Belmont vs Lowes Island

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

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

Lowes Island has the higher population (11,199 vs 9,525 in Belmont). Belmont has the higher median household income ($232,879 vs $220,238 in Lowes Island). Belmont has the higher median home value ($807,100 vs $777,700 in Lowes Island).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Lowes Island
Population	9,525	11,199
Median age	40.6 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$232,879	$220,238
Median home value	$807,100	$777,700
Median gross rent	$2,853	$2,897
Housing units	3,088	3,933
Homeownership rate	90.2%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.8%	73.7%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Lowes Island
Population	6,632 → 9,525 (+43.6%)	10,860 → 11,199 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$220,750 → $232,879 (+5.5%)	$176,830 → $220,238 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$711,400 → $807,100 (+13.5%)	$596,500 → $777,700 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$3,229 → $2,853 (-11.6%)	$2,351 → $2,897 (+23.2%)

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

Lowes Island

Population

10,86011,199

Median household income

$176,830$220,238

Median home value

$596,500$777,700

Median gross rent

$2,351$2,897

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Lowes Island
Under 5	6.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	22.4%	20.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	6.1%	9.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	16.0%
45 to 54	23.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.7%
65 to 74	3.3%	7.8%
75 and over	4.2%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Lowes Island
White (non-Hispanic)	54.9%	64.6%
Black or African American	2.3%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	27.3%	16.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.3%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Lowes Island
No high school diploma	1.7%	2.9%
High school graduate	7.8%	9.8%
Some college or associate's	13.7%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	37.9%	42.5%
Graduate or professional degree	38.9%	31.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Lowes Island
Drove alone	56.9%	60.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	5.1%
Public transit	1.8%	3.4%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.0%	30.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Lowes Island
1-unit, detached	58.1%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	37.2%	36.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	2.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Lowes Island
Poverty rate	1.7%	0.7%
Average household size	3.08	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	2005	1996