Belle Haven vs Captains Cove

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

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

Captains Cove has the higher population (1,676 vs 813 in Belle Haven). Captains Cove has the higher median household income ($97,880 vs $53,929 in Belle Haven). Captains Cove has the higher median home value ($230,000 vs $176,700 in Belle Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Haven	Captains Cove
Population	813	1,676
Median age	32.4 yrs	61.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,929	$97,880
Median home value	$176,700	$230,000
Median gross rent	$1,046	—
Housing units	329	1,341
Homeownership rate	60.2%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Haven	Captains Cove
Population	542 → 813 (+50.0%)	1,077 → 1,676 (+55.6%)
Median household income	$66,397 → $53,929 (-18.8%)	$56,146 → $97,880 (+74.3%)
Median home value	$148,400 → $176,700 (+19.1%)	$172,300 → $230,000 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $1,046 (+18.7%)	$1,100 → $1,125 (+2.3%)

Belle Haven

Population

542813

Median household income

$66,397$53,929

Median home value

$148,400$176,700

Median gross rent

$881$1,046

Captains Cove

Population

1,0771,676

Median household income

$56,146$97,880

Median home value

$172,300$230,000

Median gross rent

$1,100$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Haven	Captains Cove
Under 5	14.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.6%	10.4%
18 to 24	10.2%	0.7%
25 to 34	15.5%	13.4%
35 to 44	6.5%	7.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	9.8%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	25.4%
75 and over	5.0%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Haven	Captains Cove
White (non-Hispanic)	43.2%	98.2%
Black or African American	49.3%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Haven	Captains Cove
No high school diploma	21.1%	1.1%
High school graduate	34.2%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Haven	Captains Cove
Drove alone	73.8%	72.8%
Carpooled	17.7%	3.2%
Public transit	5.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	20.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Haven	Captains Cove
1-unit, detached	83.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belle Haven	Captains Cove
Poverty rate	6.4%	0.7%
Average household size	3.08	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1959	2004