Belle Haven vs Long Branch

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

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

Long Branch has the higher population (7,066 vs 6,590 in Belle Haven). Long Branch has the higher median household income ($180,833 vs $137,878 in Belle Haven). Long Branch has the higher median home value ($788,900 vs $572,200 in Belle Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Haven	Long Branch
Population	6,590	7,066
Median age	40.5 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$137,878	$180,833
Median home value	$572,200	$788,900
Median gross rent	$1,792	$1,233
Housing units	2,981	2,584
Homeownership rate	78.5%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.2%	66.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Haven	Long Branch
Population	6,640 → 6,590 (-0.8%)	8,381 → 7,066 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$107,886 → $137,878 (+27.8%)	$162,169 → $180,833 (+11.5%)
Median home value	$485,200 → $572,200 (+17.9%)	$623,300 → $788,900 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,593 → $1,792 (+12.5%)	$1,250 → $1,233 (-1.4%)

Belle Haven

Population

6,6406,590

Median household income

$107,886$137,878

Median home value

$485,200$572,200

Median gross rent

$1,593$1,792

Long Branch

Population

8,3817,066

Median household income

$162,169$180,833

Median home value

$623,300$788,900

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,233

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Haven	Long Branch
Under 5	10.7%	2.7%
5 to 17	13.3%	20.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	8.0%
35 to 44	14.2%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	15.3%
65 to 74	9.8%	13.9%
75 and over	7.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Haven	Long Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	62.0%
Black or African American	5.6%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	17.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	17.9%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Haven	Long Branch
No high school diploma	3.5%	4.2%
High school graduate	12.1%	12.7%
Some college or associate's	13.1%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	38.5%	36.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Haven	Long Branch
Drove alone	60.9%	63.0%
Carpooled	8.0%	8.9%
Public transit	7.5%	2.1%
Walked	0.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.7%	23.8%
Other means	1.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Haven	Long Branch
1-unit, detached	39.9%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	19.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	17.0%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belle Haven	Long Branch
Poverty rate	3.9%	2.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	36	28
Median year structure built	1958	1970