Belview vs Vesta

A side-by-side comparison of Belview and Vesta: population, income, housing, and more.

Belview and Vesta are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Belview has the higher population (399 vs 311 in Vesta). Vesta has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $62,000 in Belview). Vesta has the higher median home value ($104,300 vs $79,500 in Belview).

Population, income & housing

	Belview	Vesta
Population	399	311
Median age	37.3 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,000	$67,500
Median home value	$79,500	$104,300
Median gross rent	$855	—
Housing units	183	131
Homeownership rate	70.9%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belview	Vesta
Population	360 → 399 (+10.8%)	288 → 311 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $62,000 (+77.1%)	$47,083 → $67,500 (+43.4%)
Median home value	$59,100 → $79,500 (+34.5%)	$67,100 → $104,300 (+55.4%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $855 (+17.9%)	—

Belview

Population

360399

Median household income

$35,000$62,000

Median home value

$59,100$79,500

Median gross rent

$725$855

Vesta

Population

288311

Median household income

$47,083$67,500

Median home value

$67,100$104,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belview	Vesta
Under 5	7.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	22.8%	25.1%
18 to 24	3.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	13.5%	5.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	24.8%
45 to 54	6.5%	4.8%
55 to 64	8.5%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	6.4%
75 and over	14.5%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belview	Vesta
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	96.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belview	Vesta
No high school diploma	11.1%	10.6%
High school graduate	34.4%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	45.4%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belview	Vesta
Drove alone	88.7%	89.1%
Carpooled	2.0%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	4.7%	3.6%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belview	Vesta
1-unit, detached	74.3%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Belview	Vesta
Poverty rate	26.2%	5.1%
Average household size	2.37	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1965	1960