Bensville vs Indian Head

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

Bensville and Indian Head 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 3,982 in Indian Head). Bensville has the higher median household income ($161,568 vs $84,898 in Indian Head). Bensville has the higher median home value ($475,800 vs $258,900 in Indian Head).

Population, income & housing

	Bensville	Indian Head
Population	14,792	3,982
Median age	39.6 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$161,568	$84,898
Median home value	$475,800	$258,900
Median gross rent	$2,680	$1,326
Housing units	4,797	1,625
Homeownership rate	94.0%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.2%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bensville	Indian Head
Population	13,227 → 14,792 (+11.8%)	3,822 → 3,982 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$127,096 → $161,568 (+27.1%)	$69,355 → $84,898 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$366,600 → $475,800 (+29.8%)	$220,900 → $258,900 (+17.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,519 → $2,680 (+6.4%)	$1,473 → $1,326 (-10.0%)

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

Indian Head

Population

3,8223,982

Median household income

$69,355$84,898

Median home value

$220,900$258,900

Median gross rent

$1,473$1,326

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bensville	Indian Head
Under 5	4.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	21.6%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.8%	10.7%
25 to 34	7.8%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	16.7%
45 to 54	17.5%	16.5%
55 to 64	17.1%	9.7%
65 to 74	6.7%	8.3%
75 and over	2.3%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bensville	Indian Head
White (non-Hispanic)	23.1%	24.1%
Black or African American	61.5%	60.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bensville	Indian Head
No high school diploma	6.7%	6.5%
High school graduate	26.1%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bensville	Indian Head
Drove alone	80.0%	76.7%
Carpooled	4.0%	7.3%
Public transit	3.3%	2.3%
Walked	0.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	12.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bensville	Indian Head
1-unit, detached	91.1%	48.2%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	49.3%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bensville	Indian Head
Poverty rate	9.3%	7.3%
Average household size	3.15	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	43	47
Median year structure built	2001	1982