Benton vs Crowley Lake

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

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

Crowley Lake has the higher population (1,129 vs 368 in Benton). Crowley Lake has the higher median home value ($611,600 vs $277,500 in Benton). Since 2019, Benton's population has grown faster (+12.2% vs +4.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Crowley Lake
Population	368	1,129
Median age	49.4 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,035	—
Median home value	$277,500	$611,600
Housing units	229	692
Homeownership rate	81.1%	97.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Crowley Lake
Population	328 → 368 (+12.2%)	1,077 → 1,129 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$40,735 → $65,035 (+59.7%)	$89,706 → $102,143 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$202,500 → $277,500 (+37.0%)	$584,600 → $611,600 (+4.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$898 → $925 (+3.0%)

Benton

Population

328368

Median household income

$40,735$65,035

Median home value

$202,500$277,500

Crowley Lake

Population

1,0771,129

Median household income

$89,706$102,143

Median home value

$584,600$611,600

Median gross rent

$898$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Crowley Lake
Under 5	9.0%	22.7%
5 to 17	4.1%	4.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.7%
25 to 34	27.4%	13.5%
35 to 44	4.3%	27.5%
45 to 54	14.7%	4.0%
55 to 64	2.7%	10.6%
65 to 74	26.9%	2.5%
75 and over	10.9%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Crowley Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	74.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	11.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
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%	24.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Crowley Lake
No high school diploma	17.2%	11.1%
High school graduate	20.6%	6.5%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Crowley Lake
Drove alone	83.3%	53.9%
Carpooled	2.4%	18.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	20.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Crowley Lake
1-unit, detached	48.0%	53.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	52.0%	20.4%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Crowley Lake
Poverty rate	25.8%	32.5%
Average household size	1.94	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	32	22
Median year structure built	1990	1984