Benbow vs Scotia

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

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

Scotia has the higher population (565 vs 401 in Benbow). Benbow has the higher median home value ($336,500 vs $327,700 in Scotia). Since 2019, Benbow's population has grown faster (+239.8% vs +3.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Benbow	Scotia
Population	401	565
Median age	39.0 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$77,500
Median home value	$336,500	$327,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,206
Housing units	153	299
Homeownership rate	58.7%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.9%	35.0%
Unemployment rate	15.2%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benbow	Scotia
Population	118 → 401 (+239.8%)	546 → 565 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$33,167 → $40,962 (+23.5%)	$36,250 → $77,500 (+113.8%)
Median home value	$346,600 → $336,500 (-2.9%)	$261,800 → $327,700 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,158 → $1,206 (+4.1%)

Benbow

Population

118401

Median household income

$33,167$40,962

Median home value

$346,600$336,500

Scotia

Population

546565

Median household income

$36,250$77,500

Median home value

$261,800$327,700

Median gross rent

$1,158$1,206

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benbow	Scotia
Under 5	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	24.7%	14.9%
18 to 24	11.0%	15.4%
25 to 34	4.2%	19.6%
35 to 44	25.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	4.5%	8.7%
55 to 64	2.0%	8.8%
65 to 74	26.9%	11.3%
75 and over	1.0%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benbow	Scotia
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	67.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	20.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benbow	Scotia
No high school diploma	11.2%	1.4%
High school graduate	55.0%	28.3%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benbow	Scotia
Drove alone	56.6%	89.3%
Carpooled	27.6%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.7%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benbow	Scotia
1-unit, detached	88.9%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Benbow	Scotia
Poverty rate	1.7%	8.7%
Average household size	2.83	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1977	1938