Benavides vs Freer

A side-by-side comparison of Benavides and Freer: population, income, housing, and more.

Benavides and Freer are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Freer has the higher population (2,524 vs 1,399 in Benavides). Freer has the higher median household income ($75,521 vs $44,950 in Benavides). Freer has the higher median home value ($102,000 vs $84,800 in Benavides).

Population, income & housing

	Benavides	Freer
Population	1,399	2,524
Median age	31.1 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,950	$75,521
Median home value	$84,800	$102,000
Median gross rent	$917	$733
Housing units	582	1,056
Homeownership rate	54.6%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benavides	Freer
Population	1,604 → 1,399 (-12.8%)	2,686 → 2,524 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $44,950 (+30.8%)	$52,813 → $75,521 (+43.0%)
Median home value	$48,200 → $84,800 (+75.9%)	$52,900 → $102,000 (+92.8%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $917 (+70.8%)	$590 → $733 (+24.2%)

Benavides

Population

1,6041,399

Median household income

$34,375$44,950

Median home value

$48,200$84,800

Median gross rent

$537$917

Freer

Population

2,6862,524

Median household income

$52,813$75,521

Median home value

$52,900$102,000

Median gross rent

$590$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benavides	Freer
Under 5	15.0%	2.2%
5 to 17	17.2%	22.7%
18 to 24	5.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	16.3%	17.9%
35 to 44	3.7%	9.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	19.4%	16.8%
65 to 74	6.8%	6.3%
75 and over	5.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benavides	Freer
White (non-Hispanic)	15.7%	20.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	84.3%	79.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benavides	Freer
No high school diploma	13.9%	19.2%
High school graduate	44.0%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benavides	Freer
Drove alone	62.4%	85.0%
Carpooled	22.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benavides	Freer
1-unit, detached	82.6%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Benavides	Freer
Poverty rate	22.7%	12.4%
Average household size	3.67	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1971	1979