Benbow vs Indianola

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

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

Indianola has the higher population (568 vs 401 in Benbow). Indianola has the higher median home value ($512,500 vs $336,500 in Benbow). Since 2019, Benbow's population has grown faster (+239.8% vs -23.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Benbow	Indianola
Population	401	568
Median age	39.0 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median home value	$336,500	$512,500
Housing units	153	262
Homeownership rate	58.7%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.9%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	15.2%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benbow	Indianola
Population	118 → 401 (+239.8%)	739 → 568 (-23.1%)
Median household income	$33,167 → $40,962 (+23.5%)	$41,667 → $50,104 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$346,600 → $336,500 (-2.9%)	$315,200 → $512,500 (+62.6%)

Benbow

Population

118401

Median household income

$33,167$40,962

Median home value

$346,600$336,500

Indianola

Population

739568

Median household income

$41,667$50,104

Median home value

$315,200$512,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benbow	Indianola
Under 5	0.0%	1.2%
5 to 17	24.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	11.0%	3.3%
25 to 34	4.2%	4.4%
35 to 44	25.7%	14.8%
45 to 54	4.5%	19.5%
55 to 64	2.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	26.9%	16.4%
75 and over	1.0%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benbow	Indianola
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	84.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.7%	1.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benbow	Indianola
No high school diploma	11.2%	7.0%
High school graduate	55.0%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benbow	Indianola
Drove alone	56.6%	84.0%
Carpooled	27.6%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.7%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.4%
Worked from home	4.1%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benbow	Indianola
1-unit, detached	88.9%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	28.2%

Poverty & households

	Benbow	Indianola
Poverty rate	1.7%	11.4%
Average household size	2.83	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	—	16
Median year structure built	1977	1966