Benns Church vs Camptown

A side-by-side comparison of Benns Church and Camptown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Benns Church has the higher population (1,443 vs 758 in Camptown). Camptown has the higher median household income ($100,750 vs $69,598 in Benns Church). Since 2019, Benns Church's population has grown faster (+161.9% vs -19.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Benns Church	Camptown
Population	1,443	758
Median age	33.7 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,598	$100,750
Median home value	$240,200	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,166
Housing units	501	317
Homeownership rate	91.2%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benns Church	Camptown
Population	551 → 1,443 (+161.9%)	938 → 758 (-19.2%)
Median household income	$65,338 → $69,598 (+6.5%)	$50,372 → $100,750 (+100.0%)
Median home value	$209,200 → $240,200 (+14.8%)	$55,000 → $87,100 (+58.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$872 → $1,166 (+33.7%)

Benns Church

Population

5511,443

Median household income

$65,338$69,598

Median home value

$209,200$240,200

Camptown

Population

938758

Median household income

$50,372$100,750

Median home value

$55,000$87,100

Median gross rent

$872$1,166

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benns Church	Camptown
Under 5	3.9%	2.2%
5 to 17	26.1%	14.1%
18 to 24	4.4%	12.9%
25 to 34	20.5%	17.0%
35 to 44	14.8%	10.2%
45 to 54	4.9%	5.0%
55 to 64	4.1%	20.4%
65 to 74	17.5%	13.6%
75 and over	3.9%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benns Church	Camptown
White (non-Hispanic)	47.1%	24.1%
Black or African American	39.6%	75.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benns Church	Camptown
No high school diploma	13.0%	21.5%
High school graduate	41.0%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	19.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benns Church	Camptown
Drove alone	82.1%	85.3%
Carpooled	4.3%	6.9%
Public transit	3.6%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	7.8%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benns Church	Camptown
1-unit, detached	44.7%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	22.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	32.2%

Poverty & households

	Benns Church	Camptown
Poverty rate	6.1%	1.5%
Average household size	2.86	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1996	1975