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Bensley CDP, Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Bensley CDP is a Census CDP of 5,949 people across 2.87 square miles of land, in Chesterfield County. Median household income is $50,547, 38.7 percent of occupied homes are owned.
50 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Bensley
What Bensley is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area2.87 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,070
- County holding the largest share of its areaChesterfield County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bensley
How many people live in Bensley
- Population5,949
- Median age28.6
- Population under 181,503 plus or minus 328
- Share under 1825.3 percent
- Population 65 and over566 plus or minus 131
- Share 65 and over9.5 percent
- Households2,238
- Family households1,411
- Share of households that are families63.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bensley
Income and work in Bensley
- Median household income$50,547 plus or minus $13,334
- Per capita income$25,902
- Civilian labor force3,180
- Employed2,974
- Unemployed206 plus or minus 132
- Unemployment rate6.5 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Adults 25 and over3,486
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher73.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.6 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.0 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bensley
Housing in Bensley
- Housing units2,402
- Occupied units2,238
- Vacant units164 plus or minus 101
- Vacancy rate6.8 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Owner occupied865
- Renter occupied1,373
- Ownership rate38.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$218,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,238
- Annual rent as a share of median income29.4 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Single family units1,353
- Share single family56.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,049 plus or minus 243
- Share in buildings of two or more43.7 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1968
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bensley
How Bensley gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,694
- Commuting under 15 minutes449 plus or minus 240
- Share commuting under 15 minutes16.7 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more847 plus or minus 215
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more31.4 percent
- Drove alone64.1 percent
- Carpooled25.6 percent plus or minus 11.6
- Public transport2.3 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home7.9 percent plus or minus 4.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chesterfield County, not Bensley
Chesterfield County context, not Bensley figures
These are Chesterfield County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Bensley measurements.
- Establishments in Chesterfield County8,257
- Employment at those establishments, Chesterfield County124,728
- Covered employment, Chesterfield County145,905
- Average annual pay, Chesterfield County$62,685
- Average weekly wage, Chesterfield County$1,205
- Housing units permitted, Chesterfield County2,307
- Of those, single family, Chesterfield County1,845
- County product, 2024, Chesterfield County$24,002,409,000
- County product change over the prior year, Chesterfield County7.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Chesterfield County$75,756
Every figure in this section is published for Chesterfield County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bensley. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Bensley questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bensley, Virginia?
5,949, in 2,238 households. Bensley CDP covers 2.87 square miles of land, which is 2,070 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bensley in?
Chesterfield County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Bensley?
$50,547. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $218,500. Median gross rent is $1,238 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Bensley figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Chesterfield County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Bensley.
Is zoning published for Bensley?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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