Benavides vs Realitos

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

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

Benavides has the higher population (1,399 vs 26 in Realitos). Benavides has the higher median household income ($44,950 vs $17,188 in Realitos). Benavides has the higher median home value ($84,800 vs $9,999 in Realitos).

Population, income & housing

	Benavides	Realitos
Population	1,399	26
Median age	31.1 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,950	$17,188
Median home value	$84,800	$9,999
Median gross rent	$917	—
Housing units	582	47
Homeownership rate	54.6%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benavides	Realitos
Population	1,604 → 1,399 (-12.8%)	213 → 26 (-87.8%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $44,950 (+30.8%)	$96,417 → $17,188 (-82.2%)
Median home value	$48,200 → $84,800 (+75.9%)	$101,300 → $9,999 (-90.1%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $917 (+70.8%)	—

Benavides

Population

1,6041,399

Median household income

$34,375$44,950

Median home value

$48,200$84,800

Median gross rent

$537$917

Realitos

Population

21326

Median household income

$96,417$17,188

Median home value

$101,300$9,999

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benavides	Realitos
Under 5	15.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	50.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	3.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	15.4%
55 to 64	19.4%	11.5%
65 to 74	6.8%	23.1%
75 and over	5.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benavides	Realitos
White (non-Hispanic)	15.7%	0.0%
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%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benavides	Realitos
No high school diploma	13.9%	38.5%
High school graduate	44.0%	61.5%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benavides	Realitos
Drove alone	62.4%	66.7%
Carpooled	22.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	33.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benavides	Realitos
1-unit, detached	82.6%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	25.5%

Poverty & households

	Benavides	Realitos
Poverty rate	22.7%	76.9%
Average household size	3.67	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1971	1992