Belwood vs Fallston

A side-by-side comparison of Belwood and Fallston: population, income, housing, and more.

Belwood and Fallston are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Belwood has the higher population (928 vs 602 in Fallston). Fallston has the higher median household income ($49,250 vs $49,078 in Belwood). Belwood has the higher median home value ($180,600 vs $86,800 in Fallston).

Population, income & housing

	Belwood	Fallston
Population	928	602
Median age	46.6 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,078	$49,250
Median home value	$180,600	$86,800
Median gross rent	$907	$708
Housing units	401	330
Homeownership rate	81.0%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belwood	Fallston
Population	999 → 928 (-7.1%)	509 → 602 (+18.3%)
Median household income	$43,828 → $49,078 (+12.0%)	$28,750 → $49,250 (+71.3%)
Median home value	$95,800 → $180,600 (+88.5%)	$110,600 → $86,800 (-21.5%)
Median gross rent	$628 → $907 (+44.4%)	$494 → $708 (+43.3%)

Belwood

Population

999928

Median household income

$43,828$49,078

Median home value

$95,800$180,600

Median gross rent

$628$907

Fallston

Population

509602

Median household income

$28,750$49,250

Median home value

$110,600$86,800

Median gross rent

$494$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belwood	Fallston
Under 5	5.7%	15.6%
5 to 17	19.7%	7.1%
18 to 24	3.3%	3.8%
25 to 34	8.4%	22.4%
35 to 44	5.5%	5.1%
45 to 54	28.4%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	16.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.8%
75 and over	7.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belwood	Fallston
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	90.2%
Black or African American	1.2%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belwood	Fallston
No high school diploma	13.5%	21.0%
High school graduate	43.3%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belwood	Fallston
Drove alone	92.9%	90.0%
Carpooled	4.3%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belwood	Fallston
1-unit, detached	63.6%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.7%	25.8%

Poverty & households

	Belwood	Fallston
Poverty rate	13.9%	32.4%
Average household size	2.71	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	39	26
Median year structure built	1988	1974