Belle Haven vs Chincoteague

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

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

Chincoteague has the higher population (3,300 vs 813 in Belle Haven). Chincoteague has the higher median household income ($62,292 vs $53,929 in Belle Haven). Chincoteague has the higher median home value ($329,200 vs $176,700 in Belle Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Haven	Chincoteague
Population	813	3,300
Median age	32.4 yrs	56.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,929	$62,292
Median home value	$176,700	$329,200
Median gross rent	$1,046	$1,102
Housing units	329	4,472
Homeownership rate	60.2%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Haven	Chincoteague
Population	542 → 813 (+50.0%)	2,899 → 3,300 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$66,397 → $53,929 (-18.8%)	$52,848 → $62,292 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$148,400 → $176,700 (+19.1%)	$279,700 → $329,200 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $1,046 (+18.7%)	$940 → $1,102 (+17.2%)

Belle Haven

Population

542813

Median household income

$66,397$53,929

Median home value

$148,400$176,700

Median gross rent

$881$1,046

Chincoteague

Population

2,8993,300

Median household income

$52,848$62,292

Median home value

$279,700$329,200

Median gross rent

$940$1,102

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Haven	Chincoteague
Under 5	14.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.6%	10.6%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	15.5%	8.4%
35 to 44	6.5%	9.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	8.4%
55 to 64	11.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	24.0%
75 and over	5.0%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Haven	Chincoteague
White (non-Hispanic)	43.2%	93.2%
Black or African American	49.3%	0.0%
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%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Haven	Chincoteague
No high school diploma	21.1%	5.4%
High school graduate	34.2%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Haven	Chincoteague
Drove alone	73.8%	73.7%
Carpooled	17.7%	2.7%
Public transit	5.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.5%
Worked from home	3.1%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Haven	Chincoteague
1-unit, detached	83.3%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Belle Haven	Chincoteague
Poverty rate	6.4%	10.6%
Average household size	3.08	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1959	1983