Belview vs Shawsville

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

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

Shawsville has the higher population (1,725 vs 920 in Belview). Shawsville has the higher median household income ($70,469 vs $45,000 in Belview). Belview has the higher median home value ($139,100 vs $84,300 in Shawsville).

Population, income & housing

	Belview	Shawsville
Population	920	1,725
Median age	28.6 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,000	$70,469
Median home value	$139,100	$84,300
Median gross rent	$1,039	$1,115
Housing units	352	563
Homeownership rate	39.5%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belview	Shawsville
Population	1,072 → 920 (-14.2%)	1,548 → 1,725 (+11.4%)
Median household income	$56,737 → $45,000 (-20.7%)	$60,212 → $70,469 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $139,100 (-11.0%)	$111,600 → $84,300 (-24.5%)
Median gross rent	$734 → $1,039 (+41.6%)	$906 → $1,115 (+23.1%)

Belview

Population

1,072920

Median household income

$56,737$45,000

Median home value

$156,300$139,100

Median gross rent

$734$1,039

Shawsville

Population

1,5481,725

Median household income

$60,212$70,469

Median home value

$111,600$84,300

Median gross rent

$906$1,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belview	Shawsville
Under 5	3.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	25.4%	22.8%
18 to 24	13.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.8%	27.9%
35 to 44	18.4%	14.3%
45 to 54	5.1%	4.5%
55 to 64	7.7%	19.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	4.6%
75 and over	0.8%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belview	Shawsville
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	86.6%
Black or African American	20.8%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belview	Shawsville
No high school diploma	21.9%	11.0%
High school graduate	29.8%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belview	Shawsville
Drove alone	69.1%	96.6%
Carpooled	27.2%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belview	Shawsville
1-unit, detached	28.7%	38.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	23.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	47.7%	58.6%

Poverty & households

	Belview	Shawsville
Poverty rate	32.6%	11.7%
Average household size	2.61	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	2002	1976