Bensville vs Hughesville

A side-by-side comparison of Bensville and Hughesville: population, income, housing, and more.

Bensville and Hughesville are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bensville has the higher population (14,792 vs 2,280 in Hughesville). Bensville has the higher median household income ($161,568 vs $122,981 in Hughesville). Hughesville has the higher median home value ($522,400 vs $475,800 in Bensville).

Population, income & housing

	Bensville	Hughesville
Population	14,792	2,280
Median age	39.6 yrs	55.1 yrs
Median household income	$161,568	$122,981
Median home value	$475,800	$522,400
Median gross rent	$2,680	—
Housing units	4,797	989
Homeownership rate	94.0%	98.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.2%	30.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bensville	Hughesville
Population	13,227 → 14,792 (+11.8%)	2,279 → 2,280 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$127,096 → $161,568 (+27.1%)	$123,520 → $122,981 (-0.4%)
Median home value	$366,600 → $475,800 (+29.8%)	$425,700 → $522,400 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,519 → $2,680 (+6.4%)	—

Bensville

Population

13,22714,792

Median household income

$127,096$161,568

Median home value

$366,600$475,800

Median gross rent

$2,519$2,680

Hughesville

Population

2,2792,280

Median household income

$123,520$122,981

Median home value

$425,700$522,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bensville	Hughesville
Under 5	4.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	21.6%	11.3%
18 to 24	9.8%	6.8%
25 to 34	7.8%	5.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	8.3%
45 to 54	17.5%	13.9%
55 to 64	17.1%	25.3%
65 to 74	6.7%	12.3%
75 and over	2.3%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bensville	Hughesville
White (non-Hispanic)	23.1%	64.9%
Black or African American	61.5%	26.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.6%
Asian	4.3%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bensville	Hughesville
No high school diploma	6.7%	4.1%
High school graduate	26.1%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bensville	Hughesville
Drove alone	80.0%	71.7%
Carpooled	4.0%	6.8%
Public transit	3.3%	3.8%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	16.2%
Other means	1.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bensville	Hughesville
1-unit, detached	91.1%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bensville	Hughesville
Poverty rate	9.3%	1.7%
Average household size	3.15	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	43	48
Median year structure built	2001	1990