Benwood vs Cameron

A side-by-side comparison of Benwood and Cameron: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Benwood has the higher population (1,173 vs 572 in Cameron). Cameron has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $39,474 in Benwood). Benwood has the higher median home value ($90,400 vs $63,000 in Cameron).

Population, income & housing

	Benwood	Cameron
Population	1,173	572
Median age	47.1 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$39,474	$48,750
Median home value	$90,400	$63,000
Median gross rent	$681	$696
Housing units	709	437
Homeownership rate	67.4%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	16.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benwood	Cameron
Population	1,390 → 1,173 (-15.6%)	458 → 572 (+24.9%)
Median household income	$33,333 → $39,474 (+18.4%)	$22,188 → $48,750 (+119.7%)
Median home value	$58,700 → $90,400 (+54.0%)	$55,800 → $63,000 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$553 → $681 (+23.1%)	$779 → $696 (-10.7%)

Benwood

Population

1,3901,173

Median household income

$33,333$39,474

Median home value

$58,700$90,400

Median gross rent

$553$681

Cameron

Population

458572

Median household income

$22,188$48,750

Median home value

$55,800$63,000

Median gross rent

$779$696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benwood	Cameron
Under 5	2.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	3.1%
25 to 34	13.2%	9.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.6%
55 to 64	21.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	13.8%	15.6%
75 and over	7.2%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benwood	Cameron
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	97.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benwood	Cameron
No high school diploma	11.8%	15.7%
High school graduate	43.7%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benwood	Cameron
Drove alone	78.9%	79.4%
Carpooled	13.2%	4.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	10.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	2.3%
Other means	0.6%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benwood	Cameron
1-unit, detached	63.8%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	12.8%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	9.8%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Benwood	Cameron
Poverty rate	24.9%	25.4%
Average household size	2.08	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	19	35
Median year structure built	1945	1938