Benbow vs Fairhaven

A side-by-side comparison of Benbow and Fairhaven: population, income, housing, and more.

Benbow and Fairhaven are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Benbow has the higher population (401 vs 314 in Fairhaven). Fairhaven has the higher median home value ($421,900 vs $336,500 in Benbow). Since 2019, Benbow's population has grown faster (+239.8% vs +77.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Benbow	Fairhaven
Population	401	314
Median age	39.0 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$79,453
Median home value	$336,500	$421,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,606
Housing units	153	146
Homeownership rate	58.7%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.9%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	15.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benbow	Fairhaven
Population	118 → 401 (+239.8%)	177 → 314 (+77.4%)
Median household income	$33,167 → $40,962 (+23.5%)	$43,393 → $79,453 (+83.1%)
Median home value	$346,600 → $336,500 (-2.9%)	$304,300 → $421,900 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$963 → $1,606 (+66.8%)

Benbow

Population

118401

Median household income

$33,167$40,962

Median home value

$346,600$336,500

Fairhaven

Population

177314

Median household income

$43,393$79,453

Median home value

$304,300$421,900

Median gross rent

$963$1,606

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benbow	Fairhaven
Under 5	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 17	24.7%	3.8%
18 to 24	11.0%	20.7%
25 to 34	4.2%	10.5%
35 to 44	25.7%	5.4%
45 to 54	4.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	2.0%	27.4%
65 to 74	26.9%	20.1%
75 and over	1.0%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benbow	Fairhaven
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	81.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benbow	Fairhaven
No high school diploma	11.2%	21.7%
High school graduate	55.0%	12.3%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benbow	Fairhaven
Drove alone	56.6%	59.3%
Carpooled	27.6%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	11.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	30.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benbow	Fairhaven
1-unit, detached	88.9%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Benbow	Fairhaven
Poverty rate	1.7%	10.6%
Average household size	2.83	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1977	1953