Belmont vs Purcellville

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

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

Belmont has the higher population (9,525 vs 8,974 in Purcellville). Belmont has the higher median household income ($232,879 vs $162,981 in Purcellville). Belmont has the higher median home value ($807,100 vs $594,000 in Purcellville).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Purcellville
Population	9,525	8,974
Median age	40.6 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$232,879	$162,981
Median home value	$807,100	$594,000
Median gross rent	$2,853	$2,086
Housing units	3,088	2,894
Homeownership rate	90.2%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.8%	57.9%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Purcellville
Population	6,632 → 9,525 (+43.6%)	9,897 → 8,974 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$220,750 → $232,879 (+5.5%)	$139,074 → $162,981 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$711,400 → $807,100 (+13.5%)	$464,200 → $594,000 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$3,229 → $2,853 (-11.6%)	$1,428 → $2,086 (+46.1%)

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

Purcellville

Population

9,8978,974

Median household income

$139,074$162,981

Median home value

$464,200$594,000

Median gross rent

$1,428$2,086

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Purcellville
Under 5	6.5%	7.7%
5 to 17	22.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	8.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	6.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	13.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	23.4%	16.8%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.1%
65 to 74	3.3%	4.5%
75 and over	4.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Purcellville
White (non-Hispanic)	54.9%	72.0%
Black or African American	2.3%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	27.3%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	14.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Purcellville
No high school diploma	1.7%	5.8%
High school graduate	7.8%	12.3%
Some college or associate's	13.7%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	37.9%	36.2%
Graduate or professional degree	38.9%	21.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Purcellville
Drove alone	56.9%	59.9%
Carpooled	5.6%	6.5%
Public transit	1.8%	1.7%
Walked	1.6%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	2.0%
Worked from home	33.0%	25.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Purcellville
1-unit, detached	58.1%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	37.2%	20.2%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	7.4%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Purcellville
Poverty rate	1.7%	4.8%
Average household size	3.08	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	2005	1999