Bellwood vs Matoaca

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

Bellwood and Matoaca 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 2,448 in Matoaca). Matoaca has the higher median household income ($57,445 vs $50,172 in Bellwood). Matoaca has the higher median home value ($205,100 vs $192,600 in Bellwood).

Population, income & housing

	Bellwood	Matoaca
Population	8,489	2,448
Median age	33.0 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,172	$57,445
Median home value	$192,600	$205,100
Median gross rent	$1,132	$995
Housing units	3,360	1,191
Homeownership rate	44.7%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellwood	Matoaca
Population	6,723 → 8,489 (+26.3%)	2,490 → 2,448 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$42,117 → $50,172 (+19.1%)	$57,212 → $57,445 (+0.4%)
Median home value	$140,900 → $192,600 (+36.7%)	$150,500 → $205,100 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,057 → $1,132 (+7.1%)	$1,100 → $995 (-9.5%)

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

Matoaca

Population

2,4902,448

Median household income

$57,212$57,445

Median home value

$150,500$205,100

Median gross rent

$1,100$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellwood	Matoaca
Under 5	4.3%	6.8%
5 to 17	21.4%	21.9%
18 to 24	10.2%	9.0%
25 to 34	16.7%	17.2%
35 to 44	15.1%	9.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.9%
55 to 64	9.8%	9.0%
65 to 74	7.1%	8.6%
75 and over	5.3%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellwood	Matoaca
White (non-Hispanic)	30.8%	59.8%
Black or African American	34.3%	30.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	28.1%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellwood	Matoaca
No high school diploma	24.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.0%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellwood	Matoaca
Drove alone	77.8%	75.7%
Carpooled	16.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	18.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellwood	Matoaca
1-unit, detached	57.9%	99.9%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellwood	Matoaca
Poverty rate	17.9%	9.0%
Average household size	2.66	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	23	33
Median year structure built	1989	1964