Belle Haven vs Pastoria

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

Belle Haven and Pastoria 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 789 in Pastoria). Belle Haven has the higher median household income ($53,929 vs $45,809 in Pastoria). Belle Haven has the higher median home value ($176,700 vs $117,300 in Pastoria).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Haven	Pastoria
Population	813	789
Median age	32.4 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,929	$45,809
Median home value	$176,700	$117,300
Median gross rent	$1,046	—
Housing units	329	361
Homeownership rate	60.2%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Haven	Pastoria
Population	542 → 813 (+50.0%)	996 → 789 (-20.8%)
Median household income	$66,397 → $53,929 (-18.8%)	$22,450 → $45,809 (+104.0%)
Median home value	$148,400 → $176,700 (+19.1%)	$95,500 → $117,300 (+22.8%)
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

Pastoria

Population

996789

Median household income

$22,450$45,809

Median home value

$95,500$117,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Haven	Pastoria
Under 5	14.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	17.1%
18 to 24	10.2%	10.8%
25 to 34	15.5%	6.5%
35 to 44	6.5%	8.4%
45 to 54	12.4%	20.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.5%
75 and over	5.0%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Haven	Pastoria
White (non-Hispanic)	43.2%	14.4%
Black or African American	49.3%	55.9%
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%	29.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Haven	Pastoria
No high school diploma	21.1%	47.6%
High school graduate	34.2%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	6.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Haven	Pastoria
Drove alone	73.8%	59.9%
Carpooled	17.7%	40.1%
Public transit	5.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Haven	Pastoria
1-unit, detached	83.3%	67.0%
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%	33.0%

Poverty & households

	Belle Haven	Pastoria
Poverty rate	6.4%	8.2%
Average household size	3.08	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1959	1978