Fort Benton is a very small city located in the state of Montana. With a population of 1,425 people and just one neighborhood, Fort Benton is the 72nd largest community in Montana.
Unlike some cities, Fort Benton isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Fort Benton are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fort Benton is a city of service providers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Benton who work in management occupations (18.62%), food service (11.38%), and office and administrative support (8.10%).
Of important note, Fort Benton is also a city of artists. Fort Benton has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Fort Benton’s character.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Fort Benton spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.01 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
As is often the case in a small city, Fort Benton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Fort Benton citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.06% of adults in Fort Benton have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Fort Benton in 2022 was $29,994, which is lower middle income relative to Montana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $119,976 for a family of four. However, Fort Benton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Fort Benton is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fort Benton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Benton residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Fort Benton include German, English, Irish, European, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Fort Benton is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Polish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Fort Benton, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 2 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 99.1% of America.
Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 96.2% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.
Furthermore, the neighborhood has a greater proportion of government workers living in it than 96.1% of the neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. This is a unique feature of this neighborhood, and one that shapes its character.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and Austrian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 1.3% have Austrian ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Fort Benton are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 40.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.7% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 68.5% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 50.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 19.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (16.4%), and 13.6% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.2% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Fort Benton, MT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (15.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.0%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (8.8%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (6.3%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (44.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (64.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (18.5%) and 9.7% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.