Benns Church is home to 1,813 people in Virginia. Owners hold 93% of the housing stock. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 20% of adults. This skews young, with a median age of 33.1. That trails the Virginia median by roughly 40%. 1% of locals were born outside the United States.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $56,151, below the US median
Benns Church's population equals 4.5% of Isle of Wight County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 0.9% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 1.1% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)36.4%(56)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)56.5%(87)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era16.2%(25)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 154 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Benns Church, decade by decade
Benns Church population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
2010
872
$74,112
$148,029
10.6%
70.9
2020
1,453
$76,918
–
8.0%
80.5
2024
1,813
$56,151
$338,800
20.1%
71.8
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
