† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupBensleyVirginiaUnited States
Mexican8.5%2.4%11.3%
Salvadoran8.5%2.1%0.7%
Puerto Rican7.4%1.4%1.8%
Guatemalan5.2%0.7%0.5%
Honduran3.0%0.7%0.3%
Dominican1.5%—0.7%
Colombian1.5%0.3%0.4%
Cuban1.1%—0.7%
African American†21.7%15.6%9.9%
African0.6%0.9%0.5%
Jamaican0.5%0.3%0.4%
Nigerian0.2%0.2%0.2%
Haitian0.2%—0.3%
English7.6%12.0%9.5%
German5.5%10.1%12.5%
Irish4.6%9.1%9.4%
American3.2%8.4%5.3%
Italian2.4%3.9%4.8%
Scottish0.9%1.9%1.3%
Polish0.9%1.6%2.2%
French0.9%1.3%1.6%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Bensley
Virginia
United States
Median age
28.6
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
16.2%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
9.6%
16.7%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Bensley
Virginia
United States
Median household income
$50,547
$93,170
$84,427
Poverty rate
22.0%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
17.6%
42.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Bensley
Virginia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
41.8%
17.5%
22.3%
Spanish
40.3%
7.9%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Bensley
Virginia
United States
Catholic
—
10.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
19.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
54.3%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Bensley, Virginia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+14.2%
2008
+32.3%
2012
+34.4%
2016
+25.3%
2020
+29.6%
2024
+24.6%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004, 2020 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
61.4%Harris838
36.8%Trump502
1.8%
D+24.6
R+5.0
D+26.1
1,364
D
64.2%Biden1,069
34.6%Trump576
1.1%
D+29.6
D+4.4
D+25.2
1,664
D
60.5%Clinton1,016
35.3%Trump592
4.2%
D+25.3
R+9.1
D+23.2
1,678
D
66.5%Obama1,149
32.1%Romney555
1.4%
D+34.4
D+2.0
D+30.5
1,728
D
65.7%Obama1,140
33.4%McCain579
0.9%
D+32.3
D+18.1
D+25.1
1,735
D
56.5%Kerry760
42.3%Bush569
1.1%
D+14.2
—
D+16.7
1,344
Bensley sits just south of Richmond in Chesterfield County, where working-class demographics and proximity to the city create a voting profile that diverges from the county's broader suburban Republican lean.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.4 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 24.6 points.
A population of 5,949, a 26% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,547 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bellwood and Hutchison.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Bensley, Virginia voted Democratic by 24.6 points (D+24.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,364 votes cast, 838 went Democratic and 502 went Republican.
How many people live in Bensley, Virginia?
Bensley, Virginia has a population of 5,949 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Bensley, Virginia?
Median household income in Bensley, Virginia is $50,547 — below the national median of $80,734. The Virginia state median is $93,170.
What is the political history of Bensley, Virginia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Bensley, Virginia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
