Belwood vs Patterson Springs

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

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

Patterson Springs has the higher population (980 vs 928 in Belwood). Patterson Springs has the higher median household income ($55,625 vs $49,078 in Belwood). Belwood has the higher median home value ($180,600 vs $116,000 in Patterson Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Belwood	Patterson Springs
Population	928	980
Median age	46.6 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,078	$55,625
Median home value	$180,600	$116,000
Median gross rent	$907	$982
Housing units	401	361
Homeownership rate	81.0%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belwood	Patterson Springs
Population	999 → 928 (-7.1%)	934 → 980 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$43,828 → $49,078 (+12.0%)	$29,605 → $55,625 (+87.9%)
Median home value	$95,800 → $180,600 (+88.5%)	$83,000 → $116,000 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$628 → $907 (+44.4%)	$588 → $982 (+67.0%)

Belwood

Population

999928

Median household income

$43,828$49,078

Median home value

$95,800$180,600

Median gross rent

$628$907

Patterson Springs

Population

934980

Median household income

$29,605$55,625

Median home value

$83,000$116,000

Median gross rent

$588$982

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belwood	Patterson Springs
Under 5	5.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	18.0%
18 to 24	3.3%	13.7%
25 to 34	8.4%	22.7%
35 to 44	5.5%	9.7%
45 to 54	28.4%	8.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.7%
75 and over	7.0%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belwood	Patterson Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	77.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	13.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.2%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belwood	Patterson Springs
No high school diploma	13.5%	6.5%
High school graduate	43.3%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belwood	Patterson Springs
Drove alone	92.9%	93.8%
Carpooled	4.3%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belwood	Patterson Springs
1-unit, detached	63.6%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	35.7%	29.4%

Poverty & households

	Belwood	Patterson Springs
Poverty rate	13.9%	25.5%
Average household size	2.71	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	39	24
Median year structure built	1988	1973