Benbow vs Trinidad

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

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

Trinidad has the higher population (424 vs 401 in Benbow). Trinidad has the higher median home value ($777,500 vs $336,500 in Benbow). Since 2019, Benbow's population has grown faster (+239.8% vs +30.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Benbow	Trinidad
Population	401	424
Median age	39.0 yrs	60.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$99,107
Median home value	$336,500	$777,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,050
Housing units	153	280
Homeownership rate	58.7%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.9%	66.8%
Unemployment rate	15.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benbow	Trinidad
Population	118 → 401 (+239.8%)	324 → 424 (+30.9%)
Median household income	$33,167 → $40,962 (+23.5%)	$71,667 → $99,107 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$346,600 → $336,500 (-2.9%)	$600,000 → $777,500 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,676 → $1,050 (-37.4%)

Benbow

Population

118401

Median household income

$33,167$40,962

Median home value

$346,600$336,500

Trinidad

Population

324424

Median household income

$71,667$99,107

Median home value

$600,000$777,500

Median gross rent

$1,676$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benbow	Trinidad
Under 5	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	24.7%	2.6%
18 to 24	11.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.2%	4.7%
35 to 44	25.7%	15.3%
45 to 54	4.5%	6.6%
55 to 64	2.0%	30.9%
65 to 74	26.9%	22.9%
75 and over	1.0%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benbow	Trinidad
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	77.6%
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%	3.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benbow	Trinidad
No high school diploma	11.2%	4.3%
High school graduate	55.0%	9.7%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	38.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benbow	Trinidad
Drove alone	56.6%	71.2%
Carpooled	27.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	3.1%
Walked	11.7%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	22.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benbow	Trinidad
1-unit, detached	88.9%	91.1%
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%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Benbow	Trinidad
Poverty rate	1.7%	15.1%
Average household size	2.83	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	—	35
Median year structure built	1977	1968