Benicia vs Suisun City

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

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

Suisun City has the higher population (29,205 vs 26,861 in Benicia). Benicia has the higher median household income ($125,040 vs $97,083 in Suisun City). Benicia has the higher median home value ($778,600 vs $551,000 in Suisun City).

Population, income & housing

	Benicia	Suisun City
Population	26,861	29,205
Median age	45.1 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$125,040	$97,083
Median home value	$778,600	$551,000
Median gross rent	$2,234	$2,151
Housing units	11,454	9,825
Homeownership rate	71.2%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benicia	Suisun City
Population	28,192 → 26,861 (-4.7%)	29,488 → 29,205 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$103,413 → $125,040 (+20.9%)	$83,320 → $97,083 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$585,600 → $778,600 (+33.0%)	$357,500 → $551,000 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,858 → $2,234 (+20.2%)	$1,715 → $2,151 (+25.4%)

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

Suisun City

Population

29,48829,205

Median household income

$83,320$97,083

Median home value

$357,500$551,000

Median gross rent

$1,715$2,151

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benicia	Suisun City
Under 5	4.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.9%	19.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	9.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	15.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	12.3%
65 to 74	14.9%	9.1%
75 and over	7.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benicia	Suisun City
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	21.3%
Black or African American	3.5%	20.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.8%
Asian	12.0%	17.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	1.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.7%
Two or more races	8.5%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	31.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benicia	Suisun City
No high school diploma	4.5%	10.9%
High school graduate	15.9%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.9%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benicia	Suisun City
Drove alone	66.2%	80.8%
Carpooled	7.8%	9.6%
Public transit	3.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.9%	6.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benicia	Suisun City
1-unit, detached	64.3%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	6.2%
20 or more units	6.1%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Benicia	Suisun City
Poverty rate	6.9%	8.7%
Average household size	2.46	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1981	1984