Bellwood vs Manchester

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

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

Manchester has the higher population (12,347 vs 8,489 in Bellwood). Manchester has the higher median household income ($72,465 vs $50,172 in Bellwood). Manchester has the higher median home value ($286,900 vs $192,600 in Bellwood).

Population, income & housing

	Bellwood	Manchester
Population	8,489	12,347
Median age	33.0 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,172	$72,465
Median home value	$192,600	$286,900
Median gross rent	$1,132	$1,444
Housing units	3,360	5,662
Homeownership rate	44.7%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellwood	Manchester
Population	6,723 → 8,489 (+26.3%)	10,919 → 12,347 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$42,117 → $50,172 (+19.1%)	$63,112 → $72,465 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$140,900 → $192,600 (+36.7%)	$188,500 → $286,900 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,057 → $1,132 (+7.1%)	$1,184 → $1,444 (+22.0%)

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

Manchester

Population

10,91912,347

Median household income

$63,112$72,465

Median home value

$188,500$286,900

Median gross rent

$1,184$1,444

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellwood	Manchester
Under 5	4.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	21.4%	19.3%
18 to 24	10.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	16.7%	18.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	14.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	9.8%	8.4%
65 to 74	7.1%	9.8%
75 and over	5.3%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellwood	Manchester
White (non-Hispanic)	30.8%	43.1%
Black or African American	34.3%	36.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	28.1%	15.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellwood	Manchester
No high school diploma	24.3%	10.9%
High school graduate	31.0%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellwood	Manchester
Drove alone	77.8%	69.1%
Carpooled	16.0%	9.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	19.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellwood	Manchester
1-unit, detached	57.9%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	18.5%
20 or more units	13.1%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellwood	Manchester
Poverty rate	17.9%	13.6%
Average household size	2.66	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1989	1981