Benton, MO — income, home value, property tax, and sales tax.
In ZIP code 63742, which takes in Benton, the average person earns $29,845 a year. That income level shapes how much housing and daily spending can absorb. County property taxes run at an effective rate of 0.62%, so a home's assessed value drives the annual bill more than the rate itself. Sales taxes combine to 6.72% on purchases, adding a bit to every transaction. Together these rates leave a household working within a fairly tight annual figure, where housing costs and everyday buying both draw from the same paycheck.