Belle Plaine vs South Haven

A side-by-side comparison of Belle Plaine and South Haven: population, income, housing, and more.

Belle Plaine and South Haven are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Belle Plaine has the higher population (1,486 vs 327 in South Haven). South Haven has the higher median household income ($78,214 vs $62,727 in Belle Plaine). Belle Plaine has the higher median home value ($121,500 vs $59,400 in South Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Plaine	South Haven
Population	1,486	327
Median age	40.5 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,727	$78,214
Median home value	$121,500	$59,400
Median gross rent	$754	$568
Housing units	726	153
Homeownership rate	59.2%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Plaine	South Haven
Population	1,511 → 1,486 (-1.7%)	388 → 327 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$60,398 → $62,727 (+3.9%)	$45,536 → $78,214 (+71.8%)
Median home value	$76,100 → $121,500 (+59.7%)	$56,200 → $59,400 (+5.7%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $754 (+0.9%)	$543 → $568 (+4.6%)

Belle Plaine

Population

1,5111,486

Median household income

$60,398$62,727

Median home value

$76,100$121,500

Median gross rent

$747$754

South Haven

Population

388327

Median household income

$45,536$78,214

Median home value

$56,200$59,400

Median gross rent

$543$568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Plaine	South Haven
Under 5	4.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	20.6%	20.2%
18 to 24	10.8%	4.0%
25 to 34	7.9%	9.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	22.6%
45 to 54	16.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.2%	17.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	3.4%
75 and over	8.1%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Plaine	South Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	11.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Plaine	South Haven
No high school diploma	8.3%	8.3%
High school graduate	26.3%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Plaine	South Haven
Drove alone	76.2%	71.1%
Carpooled	13.9%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Plaine	South Haven
1-unit, detached	89.8%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Belle Plaine	South Haven
Poverty rate	14.5%	1.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1956	1953