Belle Haven vs Wattsville

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

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

Wattsville has the higher population (1,425 vs 813 in Belle Haven). Wattsville has the higher median household income ($66,677 vs $53,929 in Belle Haven). Belle Haven has the higher median home value ($176,700 vs $170,500 in Wattsville).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Haven	Wattsville
Population	813	1,425
Median age	32.4 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,929	$66,677
Median home value	$176,700	$170,500
Median gross rent	$1,046	—
Housing units	329	703
Homeownership rate	60.2%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Haven	Wattsville
Population	542 → 813 (+50.0%)	998 → 1,425 (+42.8%)
Median household income	$66,397 → $53,929 (-18.8%)	$28,418 → $66,677 (+134.6%)
Median home value	$148,400 → $176,700 (+19.1%)	$159,500 → $170,500 (+6.9%)
Median gross rent	$881 → $1,046 (+18.7%)	$1,059 → $1,606 (+51.7%)

Belle Haven

Population

542813

Median household income

$66,397$53,929

Median home value

$148,400$176,700

Median gross rent

$881$1,046

Wattsville

Population

9981,425

Median household income

$28,418$66,677

Median home value

$159,500$170,500

Median gross rent

$1,059$1,606

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Haven	Wattsville
Under 5	14.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	14.6%	18.2%
18 to 24	10.2%	10.2%
25 to 34	15.5%	9.6%
35 to 44	6.5%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	11.7%	16.8%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.1%
75 and over	5.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Haven	Wattsville
White (non-Hispanic)	43.2%	52.0%
Black or African American	49.3%	30.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
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%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Haven	Wattsville
No high school diploma	21.1%	11.4%
High school graduate	34.2%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Haven	Wattsville
Drove alone	73.8%	67.2%
Carpooled	17.7%	0.1%
Public transit	5.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	22.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Haven	Wattsville
1-unit, detached	83.3%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	22.0%

Poverty & households

	Belle Haven	Wattsville
Poverty rate	6.4%	2.5%
Average household size	3.08	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1959	1981