Fort Belvoir vs North Springfield

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

Fort Belvoir and North Springfield 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 7,511 in North Springfield). North Springfield has the higher median household income ($124,118 vs $101,237 in Fort Belvoir). North Springfield has the higher median home value ($630,300 vs $244,400 in Fort Belvoir).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Belvoir	North Springfield
Population	8,107	7,511
Median age	18.9 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$101,237	$124,118
Median home value	$244,400	$630,300
Median gross rent	$3,212	$2,272
Housing units	2,102	2,416
Homeownership rate	1.8%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.5%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Belvoir	North Springfield
Population	7,967 → 8,107 (+1.8%)	7,303 → 7,511 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$77,263 → $101,237 (+31.0%)	$112,898 → $124,118 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$276,700 → $244,400 (-11.7%)	$474,300 → $630,300 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,736 → $3,212 (+17.4%)	$2,008 → $2,272 (+13.1%)

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

North Springfield

Population

7,3037,511

Median household income

$112,898$124,118

Median home value

$474,300$630,300

Median gross rent

$2,008$2,272

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Belvoir	North Springfield
Under 5	12.9%	9.8%
5 to 17	35.8%	14.8%
18 to 24	10.1%	8.5%
25 to 34	15.4%	14.2%
35 to 44	20.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	3.9%	10.1%
55 to 64	1.8%	18.3%
65 to 74	0.1%	8.1%
75 and over	0.1%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Belvoir	North Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	52.6%	34.3%
Black or African American	16.8%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	37.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	21.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Belvoir	North Springfield
No high school diploma	1.7%	13.8%
High school graduate	6.8%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.1%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Belvoir	North Springfield
Drove alone	74.2%	59.9%
Carpooled	9.0%	16.0%
Public transit	3.2%	6.1%
Walked	5.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	16.3%
Other means	1.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Belvoir	North Springfield
1-unit, detached	35.7%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	60.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Fort Belvoir	North Springfield
Poverty rate	3.6%	7.6%
Average household size	4.24	3.39
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1998	1958