Belle vs Chesapeake

A side-by-side comparison of Belle and Chesapeake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chesapeake has the higher population (1,615 vs 1,537 in Belle). Belle has the higher median household income ($74,200 vs $60,526 in Chesapeake). Belle has the higher median home value ($103,000 vs $83,100 in Chesapeake).

Population, income & housing

	Belle	Chesapeake
Population	1,537	1,615
Median age	38.4 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,200	$60,526
Median home value	$103,000	$83,100
Median gross rent	$896	$979
Housing units	769	774
Homeownership rate	79.4%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle	Chesapeake
Population	1,163 → 1,537 (+32.2%)	1,915 → 1,615 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$47,614 → $74,200 (+55.8%)	$38,550 → $60,526 (+57.0%)
Median home value	$112,300 → $103,000 (-8.3%)	$62,500 → $83,100 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $896 (+15.8%)	$711 → $979 (+37.7%)

Belle

Population

1,1631,537

Median household income

$47,614$74,200

Median home value

$112,300$103,000

Median gross rent

$774$896

Chesapeake

Population

1,9151,615

Median household income

$38,550$60,526

Median home value

$62,500$83,100

Median gross rent

$711$979

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle	Chesapeake
Under 5	1.2%	8.4%
5 to 17	21.7%	13.6%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	15.2%	15.0%
35 to 44	13.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	9.7%	16.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	9.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	12.3%
75 and over	9.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle	Chesapeake
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle	Chesapeake
No high school diploma	4.5%	14.4%
High school graduate	43.2%	47.9%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle	Chesapeake
Drove alone	82.0%	82.2%
Carpooled	2.2%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	2.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	1.8%
Other means	1.7%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle	Chesapeake
1-unit, detached	80.0%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	27.3%

Poverty & households

	Belle	Chesapeake
Poverty rate	5.6%	18.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1951	1961