.1k446.305438%6.305438%6.3%15,24115.2k456.262042%6.262042%6.3%656.012518%6.012518%6.0%13,74613.7k465.795555%5.795555%5.8%12,81612.8k475.164561%5.164561%5.2%18,42718.4k484.968853%4.968853%5.0%29,11429.1k493.859381%3.859381%3.9%7,72150
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# rank of county subdivision out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

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State:
Pennsylvania
County:
Somerset
Metro Area:
Somerset Area
Borough:
Benson
ZIP Code:
15935
Unified School District:
Conemaugh Township
Congressional District:
PA-12
State Senate District:
PA-32
State House District:
PA-69
Neighboring Townships:
Conemaugh, Paint, Quemahoning
Nearby Townships:
Jenner