Belle Haven vs Onancock

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

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

Onancock has the higher population (1,323 vs 813 in Belle Haven). Belle Haven has the higher median household income ($53,929 vs $53,750 in Onancock). Onancock has the higher median home value ($236,900 vs $176,700 in Belle Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Haven	Onancock
Population	813	1,323
Median age	32.4 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,929	$53,750
Median home value	$176,700	$236,900
Median gross rent	$1,046	$775
Housing units	329	869
Homeownership rate	60.2%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Haven	Onancock
Population	542 → 813 (+50.0%)	1,098 → 1,323 (+20.5%)
Median household income	$66,397 → $53,929 (-18.8%)	$50,347 → $53,750 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$148,400 → $176,700 (+19.1%)	$217,600 → $236,900 (+8.9%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $1,046 (+18.7%)	$852 → $775 (-9.0%)

Belle Haven

Population

542813

Median household income

$66,397$53,929

Median home value

$148,400$176,700

Median gross rent

$881$1,046

Onancock

Population

1,0981,323

Median household income

$50,347$53,750

Median home value

$217,600$236,900

Median gross rent

$852$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Haven	Onancock
Under 5	14.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	14.6%	21.3%
18 to 24	10.2%	2.4%
25 to 34	15.5%	7.8%
35 to 44	6.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	7.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	10.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	18.4%
75 and over	5.0%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Haven	Onancock
White (non-Hispanic)	43.2%	52.8%
Black or African American	49.3%	35.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	9.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Haven	Onancock
No high school diploma	21.1%	8.2%
High school graduate	34.2%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	26.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Haven	Onancock
Drove alone	73.8%	66.3%
Carpooled	17.7%	11.8%
Public transit	5.4%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	14.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Haven	Onancock
1-unit, detached	83.3%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Belle Haven	Onancock
Poverty rate	6.4%	25.7%
Average household size	3.08	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1959	1955