Benicia vs Dixon

A side-by-side comparison of Benicia and Dixon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Benicia has the higher population (26,861 vs 19,158 in Dixon). Benicia has the higher median household income ($125,040 vs $98,798 in Dixon). Benicia has the higher median home value ($778,600 vs $575,600 in Dixon).

Population, income & housing

	Benicia	Dixon
Population	26,861	19,158
Median age	45.1 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$125,040	$98,798
Median home value	$778,600	$575,600
Median gross rent	$2,234	$1,728
Housing units	11,454	6,985
Homeownership rate	71.2%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benicia	Dixon
Population	28,192 → 26,861 (-4.7%)	20,084 → 19,158 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$103,413 → $125,040 (+20.9%)	$82,570 → $98,798 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$585,600 → $778,600 (+33.0%)	$385,400 → $575,600 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,858 → $2,234 (+20.2%)	$1,426 → $1,728 (+21.2%)

Benicia

Population

28,19226,861

Median household income

$103,413$125,040

Median home value

$585,600$778,600

Median gross rent

$1,858$2,234

Dixon

Population

20,08419,158

Median household income

$82,570$98,798

Median home value

$385,400$575,600

Median gross rent

$1,426$1,728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benicia	Dixon
Under 5	4.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.9%	19.0%
18 to 24	6.0%	9.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	15.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	11.0%
65 to 74	14.9%	9.7%
75 and over	7.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benicia	Dixon
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	46.5%
Black or African American	3.5%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	12.0%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	43.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benicia	Dixon
No high school diploma	4.5%	16.1%
High school graduate	15.9%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	30.9%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benicia	Dixon
Drove alone	66.2%	82.4%
Carpooled	7.8%	7.3%
Public transit	3.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.9%	8.3%
Other means	1.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benicia	Dixon
1-unit, detached	64.3%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	11.6%
20 or more units	6.1%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Benicia	Dixon
Poverty rate	6.9%	8.4%
Average household size	2.46	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1981	1985