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Bensville's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades C, ranked 195th of 259 in Maryland. The median household earns $170K. Its weakest subject is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $521K, 4.1 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income. Bensville’s median rent is $2,722 a month, against $1,809 a month in Maryland’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. On walkability, just 19 of Maryland’s 328 towns do worse. Bensville has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Green's Inheritance and Oak Grove.
Where Bensville beats most towns.
Where Bensville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Bensville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 7,325 in 2000, 15,288 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2016 and 5 maps from 1913 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bensville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw20 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw19 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw19 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw19 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw19 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw19 mi National MemorialLincoln Memorial7.7M visitors a yearWhite House: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Washington Monument: Oren Rozen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Arlington National Cemetery: Protoant, Public domain · United States Triumphal Arch: Hstoops, CC0 · Smithsonian Institution: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer, Public domain · Lincoln Memorial: Aerial_view_of_Lincoln_Memorial_-_east_side.jpg: Carol M. Highsmith derivative w, Public domain
Bensville is unincorporated, so Charles County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Mar 11, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Bensville.
Bensville sends many workers across the state line to Arlington, has household incomes well above the Maryland norm and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in Maryland.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 94% of U.S. communities. Since 1994, 19 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Bensville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Charles County Public Schools. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is North Point High School, with 1,960 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theodore G. Davis Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 999 | B− |
| North Point High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,960 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
26% of working residents cross a state line to work, Arlington among the top destinations. Bensville has 566 jobs for its 6,585 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Bensville for work: only 1% work in town. The average trip to work in Bensville is 42 minutes. Jobs based in Bensville grew to 566 in 2023, 65 more than in 2013.
| Bensville | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 42 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $170,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.4% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 3.2% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Bensville has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 27° and about 13 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median household earns $170,072, against $103,678 across Maryland, one input to its A for jobs and income.
People 65 and older are 10% of residents (17% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 45% of residents (40% statewide). 26% of Bensville residents are under 18. 42% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 44% across Maryland.
| Bensville | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 10% | 16% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 26% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 42% | 42% | 29% |
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.3 points). Across Maryland, 51.3% of residents are women.
| Bensville | MD | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.4% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 15.9% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.8% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.5% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.4% | 13.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 19.8% | 12.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.7% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.5% | 9.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 2.9% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.4% | 8.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.4% | 23.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.1% | 17.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.2% | 6.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.4% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 19.5% | 20.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Within Maryland it is less healthy than 67% of the 261 graded towns: Maryland sets a high bar. Against the 1,682 U.S. towns with household incomes like Bensville’s, it is less healthy than 97%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Bensville beats the Maryland average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 42% of adults have obesity in Bensville.
| Bensville | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 36% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Bensville | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.1% | 7.6% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7% | 8.7% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 10.3% | 8.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
4.6 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Mattawoman Natural Environment Area, at 75 acres.
| Bensville | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 8.7% | 9.5% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mattawoman Natural Environment Area | — | 75 |
| 2. Bensville Park | 0.1 mi | 39 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Only 9 of the 261 Maryland towns we compare have a higher share of households owning their home than Bensville.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
2 within 15 miles of the center of Bensville
About 8 of every 100 Bensville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maryland.
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Bennsville (spelled Bensville by the United States Census Bureau) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Charles County, Maryland, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 15,288. The area is not an official postal designation, but is part of the Waldorf or Pomfret postal area. The Bennsville area is growing with new residential development, encouraged by the extension in the 1990s of Maryland Route 228 which provides quick access to Maryland Route 210. Bennsville has experienced the 2006 opening of North Point High School and the straightening of Middletown Road in 2008.
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4 towns share a border with Bensville.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bensville | #195 | C | C− | — | C | B |
| Accokeek | #210 | C | C− | — | D | B+ |
| Waldorf | #162 | B− | C+ | — | C | B |
| Bryans Road | #146 | B | C+ | — | C | B |
| Pomfret | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Bensville, Accokeek, Waldorf and Bryans Road report no FBI crime data of their own. Pomfret isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Bensville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Bensville grades C overall, better than 34% of U.S. towns and #195 of 259 in Maryland. It grades B for health and C for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $521,000, 23% above the Maryland typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
