Many Dawasir tribe members later returned to Budaiya, with some still living in the village today.

Prior to the discovery of oil in Bahrain, most Budaiya residents were involved in the pearl diving and fishing industry.

[1] Budaiya traditionally received its water supply from wells in the adjacent date plantations in the villages of Diraz and Bani Jamra respectively.

The biggest problem the Budaiya Road region is facing is deforestation due to a waves of construction, and the seeping of sea water into natural underground aquifers as a result of the pre-construction building process of the Mina Salman seaport in the 1950s.

Budaiya Road is still remembered as one of the only "naturally shaded" parts of Bahrain where thousands of wild palm trees acted as filters from the hot, glaring desert sun.