Bensville vs Waldorf

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

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

Waldorf has the higher population (82,541 vs 14,792 in Bensville). Bensville has the higher median household income ($161,568 vs $115,453 in Waldorf). Bensville has the higher median home value ($475,800 vs $383,100 in Waldorf).

Population, income & housing

	Bensville	Waldorf
Population	14,792	82,541
Median age	39.6 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$161,568	$115,453
Median home value	$475,800	$383,100
Median gross rent	$2,680	$1,949
Housing units	4,797	31,218
Homeownership rate	94.0%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.2%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bensville	Waldorf
Population	13,227 → 14,792 (+11.8%)	75,489 → 82,541 (+9.3%)
Median household income	$127,096 → $161,568 (+27.1%)	$95,695 → $115,453 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$366,600 → $475,800 (+29.8%)	$279,100 → $383,100 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,519 → $2,680 (+6.4%)	$1,714 → $1,949 (+13.7%)

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

Waldorf

Population

75,48982,541

Median household income

$95,695$115,453

Median home value

$279,100$383,100

Median gross rent

$1,714$1,949

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bensville	Waldorf
Under 5	4.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	21.6%	18.0%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	7.8%	15.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.8%
45 to 54	17.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	17.1%	13.4%
65 to 74	6.7%	7.3%
75 and over	2.3%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bensville	Waldorf
White (non-Hispanic)	23.1%	18.5%
Black or African American	61.5%	60.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	4.3%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.3%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bensville	Waldorf
No high school diploma	6.7%	5.0%
High school graduate	26.1%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bensville	Waldorf
Drove alone	80.0%	71.1%
Carpooled	4.0%	7.8%
Public transit	3.3%	5.3%
Walked	0.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.1%	14.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bensville	Waldorf
1-unit, detached	91.1%	57.6%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	26.6%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Bensville	Waldorf
Poverty rate	9.3%	7.0%
Average household size	3.15	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	43	43
Median year structure built	2001	1992