Belle Haven vs Parksley

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

Belle Haven and Parksley 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 782 in Parksley). Parksley has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $53,929 in Belle Haven). Belle Haven has the higher median home value ($176,700 vs $160,400 in Parksley).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Haven	Parksley
Population	813	782
Median age	32.4 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,929	$81,250
Median home value	$176,700	$160,400
Median gross rent	$1,046	$988
Housing units	329	403
Homeownership rate	60.2%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Haven	Parksley
Population	542 → 813 (+50.0%)	791 → 782 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$66,397 → $53,929 (-18.8%)	$52,841 → $81,250 (+53.8%)
Median home value	$148,400 → $176,700 (+19.1%)	$139,400 → $160,400 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $1,046 (+18.7%)	$885 → $988 (+11.6%)

Belle Haven

Population

542813

Median household income

$66,397$53,929

Median home value

$148,400$176,700

Median gross rent

$881$1,046

Parksley

Population

791782

Median household income

$52,841$81,250

Median home value

$139,400$160,400

Median gross rent

$885$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Haven	Parksley
Under 5	14.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.6%	19.6%
18 to 24	10.2%	3.3%
25 to 34	15.5%	8.4%
35 to 44	6.5%	15.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.6%
55 to 64	11.7%	17.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.2%
75 and over	5.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Haven	Parksley
White (non-Hispanic)	43.2%	43.9%
Black or African American	49.3%	40.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Haven	Parksley
No high school diploma	21.1%	19.7%
High school graduate	34.2%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	16.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Haven	Parksley
Drove alone	73.8%	88.0%
Carpooled	17.7%	10.2%
Public transit	5.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Haven	Parksley
1-unit, detached	83.3%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Belle Haven	Parksley
Poverty rate	6.4%	5.0%
Average household size	3.08	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1959	1938