Benton vs Walker

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

Benton and Walker 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 336 in Walker). Benton has the higher median household income ($65,035 vs $47,917 in Walker). Walker has the higher median home value ($431,000 vs $277,500 in Benton).

Population, income & housing

	Benton	Walker
Population	368	336
Median age	49.4 yrs	66.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,035	$47,917
Median home value	$277,500	$431,000
Housing units	229	181
Homeownership rate	81.1%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benton	Walker
Population	328 → 368 (+12.2%)	858 → 336 (-60.8%)
Median household income	$40,735 → $65,035 (+59.7%)	$62,634 → $47,917 (-23.5%)
Median home value	$202,500 → $277,500 (+37.0%)	$235,400 → $431,000 (+83.1%)

Benton

Population

328368

Median household income

$40,735$65,035

Median home value

$202,500$277,500

Walker

Population

858336

Median household income

$62,634$47,917

Median home value

$235,400$431,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benton	Walker
Under 5	9.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	16.1%
25 to 34	27.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	4.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	4.8%
55 to 64	2.7%	17.6%
65 to 74	26.9%	35.7%
75 and over	10.9%	25.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benton	Walker
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	92.9%
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%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benton	Walker
No high school diploma	17.2%	5.7%
High school graduate	20.6%	52.8%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benton	Walker
Drove alone	83.3%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benton	Walker
1-unit, detached	48.0%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	52.0%	19.3%

Poverty & households

	Benton	Walker
Poverty rate	25.8%	33.0%
Average household size	1.94	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1990	1980