Belspring vs Hiwassee

A side-by-side comparison of Belspring and Hiwassee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belspring has the higher population (191 vs 83 in Hiwassee). Hiwassee has the higher median household income ($67,788 vs $58,893 in Belspring). Belspring has the higher median home value ($324,300 vs $103,400 in Hiwassee).

Population, income & housing

	Belspring	Hiwassee
Population	191	83
Median age	42.6 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,893	$67,788
Median home value	$324,300	$103,400
Housing units	65	105
Homeownership rate	81.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belspring	Hiwassee
Population	199 → 191 (-4.0%)	310 → 83 (-73.2%)
Median household income	—	$70,855 → $67,788 (-4.3%)
Median home value	$129,300 → $324,300 (+150.8%)	$174,300 → $103,400 (-40.7%)

Belspring

Population

199191

Median home value

$129,300$324,300

Hiwassee

Population

31083

Median household income

$70,855$67,788

Median home value

$174,300$103,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belspring	Hiwassee
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.0%	7.2%
18 to 24	5.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	20.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	20.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	32.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	26.5%
65 to 74	12.0%	33.7%
75 and over	18.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belspring	Hiwassee
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belspring	Hiwassee
No high school diploma	18.1%	14.3%
High school graduate	54.4%	66.2%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belspring	Hiwassee
Drove alone	83.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	17.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belspring	Hiwassee
1-unit, detached	81.5%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.5%	42.9%

Poverty & households

	Belspring	Hiwassee
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.94	1.84
Median year structure built	1938	1976