Housing density: 891 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $1,037,101.
Median contract rent in 2022: over $2,000 (lower quartile is $1,553, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $2,631
Median gross rent in Benicia, CA in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Benicia with a mortgage: 5,989 (897 second mortgage, 19 home equity loan, 823 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 158
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $148,777
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $84,816
Size of family households: 3,156 2-persons, 1,717 3-persons, 1,333 4-persons, 601 5-persons, 164 6-persons, 38 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 3,702 1-person, 522 2-persons, 33 3-persons.
3,799 married couples with children.
1,061 single-parent households (280 men, 781 women).
79.1% of residents of Benicia speak English at home.
8.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
3.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
7.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (78% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 3,930 (14.6%)
(65.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 58.2% Number of people working at home: 3,174 (24.7% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 440
5 to 9 minutes: 1,150
10 to 14 minutes: 1,255
15 to 19 minutes: 1,045
20 to 24 minutes: 1,333
25 to 29 minutes: 474
30 to 34 minutes: 1,035
35 to 39 minutes: 300
40 to 44 minutes: 396
45 to 59 minutes: 940
60 to 89 minutes: 1,243
90 or more minutes: 565
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 9,329 (64.9%)
Carpooled: 1,975 (13.7%)
Bus: 40 (0.3%)
Taxi: 41 (0.3%)
Bicycle: 12 (0.1%)
Walked: 150 (1.0%)
Worked at home: 3,174 (22.1%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
4.1%Males
1.7%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
28.1%Males
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
100.0%Males
44.6%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
1.7%Males
Unemployment rate for other race residents
5.1%Males
2.5%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
5.9%Males
2.6%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
3.0%Males
1.4%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Benicia, California
8862010 or later
5822000 to 2009
1,0081990 to 1999
6841980 to 1989
4701970 to 1979
807Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
English: 990 (8.2%)
Irish: 922 (7.6%)
German: 692 (5.7%)
Italian: 486 (4.0%)
European: 440 (3.6%)
American: 343 (2.8%)
Scottish: 280 (2.3%)
Portuguese: 148 (1.2%)
Danish: 144 (1.2%)
Polish: 141 (1.2%)
Jamaican: 120 (1.0%)
British: 116 (1.0%)
Russian: 116 (1.0%)
Scandinavian: 112 (0.9%)
Yugoslavian: 107 (0.9%)
Northern European: 99 (0.8%)
Swedish: 92 (0.8%)
Norwegian: 88 (0.7%)
Greek: 73 (0.6%)
Scotch-Irish: 67 (0.6%)
Canadian: 65 (0.5%)
French: 63 (0.5%)
Croatian: 63 (0.5%)
French Canadian: 45 (0.4%)
Hungarian: 38 (0.3%)
Lithuanian: 37 (0.3%)
Macedonian: 35 (0.3%)
Eastern European: 34 (0.3%)
Iranian: 28 (0.2%)
Dutch: 26 (0.2%)
Lebanese: 21 (0.2%)
Serbian: 21 (0.2%)
Romanian: 17 (0.1%)
Swiss: 14 (0.1%)
Palestinian: 13 (0.1%)
Maltese: 12 (0.10%)
Finnish: 12 (0.10%)
Latvian: 9 (0.07%)
Cape Verdean: 9 (0.07%)
Austrian: 9 (0.07%)
Welsh: 8 (0.07%)
African: 8 (0.07%)
Egyptian: 7 (0.06%)
Belgian: 6 (0.05%)
Slovene: 6 (0.05%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Philippines
Benicia:
20.9% (781)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
Mexico
Benicia:
10.5% (392)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Benicia:
8.1% (303)
California:
6.6% (684,672)
Peru
Benicia:
6.7% (250)
California:
0.7% (74,025)
El Salvador
Benicia:
4.8% (179)
California:
4.2% (440,287)
Vietnam
Benicia:
3.6% (136)
California:
4.9% (512,335)
Canada
Benicia:
3.6% (135)
California:
1.2% (127,477)
India
Benicia:
3.3% (124)
California:
5.2% (539,184)
United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland
Benicia:
2.8% (103)
California:
0.6% (60,582)
Jamaica
Benicia:
2.3% (85)
California:
0.2% (15,939)
Lebanon
Benicia:
2.2% (81)
California:
0.3% (31,757)
Korea
Benicia:
2.2% (81)
California:
3.0% (315,248)
Colombia
Benicia:
2.1% (80)
California:
0.5% (55,249)
England
Benicia:
1.9% (72)
California:
0.6% (57,953)
Hong Kong
Benicia:
1.8% (69)
California:
1.0% (105,215)
Nicaragua
Benicia:
1.8% (69)
California:
0.6% (58,161)
Laos
Benicia:
1.7% (63)
California:
0.5% (48,911)
Nepal
Benicia:
1.7% (63)
California:
0.2% (16,541)
Honduras
Benicia:
1.6% (60)
California:
0.6% (66,590)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 17,120
Other state: 5,271
Northeast: 1,910
Midwest: 1,520
South: 1,207
West: 857
91.1% of Benicia residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 30.7% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 74.2% lived in California.
Benicia:
91.1%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 89
Nursery to 4th grade: 3
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 25
9th grade: 37
10th grade: 70
11th grade: 22
12th grade, no diploma: 203
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,639
Less than 1 year of college: 1,145
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,215
Associate degree: 906
Bachelor's degree: 2,825
Master's degree: 671
Professional school degree: 342
Doctorate degree: 187
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 134
Nursery to 4th grade: 31
5th and 6th grade: 17
7th and 8th grade: 25
9th grade: 0
10th grade: 170
11th grade: 29
12th grade, no diploma: 139
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,738
Less than 1 year of college: 763
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,070
Associate degree: 1,367
Bachelor's degree: 3,701
Master's degree: 1,052
Professional school degree: 181
Doctorate degree: 266
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 7,469
One, attached: 1,127
Two: 140
3 or 4: 856
5 to 9: 524
10 to 19: 184
20 to 49: 149
50 or more: 575
Mobile homes: 462
Median worth of mobile homes: $189,210
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.4%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.2%
House/condo owner moved in on average 14 years ago