Work & commute · Bensley

Work & commute in Bensley, VA

Most working residents leave Bensley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (16%), Mechanicsville (3%) and Meadowbrook (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35 of 2,170 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,135 Bensley residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 3,144 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bensley.

2,135live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

3,144work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bensley goes to work

Richmond6.1 mi away

16%355

Mechanicsville13.6 mi away

3%57

Meadowbrook2 mi away

2%47

Sandston8.5 mi away

2%42

Manchester6.2 mi away

2%38

Bensley (in town)right here

2%35

Bellwood2.9 mi away

1%31

Virginia Beach90.6 mi away

1%30

Bon Air8.4 mi away

1%28

Brandermill11.3 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

68%1,482

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Bensley commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

48%

29%

22%

48%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bensley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bensley are

3,179 jobs are based in Bensley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bensley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bensley

3,179 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)77%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs Bensley residents hold

2,170 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−2%

Jobs based in Bensley, 2013 → 2023: 3,237 → 3,179. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.