Benns Church vs Smithfield

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

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

Smithfield has the higher population (8,729 vs 1,443 in Benns Church). Smithfield has the higher median household income ($110,182 vs $69,598 in Benns Church). Smithfield has the higher median home value ($358,100 vs $240,200 in Benns Church).

Population, income & housing

	Benns Church	Smithfield
Population	1,443	8,729
Median age	33.7 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,598	$110,182
Median home value	$240,200	$358,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,182
Housing units	501	3,646
Homeownership rate	91.2%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benns Church	Smithfield
Population	551 → 1,443 (+161.9%)	8,367 → 8,729 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$65,338 → $69,598 (+6.5%)	$67,607 → $110,182 (+63.0%)
Median home value	$209,200 → $240,200 (+14.8%)	$282,800 → $358,100 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$925 → $1,182 (+27.8%)

Benns Church

Population

5511,443

Median household income

$65,338$69,598

Median home value

$209,200$240,200

Smithfield

Population

8,3678,729

Median household income

$67,607$110,182

Median home value

$282,800$358,100

Median gross rent

$925$1,182

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benns Church	Smithfield
Under 5	3.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	26.1%	13.3%
18 to 24	4.4%	5.6%
25 to 34	20.5%	14.1%
35 to 44	14.8%	8.5%
45 to 54	4.9%	16.1%
55 to 64	4.1%	16.3%
65 to 74	17.5%	9.7%
75 and over	3.9%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benns Church	Smithfield
White (non-Hispanic)	47.1%	72.2%
Black or African American	39.6%	18.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	9.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benns Church	Smithfield
No high school diploma	13.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	41.0%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benns Church	Smithfield
Drove alone	82.1%	79.1%
Carpooled	4.3%	6.9%
Public transit	3.6%	0.1%
Walked	5.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	12.4%
Other means	1.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benns Church	Smithfield
1-unit, detached	44.7%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	22.8%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Benns Church	Smithfield
Poverty rate	6.1%	7.3%
Average household size	2.86	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1996	1992