Bellwood vs Bensley

A side-by-side comparison of Bellwood and Bensley: population, income, housing, and more.

Bellwood and Bensley are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bellwood has the higher population (8,489 vs 5,819 in Bensley). Bellwood has the higher median household income ($50,172 vs $49,695 in Bensley). Bensley has the higher median home value ($199,100 vs $192,600 in Bellwood).

Population, income & housing

	Bellwood	Bensley
Population	8,489	5,819
Median age	33.0 yrs	29.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,172	$49,695
Median home value	$192,600	$199,100
Median gross rent	$1,132	$1,183
Housing units	3,360	2,433
Homeownership rate	44.7%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellwood	Bensley
Population	6,723 → 8,489 (+26.3%)	6,092 → 5,819 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$42,117 → $50,172 (+19.1%)	$40,082 → $49,695 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$140,900 → $192,600 (+36.7%)	$138,700 → $199,100 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,057 → $1,132 (+7.1%)	$886 → $1,183 (+33.5%)

Bellwood

Population

6,7238,489

Median household income

$42,117$50,172

Median home value

$140,900$192,600

Median gross rent

$1,057$1,132

Bensley

Population

6,0925,819

Median household income

$40,082$49,695

Median home value

$138,700$199,100

Median gross rent

$886$1,183

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellwood	Bensley
Under 5	4.3%	8.4%
5 to 17	21.4%	16.4%
18 to 24	10.2%	13.1%
25 to 34	16.7%	22.2%
35 to 44	15.1%	10.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	9.8%	10.6%
65 to 74	7.1%	6.5%
75 and over	5.3%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellwood	Bensley
White (non-Hispanic)	30.8%	26.1%
Black or African American	34.3%	29.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	28.1%	42.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellwood	Bensley
No high school diploma	24.3%	23.1%
High school graduate	31.0%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellwood	Bensley
Drove alone	77.8%	66.4%
Carpooled	16.0%	25.2%
Public transit	0.6%	1.2%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellwood	Bensley
1-unit, detached	57.9%	51.6%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	25.6%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	16.2%
20 or more units	13.1%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Bellwood	Bensley
Poverty rate	17.9%	22.4%
Average household size	2.66	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1989	1967