Bensley vs Rockwood

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

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

Rockwood has the higher population (8,834 vs 5,819 in Bensley). Rockwood has the higher median household income ($90,804 vs $49,695 in Bensley). Rockwood has the higher median home value ($312,500 vs $199,100 in Bensley).

Population, income & housing

	Bensley	Rockwood
Population	5,819	8,834
Median age	29.2 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$49,695	$90,804
Median home value	$199,100	$312,500
Median gross rent	$1,183	$1,875
Housing units	2,433	3,618
Homeownership rate	42.8%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bensley	Rockwood
Population	6,092 → 5,819 (-4.5%)	8,136 → 8,834 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$40,082 → $49,695 (+24.0%)	$82,863 → $90,804 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$138,700 → $199,100 (+43.5%)	$221,400 → $312,500 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$886 → $1,183 (+33.5%)	$1,343 → $1,875 (+39.6%)

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

Rockwood

Population

8,1368,834

Median household income

$82,863$90,804

Median home value

$221,400$312,500

Median gross rent

$1,343$1,875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bensley	Rockwood
Under 5	8.4%	8.2%
5 to 17	16.4%	11.7%
18 to 24	13.1%	4.6%
25 to 34	22.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	10.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	9.2%
55 to 64	10.6%	15.6%
65 to 74	6.5%	13.8%
75 and over	2.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bensley	Rockwood
White (non-Hispanic)	26.1%	64.7%
Black or African American	29.0%	16.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	2.4%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	42.5%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bensley	Rockwood
No high school diploma	23.1%	6.2%
High school graduate	38.8%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bensley	Rockwood
Drove alone	66.4%	76.6%
Carpooled	25.2%	5.6%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	17.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bensley	Rockwood
1-unit, detached	51.6%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	25.6%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	16.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bensley	Rockwood
Poverty rate	22.4%	5.8%
Average household size	2.57	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1967	1987