Belspring vs New River

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

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

New River has the higher population (377 vs 191 in Belspring). Belspring has the higher median household income ($58,893 vs $39,196 in New River). Belspring has the higher median home value ($324,300 vs $143,500 in New River).

Population, income & housing

	Belspring	New River
Population	191	377
Median age	42.6 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,893	$39,196
Median home value	$324,300	$143,500
Housing units	65	220
Homeownership rate	81.5%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	62.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belspring	New River
Population	199 → 191 (-4.0%)	704 → 377 (-46.4%)
Median household income	—	$98,394 → $39,196 (-60.2%)
Median home value	$129,300 → $324,300 (+150.8%)	$229,300 → $143,500 (-37.4%)

Belspring

Population

199191

Median home value

$129,300$324,300

New River

Population

704377

Median household income

$98,394$39,196

Median home value

$229,300$143,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belspring	New River
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	20.4%	9.5%
35 to 44	20.4%	7.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	24.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	19.1%
65 to 74	12.0%	35.0%
75 and over	18.3%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belspring	New River
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	27.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	65.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.4%
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	New River
No high school diploma	18.1%	4.2%
High school graduate	54.4%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	7.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	37.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belspring	New River
Drove alone	83.0%	95.7%
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%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belspring	New River
1-unit, detached	81.5%	93.6%
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%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	18.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belspring	New River
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.7%
Average household size	2.94	1.71
Median year structure built	1938	1972