Benton vs Swall Meadows

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

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

Swall Meadows has the higher population (433 vs 368 in Benton). Swall Meadows has the higher median household income ($185,913 vs $65,035 in Benton). Swall Meadows has the higher median home value ($808,900 vs $277,500 in Benton).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Swall Meadows
Population	368	433
Median age	49.4 yrs	59.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,035	$185,913
Median home value	$277,500	$808,900
Housing units	229	214
Homeownership rate	81.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	69.7%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Swall Meadows
Population	328 → 368 (+12.2%)	251 → 433 (+72.5%)
Median household income	$40,735 → $65,035 (+59.7%)	$107,813 → $185,913 (+72.4%)
Median home value	$202,500 → $277,500 (+37.0%)	$690,800 → $808,900 (+17.1%)

Benton

Population

328368

Median household income

$40,735$65,035

Median home value

$202,500$277,500

Swall Meadows

Population

251433

Median household income

$107,813$185,913

Median home value

$690,800$808,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Swall Meadows
Under 5	9.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	4.1%	1.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	19.2%
25 to 34	27.4%	1.2%
35 to 44	4.3%	15.9%
45 to 54	14.7%	4.2%
55 to 64	2.7%	25.6%
65 to 74	26.9%	15.7%
75 and over	10.9%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Swall Meadows
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	65.8%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	9.2%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	29.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Swall Meadows
No high school diploma	17.2%	1.2%
High school graduate	20.6%	10.1%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	19.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	41.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Swall Meadows
Drove alone	83.3%	74.7%
Carpooled	2.4%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	15.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Swall Meadows
1-unit, detached	48.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	Swall Meadows
Poverty rate	25.8%	0.5%
Average household size	1.94	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1990	1995