Benavides vs San Diego

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

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

San Diego has the higher population (3,795 vs 1,399 in Benavides). San Diego has the higher median household income ($46,969 vs $44,950 in Benavides). Benavides has the higher median home value ($84,800 vs $59,600 in San Diego).

Population, income & housing

	Benavides	San Diego
Population	1,399	3,795
Median age	31.1 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,950	$46,969
Median home value	$84,800	$59,600
Median gross rent	$917	—
Housing units	582	1,795
Homeownership rate	54.6%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benavides	San Diego
Population	1,604 → 1,399 (-12.8%)	4,018 → 3,795 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $44,950 (+30.8%)	$25,489 → $46,969 (+84.3%)
Median home value	$48,200 → $84,800 (+75.9%)	$36,600 → $59,600 (+62.8%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $917 (+70.8%)	$669 → $1,093 (+63.4%)

Benavides

Population

1,6041,399

Median household income

$34,375$44,950

Median home value

$48,200$84,800

Median gross rent

$537$917

San Diego

Population

4,0183,795

Median household income

$25,489$46,969

Median home value

$36,600$59,600

Median gross rent

$669$1,093

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benavides	San Diego
Under 5	15.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	24.5%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.8%
25 to 34	16.3%	10.8%
35 to 44	3.7%	16.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	8.0%
55 to 64	19.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	6.8%	8.9%
75 and over	5.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benavides	San Diego
White (non-Hispanic)	15.7%	9.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
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%	90.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benavides	San Diego
No high school diploma	13.9%	29.2%
High school graduate	44.0%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benavides	San Diego
Drove alone	62.4%	63.6%
Carpooled	22.0%	24.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benavides	San Diego
1-unit, detached	82.6%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Benavides	San Diego
Poverty rate	22.7%	32.1%
Average household size	3.67	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1971	1973