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Hispanic (overlaps with other categories), and 5.97 other.  The median family income is $90,067.
               The median family income for Tarrant County is $65,072.  Benbrook’s per capita income is $34,209;

               the per capita income for Tarrant County is $28,266. The percentage of Benbrook's population
               categorized  as  poverty  is  7.40  percent;  15.20  percent  of  Tarrant  County's  population  is  in  this
               category.

               HOUSING

               Benbrook has a total of 10,787 housing units.  Approximately 66.1 percent are owner-occupied
               homes; 30.6 percent are renter-occupied; 3.3 percent are vacant.  The average value of a home in

               Benbrook is $280,799 and the average value of a home in Tarrant County is $284,985.

               LABOR FORCE

               Benbrook's total civilian labor force is 13,067 compared with Tarrant County's 970,824.  Benbrook's

               unemployment rate is 6.3 percent compared with Tarrant County's rate of 7.3 percent.

               Workers  in  Benbrook  are  employed  in  the  following  industries:  agriculture  and  mining  (319);
               construction (380); manufacturing (414); wholesale trade (132); retail trade (1,362); transportation
               and communications (405); finance, insurance, and real estate (526); services (2,796); and public
               administration (255).

               The primary employers in Benbrook are Wal-Mart (308); Gilco Contracting, Inc. (187); Renaissance

               Park Nursing Home (140); Benbrook Nursing and Rehab (130); City of Benbrook (129); Benbrook
               Community Center/YMCA (105); Oncor Electric Delivery (90); and Gardner Denver Service Center
               (85).

               TRANSPORTATION


               Benbrook has access to several aviation facilities in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.  Dallas/Fort Worth
               International Airport is located twenty-three miles northeast of Benbrook; D/FW Airport has almost
               2,000 flights daily to over 163 destinations worldwide.  Alliance Airport, an industrial airport with a
               9,600 foot runway, is located just twenty miles north of Benbrook.  General aviation facilities are
               available at Bourland Field (6.50 miles from Benbrook), Meacham Field, and Spinks Field.

               Benbrook is served by numerous interstate and intrastate motor freight companies.  Carriers include
               Central Freight Lines, Roadway Express, Yellow Freight, SAIA Motor Freight Lines, and Con-Way

               Southern Express.

               Benbrook is served by a main line of the Union Pacific Railroad.  Services in nearby Fort Worth
               include the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad.

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