Bellwood vs Ettrick

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

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

Bellwood has the higher population (8,489 vs 5,760 in Ettrick). Ettrick has the higher median household income ($54,857 vs $50,172 in Bellwood). Bellwood has the higher median home value ($192,600 vs $184,400 in Ettrick).

Population, income & housing

	Bellwood	Ettrick
Population	8,489	5,760
Median age	33.0 yrs	24.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,172	$54,857
Median home value	$192,600	$184,400
Median gross rent	$1,132	$1,223
Housing units	3,360	1,755
Homeownership rate	44.7%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	15.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellwood	Ettrick
Population	6,723 → 8,489 (+26.3%)	5,201 → 5,760 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$42,117 → $50,172 (+19.1%)	$62,429 → $54,857 (-12.1%)
Median home value	$140,900 → $192,600 (+36.7%)	$136,000 → $184,400 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,057 → $1,132 (+7.1%)	$1,069 → $1,223 (+14.4%)

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

Ettrick

Population

5,2015,760

Median household income

$62,429$54,857

Median home value

$136,000$184,400

Median gross rent

$1,069$1,223

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellwood	Ettrick
Under 5	4.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	21.4%	7.8%
18 to 24	10.2%	37.8%
25 to 34	16.7%	11.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	7.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	3.7%
55 to 64	9.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	7.1%	8.5%
75 and over	5.3%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellwood	Ettrick
White (non-Hispanic)	30.8%	23.5%
Black or African American	34.3%	67.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	28.1%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellwood	Ettrick
No high school diploma	24.3%	14.0%
High school graduate	31.0%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellwood	Ettrick
Drove alone	77.8%	71.8%
Carpooled	16.0%	2.6%
Public transit	0.6%	2.7%
Walked	1.0%	10.3%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.7%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellwood	Ettrick
1-unit, detached	57.9%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	1.0%
20 or more units	13.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellwood	Ettrick
Poverty rate	17.9%	9.2%
Average household size	2.66	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1989	1977