Belle Haven vs Gargatha

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

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

Belle Haven has the higher population (813 vs 584 in Gargatha). Gargatha has the higher median household income ($78,487 vs $53,929 in Belle Haven). Gargatha has the higher median home value ($282,700 vs $176,700 in Belle Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Haven	Gargatha
Population	813	584
Median age	32.4 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,929	$78,487
Median home value	$176,700	$282,700
Median gross rent	$1,046	—
Housing units	329	261
Homeownership rate	60.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Haven	Gargatha
Population	542 → 813 (+50.0%)	171 → 584 (+241.5%)
Median household income	$66,397 → $53,929 (-18.8%)	$16,322 → $78,487 (+380.9%)
Median home value	$148,400 → $176,700 (+19.1%)	$190,000 → $282,700 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $1,046 (+18.7%)	—

Belle Haven

Population

542813

Median household income

$66,397$53,929

Median home value

$148,400$176,700

Median gross rent

$881$1,046

Gargatha

Population

171584

Median household income

$16,322$78,487

Median home value

$190,000$282,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Haven	Gargatha
Under 5	14.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.6%	20.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.5%	0.7%
35 to 44	6.5%	17.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	21.4%
55 to 64	11.7%	16.3%
65 to 74	10.0%	19.5%
75 and over	5.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Haven	Gargatha
White (non-Hispanic)	43.2%	40.6%
Black or African American	49.3%	46.2%
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%	13.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Haven	Gargatha
No high school diploma	21.1%	2.3%
High school graduate	34.2%	51.5%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	7.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	21.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Haven	Gargatha
Drove alone	73.8%	78.6%
Carpooled	17.7%	18.6%
Public transit	5.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Haven	Gargatha
1-unit, detached	83.3%	78.2%
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%	21.8%

Poverty & households

	Belle Haven	Gargatha
Poverty rate	6.4%	11.8%
Average household size	3.08	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1959	1999