Belmont vs Cascades

A side-by-side comparison of Belmont and Cascades: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cascades has the higher population (12,489 vs 9,525 in Belmont). Belmont has the higher median household income ($232,879 vs $166,023 in Cascades). Belmont has the higher median home value ($807,100 vs $617,100 in Cascades).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Cascades
Population	9,525	12,489
Median age	40.6 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$232,879	$166,023
Median home value	$807,100	$617,100
Median gross rent	$2,853	$2,552
Housing units	3,088	4,733
Homeownership rate	90.2%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.8%	68.2%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Cascades
Population	6,632 → 9,525 (+43.6%)	11,389 → 12,489 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$220,750 → $232,879 (+5.5%)	$151,111 → $166,023 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$711,400 → $807,100 (+13.5%)	$486,000 → $617,100 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$3,229 → $2,853 (-11.6%)	$1,944 → $2,552 (+31.3%)

Belmont

Population

6,6329,525

Median household income

$220,750$232,879

Median home value

$711,400$807,100

Median gross rent

$3,229$2,853

Cascades

Population

11,38912,489

Median household income

$151,111$166,023

Median home value

$486,000$617,100

Median gross rent

$1,944$2,552

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Cascades
Under 5	6.5%	9.2%
5 to 17	22.4%	14.1%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	6.1%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	14.1%
45 to 54	23.4%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	3.3%	7.3%
75 and over	4.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Cascades
White (non-Hispanic)	54.9%	53.9%
Black or African American	2.3%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	27.3%	18.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	4.4%
Two or more races	6.3%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Cascades
No high school diploma	1.7%	2.1%
High school graduate	7.8%	10.2%
Some college or associate's	13.7%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	37.9%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	38.9%	30.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Cascades
Drove alone	56.9%	63.2%
Carpooled	5.6%	5.1%
Public transit	1.8%	2.1%
Walked	1.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	33.0%	26.6%
Other means	0.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Cascades
1-unit, detached	58.1%	33.8%
1-unit, attached	37.2%	37.9%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	12.8%
20 or more units	1.5%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Cascades
Poverty rate	1.7%	2.8%
Average household size	3.08	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	2005	1995