Bensley, Virginia.
Typical home $257,320 (+2.9% in a year), asking rent $1,398 . Richmond, VA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$825 (+157%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $7,345 +3%
- $249,975$257,320 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $75,410 +41%
- $181,910$257,320 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Bensley$1,351
- Virginia$2,164
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.
Typical home values in Bensley, VA rose 2.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Bensley, Chesterfield County, Virginia
Bensley, in Chesterfield County, had 5,971 people in the 2020 census. 39% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 61% are rented. Unemployment in Chesterfield County was 3.5% in August 2026, and the county had 1.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in construction, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Bensley is a Chesterfield County community with a young population, with a median age well below that of most of the country. Most homes here are rented rather than owned, a much lower share of owners than across the county, and incomes run well below the county's. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than is typical, and winters are cool and summers hot, with a little snow and a fair amount of rain through the year.
Work. Many residents work in the building trades, in schools, hospitals and social care, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, and in professional and business services. Among the larger workplaces in Bensley are W.O. Grubb Steel Erection, a crane rental business, the Department of Military Affairs, and Food Lion. Most people commute to work, and unemployment across Chesterfield County has stayed close to where it stood a year earlier.
Things to do. Falling Creek runs in or beside town, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is a short drive away. Also a short drive off are the Virginia Holocaust Museum and City Stadium, for those who like an afternoon at a ballgame or a museum. Richmond Raceway, a race track, is a longer drive away.
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- 2,238households
- 18%of adults have a degree
- 22%below the poverty line
- 25 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Chesterfield County had 148,684 jobs in 2025, 1.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 48° and lows near 29°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 69°. About 9 inches of snow and 46 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Richmond International Airport weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Bensley
- W.O. Grubb Steel ErectionCrane rental with operator427
- Department of Military AffairsExecutive offices, federal, state, and local423
- Food LionGrocery stores58
- L.S. LeeGuardrail construction55
- Ferguson Enterprises50
- Roof Services A Tecta America Company LLC Richmond unitLow slope roofing installation36
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,049 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Bensley’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Chesterfield County and the Richmond, VA metro.
Bensley home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Bensley$257,320
- Virginia$412,252
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Bensley10
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Bensley6
Zip codes with a Bensley address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Bensley — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.