Benton vs Bridgeport

A side-by-side comparison of Benton and Bridgeport: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bridgeport has the higher population (374 vs 368 in Benton). Bridgeport has the higher median household income ($98,618 vs $65,035 in Benton). Bridgeport has the higher median home value ($310,500 vs $277,500 in Benton).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Bridgeport
Population	368	374
Median age	49.4 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,035	$98,618
Median home value	$277,500	$310,500
Median gross rent	—	$225
Housing units	229	339
Homeownership rate	81.1%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Bridgeport
Population	328 → 368 (+12.2%)	542 → 374 (-31.0%)
Median household income	$40,735 → $65,035 (+59.7%)	$84,444 → $98,618 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$202,500 → $277,500 (+37.0%)	$201,900 → $310,500 (+53.8%)

Benton

Population

328368

Median household income

$40,735$65,035

Median home value

$202,500$277,500

Bridgeport

Population

542374

Median household income

$84,444$98,618

Median home value

$201,900$310,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Bridgeport
Under 5	9.0%	0.8%
5 to 17	4.1%	11.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	23.0%
25 to 34	27.4%	3.5%
35 to 44	4.3%	9.1%
45 to 54	14.7%	4.5%
55 to 64	2.7%	43.3%
65 to 74	26.9%	1.3%
75 and over	10.9%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Bridgeport
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	46.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	11.7%	8.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	44.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Bridgeport
No high school diploma	17.2%	37.3%
High school graduate	20.6%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Bridgeport
Drove alone	83.3%	25.6%
Carpooled	2.4%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	43.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	19.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Bridgeport
1-unit, detached	48.0%	51.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	52.0%	36.9%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Bridgeport
Poverty rate	25.8%	8.9%
Average household size	1.94	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	32	9
Median year structure built	1990	1980