Fort Belvoir vs Laurel Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Belvoir and Laurel Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Belvoir and Laurel Hill are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Belvoir has the higher population (8,107 vs 7,551 in Laurel Hill). Laurel Hill has the higher median household income ($139,803 vs $101,237 in Fort Belvoir). Laurel Hill has the higher median home value ($625,900 vs $244,400 in Fort Belvoir).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Belvoir	Laurel Hill
Population	8,107	7,551
Median age	18.9 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$101,237	$139,803
Median home value	$244,400	$625,900
Median gross rent	$3,212	$2,335
Housing units	2,102	2,937
Homeownership rate	1.8%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.5%	60.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Belvoir	Laurel Hill
Population	7,967 → 8,107 (+1.8%)	8,020 → 7,551 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$77,263 → $101,237 (+31.0%)	$117,614 → $139,803 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$276,700 → $244,400 (-11.7%)	$496,600 → $625,900 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,736 → $3,212 (+17.4%)	$2,294 → $2,335 (+1.8%)

Fort Belvoir

Population

7,9678,107

Median household income

$77,263$101,237

Median home value

$276,700$244,400

Median gross rent

$2,736$3,212

Laurel Hill

Population

8,0207,551

Median household income

$117,614$139,803

Median home value

$496,600$625,900

Median gross rent

$2,294$2,335

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Belvoir	Laurel Hill
Under 5	12.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	35.8%	20.7%
18 to 24	10.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	15.4%	7.2%
35 to 44	20.0%	20.4%
45 to 54	3.9%	14.5%
55 to 64	1.8%	12.4%
65 to 74	0.1%	7.9%
75 and over	0.1%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Belvoir	Laurel Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	52.6%	32.5%
Black or African American	16.8%	27.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	20.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.3%
Some other race	1.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	13.4%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Belvoir	Laurel Hill
No high school diploma	1.7%	3.1%
High school graduate	6.8%	10.5%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.1%	26.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Belvoir	Laurel Hill
Drove alone	74.2%	56.8%
Carpooled	9.0%	3.8%
Public transit	3.2%	3.7%
Walked	5.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	31.9%
Other means	1.9%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Belvoir	Laurel Hill
1-unit, detached	35.7%	38.0%
1-unit, attached	60.7%	23.8%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	18.7%
20 or more units	0.2%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Belvoir	Laurel Hill
Poverty rate	3.6%	4.3%
Average household size	4.24	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1998	2002