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Benwood city, West Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Benwood city is a Census city of 1,230 people across 1.31 square miles of land, in Marshall County. Median household income is $43,636, 63.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.0 m.
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Benwood
What Benwood is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.31 sq mi
- Water area0.57 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land942
- County holding the largest share of its areaMarshall 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.
Benwood
How many people live in Benwood
- Population1,230
- Median age51.6
- Population under 18143 plus or minus 55
- Share under 1811.6 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Population 65 and over328 plus or minus 84
- Share 65 and over26.7 percent
- Households640
- Family households378 plus or minus 111
- Share of households that are families59.1 percent plus or minus 14.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Benwood
Income and work in Benwood
- Median household income$43,636 plus or minus $12,515
- Per capita income$24,737
- Civilian labor force680 plus or minus 142
- Employed659 plus or minus 144
- Unemployed21 plus or minus 18
- Unemployment rate3.1 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Adults 25 and over996
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher6.4 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.9 percent plus or minus 1.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Benwood
Housing in Benwood
- Housing units762
- Occupied units640
- Vacant units122 plus or minus 45
- Vacancy rate16.0 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Owner occupied405 plus or minus 104
- Renter occupied235 plus or minus 60
- Ownership rate63.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$74,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$677
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.6 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Single family units576 plus or minus 118
- Share single family75.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more168 plus or minus 54
- Share in buildings of two or more22.0 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Mobile homes14 plus or minus 15
- Median year structure built1945
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Benwood
How Benwood gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute631 plus or minus 142
- Commuting under 15 minutes239 plus or minus 86
- Share commuting under 15 minutes37.9 percent plus or minus 10.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more111 plus or minus 56
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more17.6 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Drove alone77.5 percent
- Carpooled14.4 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Public transport0.6 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Walked5.6 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Worked from home1.3 percent plus or minus 1.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Benwood
SBA loans in Benwood (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$3,000,000
- Average approval$3,000,000
- Median approval$3,000,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,000,000
- Largest approval$3,000,000
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term36 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Benwood
SBA loans in Benwood (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$3,224,000
- Average approval$3,224,000
- Median approval$3,224,000
- Largest approval$3,224,000
- Jobs supported35
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Marshall County, not Benwood
Marshall County context, not Benwood figures
These are Marshall County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Benwood measurements.
- Establishments in Marshall County481
- Employment at those establishments, Marshall County9,654
- Covered employment, Marshall County10,545
- Average annual pay, Marshall County$65,055
- Average weekly wage, Marshall County$1,251
- Housing units permitted, Marshall County8
- Of those, single family, Marshall County6
- County product, 2024, Marshall County$3,675,795,000
- County product change over the prior year, Marshall County4.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Marshall County$46,256
Every figure in this section is published for Marshall County as a whole and is not a measurement of Benwood. 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.
- 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
Benwood questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Benwood, West Virginia?
1,230, in 640 households. Benwood city covers 1.31 square miles of land, which is 942 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Benwood in?
Marshall 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 Benwood?
$43,636. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $74,900. Median gross rent is $677 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Benwood businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $3.0 m, across 1 lenders, median approval $3,000,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $3.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Benwood, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Benwood borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Benwood. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Benwood figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Marshall 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 Benwood.
Is zoning published for Benwood?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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