Belle Center vs West Liberty

A side-by-side comparison of Belle Center and West Liberty: population, income, housing, and more.

Belle Center and West Liberty are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

West Liberty has the higher population (1,438 vs 779 in Belle Center). Belle Center has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $56,250 in West Liberty). West Liberty has the higher median home value ($160,000 vs $123,600 in Belle Center).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Center	West Liberty
Population	779	1,438
Median age	33.7 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$56,250
Median home value	$123,600	$160,000
Median gross rent	$1,043	$630
Housing units	310	723
Homeownership rate	73.3%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Center	West Liberty
Population	839 → 779 (-7.2%)	1,663 → 1,438 (-13.5%)
Median household income	$63,542 → $75,000 (+18.0%)	$46,250 → $56,250 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$94,700 → $123,600 (+30.5%)	$128,300 → $160,000 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $1,043 (+27.4%)	$555 → $630 (+13.5%)

Belle Center

Population

839779

Median household income

$63,542$75,000

Median home value

$94,700$123,600

Median gross rent

$819$1,043

West Liberty

Population

1,6631,438

Median household income

$46,250$56,250

Median home value

$128,300$160,000

Median gross rent

$555$630

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Center	West Liberty
Under 5	7.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	21.4%	21.1%
18 to 24	5.9%	4.2%
25 to 34	19.6%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	9.6%	10.5%
65 to 74	5.9%	9.7%
75 and over	4.7%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Center	West Liberty
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Center	West Liberty
No high school diploma	6.9%	4.8%
High school graduate	48.8%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Center	West Liberty
Drove alone	83.6%	76.2%
Carpooled	10.9%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	15.6%
Other means	1.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Center	West Liberty
1-unit, detached	96.1%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	22.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Belle Center	West Liberty
Poverty rate	11.7%	12.9%
Average household size	2.58	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1938	1963