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Bensley, VA

5,949 Population
2.9 square miles 2,069.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.6 ±3 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Virginia: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$25,902 ±$3,949 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: $47,682 ±$499
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $50,666 ±$254
$50,547 ±$13,334 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: $86,679 ±$1,050
  • about half the amount in Virginia: $93,170 ±$458

22% ±6.4% (1,288  ±407) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 10% 130,692 (±0.4% / ±5,063)
  • more than double the rate in Virginia: 9.9% 837,363 (±0.2% / ±13,899)

24.9 minutes ±0.9 (67,155  ±13,155) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 25.4 13,990,850 (±0.3 / ±173,400)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Virginia: 27.3 96,596,530 (±0.1 / ±539,621)

Families

2,238 ±267 Number of households
  • the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 533,430 ±1,666
  • Virginia: 3,365,732 ±7,402
2.7 ±0.1 (5,949  ±722) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 2.5 1,305,439 (±0 / ±520)
  • a little higher than the figure in Virginia: 2.5 8,469,077

6% ±5% (111  ±94) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 4.8% 15,417 (±0.3% / ±1,079)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Virginia: 5% 102,021 (±0.2% / ±2,978)

Housing

2,402 ±247 Number of housing units
  • the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 569,714 ±280
  • Virginia: 3,684,756 ±486

$218,500 ±$14,468 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: $353,500 ±$2,074
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Virginia: $383,700 ±$1,024

18.6% ±6.8% (1,091  ±423.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 13.4% 177,943 (±0.4% / ±5,399.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,126,399 (±0.2% / ±13,158)

Social

73.9% ±5.4% (2,575  ±409.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 92.2% 864,535 (±0.8% / ±7,081)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Virginia: 91.6% 5,501,058 (±0.3% / ±19,683.4)
17.6% ±6.7% (615  ±249.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 41.1% 385,316 (±0.5% / ±4,349.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Virginia: 42.2% 2,532,890 (±0.2% / ±12,158.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

25.9% ±8.5% (1,539  ±541) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 8.9% 119,717
  • about double the rate in Virginia: 13.1% 1,142,826

6.5% ±4% (288  ±180) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Richmond, VA Metro Area: 7.7% 80,695 (±0.2% / ±2,116)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Virginia: 9.4% 629,500 (±0.1% / ±6,297)
288 Total veterans ±180 171 Male ±68 117 Female ±168

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