Ben Lomond vs Rio del Mar

A side-by-side comparison of Ben Lomond and Rio del Mar: population, income, housing, and more.

Ben Lomond and Rio del Mar are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rio del Mar has the higher population (8,938 vs 6,849 in Ben Lomond). Rio del Mar has the higher median household income ($150,313 vs $120,977 in Ben Lomond). Rio del Mar has the higher median home value ($1,242,600 vs $956,100 in Ben Lomond).

Population, income & housing

	Ben Lomond	Rio del Mar
Population	6,849	8,938
Median age	46.1 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$120,977	$150,313
Median home value	$956,100	$1,242,600
Median gross rent	$2,550	$3,172
Housing units	2,726	4,804
Homeownership rate	74.9%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.2%	61.4%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ben Lomond	Rio del Mar
Population	6,890 → 6,849 (-0.6%)	9,657 → 8,938 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$95,814 → $120,977 (+26.3%)	$104,416 → $150,313 (+44.0%)
Median home value	$720,200 → $956,100 (+32.8%)	$927,400 → $1,242,600 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,863 → $2,550 (+36.9%)	$2,235 → $3,172 (+41.9%)

Ben Lomond

Population

6,8906,849

Median household income

$95,814$120,977

Median home value

$720,200$956,100

Median gross rent

$1,863$2,550

Rio del Mar

Population

9,6578,938

Median household income

$104,416$150,313

Median home value

$927,400$1,242,600

Median gross rent

$2,235$3,172

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ben Lomond	Rio del Mar
Under 5	5.1%	3.6%
5 to 17	17.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	8.6%	4.0%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	14.0%	17.4%
55 to 64	16.4%	16.9%
65 to 74	15.1%	13.6%
75 and over	6.1%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ben Lomond	Rio del Mar
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	80.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ben Lomond	Rio del Mar
No high school diploma	2.8%	1.5%
High school graduate	10.9%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	30.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ben Lomond	Rio del Mar
Drove alone	71.0%	59.8%
Carpooled	5.9%	7.7%
Public transit	3.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.4%
Worked from home	17.3%	30.2%
Other means	0.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ben Lomond	Rio del Mar
1-unit, detached	83.7%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.2%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Ben Lomond	Rio del Mar
Poverty rate	4.2%	3.1%
Average household size	2.57	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	36	32
Median year structure built	1963	1973