Benicia vs Rio Vista

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

Benicia and Rio Vista 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 10,002 in Rio Vista). Benicia has the higher median household income ($125,040 vs $86,970 in Rio Vista). Benicia has the higher median home value ($778,600 vs $480,300 in Rio Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Benicia	Rio Vista
Population	26,861	10,002
Median age	45.1 yrs	64.7 yrs
Median household income	$125,040	$86,970
Median home value	$778,600	$480,300
Median gross rent	$2,234	$1,624
Housing units	11,454	5,164
Homeownership rate	71.2%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benicia	Rio Vista
Population	28,192 → 26,861 (-4.7%)	8,947 → 10,002 (+11.8%)
Median household income	$103,413 → $125,040 (+20.9%)	$69,604 → $86,970 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$585,600 → $778,600 (+33.0%)	$343,800 → $480,300 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,858 → $2,234 (+20.2%)	$1,368 → $1,624 (+18.7%)

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

Rio Vista

Population

8,94710,002

Median household income

$69,604$86,970

Median home value

$343,800$480,300

Median gross rent

$1,368$1,624

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benicia	Rio Vista
Under 5	4.8%	2.4%
5 to 17	15.9%	6.2%
18 to 24	6.0%	3.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	4.3%
45 to 54	13.9%	6.1%
55 to 64	14.2%	17.0%
65 to 74	14.9%	23.3%
75 and over	7.2%	25.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benicia	Rio Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	60.4%
Black or African American	3.5%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	12.0%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	8.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benicia	Rio Vista
No high school diploma	4.5%	7.9%
High school graduate	15.9%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.9%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benicia	Rio Vista
Drove alone	66.2%	78.8%
Carpooled	7.8%	6.5%
Public transit	3.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.9%	9.6%
Other means	1.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benicia	Rio Vista
1-unit, detached	64.3%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	5.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Benicia	Rio Vista
Poverty rate	6.9%	8.0%
Average household size	2.46	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	31	36
Median year structure built	1981	2002