Benton vs Coleville

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

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

Benton has the higher population (368 vs 346 in Coleville). Benton has the higher median household income ($65,035 vs $45,231 in Coleville). Since 2019, Benton's population has grown faster (+12.2% vs -25.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Coleville
Population	368	346
Median age	49.4 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,035	$45,231
Median home value	$277,500	—
Median gross rent	—	$2,066
Housing units	229	169
Homeownership rate	81.1%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	24.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Coleville
Population	328 → 368 (+12.2%)	464 → 346 (-25.4%)
Median household income	$40,735 → $65,035 (+59.7%)	$38,639 → $45,231 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$202,500 → $277,500 (+37.0%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,017 → $2,066 (+103.1%)

Benton

Population

328368

Median household income

$40,735$65,035

Median home value

$202,500$277,500

Coleville

Population

464346

Median household income

$38,639$45,231

Median gross rent

$1,017$2,066

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Coleville
Under 5	9.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.1%	31.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.2%
25 to 34	27.4%	26.3%
35 to 44	4.3%	24.9%
45 to 54	14.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	2.7%	3.5%
65 to 74	26.9%	2.6%
75 and over	10.9%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Coleville
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	45.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	11.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	11.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	43.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Coleville
No high school diploma	17.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	20.6%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	38.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Coleville
Drove alone	83.3%	73.8%
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%	18.6%
Other means	0.0%	7.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Coleville
1-unit, detached	48.0%	45.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	19.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	35.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	52.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Coleville
Poverty rate	25.8%	8.1%
Average household size	1.94	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1990	1988