Benton vs Chalfant

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

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

Chalfant has the higher population (598 vs 368 in Benton). Chalfant has the higher median household income ($65,156 vs $65,035 in Benton). Chalfant has the higher median home value ($292,700 vs $277,500 in Benton).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Chalfant
Population	368	598
Median age	49.4 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,035	$65,156
Median home value	$277,500	$292,700
Housing units	229	234
Homeownership rate	81.1%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Chalfant
Population	328 → 368 (+12.2%)	1,005 → 598 (-40.5%)
Median household income	$40,735 → $65,035 (+59.7%)	$63,634 → $65,156 (+2.4%)
Median home value	$202,500 → $277,500 (+37.0%)	$289,200 → $292,700 (+1.2%)

Benton

Population

328368

Median household income

$40,735$65,035

Median home value

$202,500$277,500

Chalfant

Population

1,005598

Median household income

$63,634$65,156

Median home value

$289,200$292,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Chalfant
Under 5	9.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	4.1%	3.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	27.4%	8.4%
35 to 44	4.3%	22.1%
45 to 54	14.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	2.7%	16.6%
65 to 74	26.9%	24.4%
75 and over	10.9%	0.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Chalfant
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	83.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	11.7%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.2%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Chalfant
No high school diploma	17.2%	12.2%
High school graduate	20.6%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	45.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	3.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Chalfant
Drove alone	83.3%	90.6%
Carpooled	2.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Chalfant
1-unit, detached	48.0%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	52.0%	39.3%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Chalfant
Poverty rate	25.8%	14.2%
Average household size	1.94	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1990	1990