Accomac vs Belle Haven

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

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

Accomac has the higher population (999 vs 813 in Belle Haven). Belle Haven has the higher median household income ($53,929 vs $43,211 in Accomac). Accomac has the higher median home value ($240,000 vs $176,700 in Belle Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Accomac	Belle Haven
Population	999	813
Median age	26.0 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,211	$53,929
Median home value	$240,000	$176,700
Median gross rent	$951	$1,046
Housing units	303	329
Homeownership rate	59.3%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Accomac	Belle Haven
Population	479 → 999 (+108.6%)	542 → 813 (+50.0%)
Median household income	$50,625 → $43,211 (-14.6%)	$66,397 → $53,929 (-18.8%)
Median home value	$159,700 → $240,000 (+50.3%)	$148,400 → $176,700 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $951 (+24.6%)	$881 → $1,046 (+18.7%)

Accomac

Population

479999

Median household income

$50,625$43,211

Median home value

$159,700$240,000

Median gross rent

$763$951

Belle Haven

Population

542813

Median household income

$66,397$53,929

Median home value

$148,400$176,700

Median gross rent

$881$1,046

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Accomac	Belle Haven
Under 5	5.0%	14.0%
5 to 17	40.2%	14.6%
18 to 24	1.7%	10.2%
25 to 34	15.8%	15.5%
35 to 44	14.8%	6.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	4.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	3.8%	10.0%
75 and over	3.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Accomac	Belle Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	21.6%	43.2%
Black or African American	27.1%	49.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	1.8%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	47.6%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Accomac	Belle Haven
No high school diploma	31.1%	21.1%
High school graduate	42.8%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Accomac	Belle Haven
Drove alone	96.5%	73.8%
Carpooled	1.3%	17.7%
Public transit	0.0%	5.4%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Accomac	Belle Haven
1-unit, detached	84.5%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Accomac	Belle Haven
Poverty rate	13.1%	6.4%
Average household size	3.26	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	16	25
Median year structure built	1968	1959