Bellwood vs Brandermill

A side-by-side comparison of Bellwood and Brandermill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brandermill has the higher population (13,938 vs 8,489 in Bellwood). Brandermill has the higher median household income ($107,748 vs $50,172 in Bellwood). Brandermill has the higher median home value ($349,300 vs $192,600 in Bellwood).

Population, income & housing

	Bellwood	Brandermill
Population	8,489	13,938
Median age	33.0 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,172	$107,748
Median home value	$192,600	$349,300
Median gross rent	$1,132	$1,695
Housing units	3,360	5,989
Homeownership rate	44.7%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	45.6%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellwood	Brandermill
Population	6,723 → 8,489 (+26.3%)	13,836 → 13,938 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$42,117 → $50,172 (+19.1%)	$101,426 → $107,748 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$140,900 → $192,600 (+36.7%)	$257,000 → $349,300 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,057 → $1,132 (+7.1%)	$1,368 → $1,695 (+23.9%)

Bellwood

Population

6,7238,489

Median household income

$42,117$50,172

Median home value

$140,900$192,600

Median gross rent

$1,057$1,132

Brandermill

Population

13,83613,938

Median household income

$101,426$107,748

Median home value

$257,000$349,300

Median gross rent

$1,368$1,695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellwood	Brandermill
Under 5	4.3%	6.2%
5 to 17	21.4%	13.3%
18 to 24	10.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	16.7%	12.7%
35 to 44	15.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	14.1%
55 to 64	9.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	7.1%	9.7%
75 and over	5.3%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellwood	Brandermill
White (non-Hispanic)	30.8%	71.5%
Black or African American	34.3%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	28.1%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellwood	Brandermill
No high school diploma	24.3%	2.9%
High school graduate	31.0%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellwood	Brandermill
Drove alone	77.8%	71.3%
Carpooled	16.0%	7.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.4%
Walked	1.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	19.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellwood	Brandermill
1-unit, detached	57.9%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	13.2%
20 or more units	13.1%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellwood	Brandermill
Poverty rate	17.9%	7.7%
Average household size	2.66	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1989	1987