Belview vs Merrimac

A side-by-side comparison of Belview and Merrimac: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Merrimac has the higher population (2,955 vs 920 in Belview). Merrimac has the higher median household income ($55,202 vs $45,000 in Belview). Belview has the higher median home value ($139,100 vs $73,400 in Merrimac).

Population, income & housing

	Belview	Merrimac
Population	920	2,955
Median age	28.6 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$45,000	$55,202
Median home value	$139,100	$73,400
Median gross rent	$1,039	$1,099
Housing units	352	1,715
Homeownership rate	39.5%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belview	Merrimac
Population	1,072 → 920 (-14.2%)	2,651 → 2,955 (+11.5%)
Median household income	$56,737 → $45,000 (-20.7%)	$43,846 → $55,202 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $139,100 (-11.0%)	$211,400 → $73,400 (-65.3%)
Median gross rent	$734 → $1,039 (+41.6%)	$662 → $1,099 (+66.0%)

Belview

Population

1,072920

Median household income

$56,737$45,000

Median home value

$156,300$139,100

Median gross rent

$734$1,039

Merrimac

Population

2,6512,955

Median household income

$43,846$55,202

Median home value

$211,400$73,400

Median gross rent

$662$1,099

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belview	Merrimac
Under 5	3.6%	2.5%
5 to 17	25.4%	7.0%
18 to 24	13.8%	10.2%
25 to 34	15.8%	21.5%
35 to 44	18.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	5.1%	9.1%
55 to 64	7.7%	4.9%
65 to 74	9.5%	13.2%
75 and over	0.8%	18.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belview	Merrimac
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	70.8%
Black or African American	20.8%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.5%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.9%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belview	Merrimac
No high school diploma	21.9%	7.7%
High school graduate	29.8%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	27.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belview	Merrimac
Drove alone	69.1%	70.7%
Carpooled	27.2%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	11.7%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belview	Merrimac
1-unit, detached	28.7%	15.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	23.6%	21.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	23.2%
Mobile home & other	47.7%	32.6%

Poverty & households

	Belview	Merrimac
Poverty rate	32.6%	11.8%
Average household size	2.61	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	22	14
Median year structure built	2002	1989