Benton vs Lee Vining

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

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

Lee Vining has the higher population (557 vs 368 in Benton). Lee Vining has the higher median household income ($129,407 vs $65,035 in Benton). Lee Vining has the higher median home value ($423,700 vs $277,500 in Benton).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Lee Vining
Population	368	557
Median age	49.4 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,035	$129,407
Median home value	$277,500	$423,700
Housing units	229	150
Homeownership rate	81.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	72.7%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Lee Vining
Population	328 → 368 (+12.2%)	98 → 557 (+468.4%)
Median household income	$40,735 → $65,035 (+59.7%)	$135,017 → $129,407 (-4.2%)
Median home value	$202,500 → $277,500 (+37.0%)	$399,300 → $423,700 (+6.1%)

Benton

Population

328368

Median household income

$40,735$65,035

Median home value

$202,500$277,500

Lee Vining

Population

98557

Median household income

$135,017$129,407

Median home value

$399,300$423,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Lee Vining
Under 5	9.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.1%	46.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	27.4%	14.7%
35 to 44	4.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	39.1%
55 to 64	2.7%	0.0%
65 to 74	26.9%	0.0%
75 and over	10.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Lee Vining
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	50.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	11.7%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	49.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Lee Vining
No high school diploma	17.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	20.6%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	38.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	34.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Lee Vining
Drove alone	83.3%	0.0%
Carpooled	2.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	47.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	52.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Lee Vining
1-unit, detached	48.0%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	20.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Lee Vining
Poverty rate	25.8%	0.0%
Average household size	1.94	3.71
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1990	1938