Belle vs Clendenin

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

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

Belle has the higher population (1,537 vs 994 in Clendenin). Belle has the higher median household income ($74,200 vs $49,423 in Clendenin). Belle has the higher median home value ($103,000 vs $81,700 in Clendenin).

Population, income & housing

	Belle	Clendenin
Population	1,537	994
Median age	38.4 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,200	$49,423
Median home value	$103,000	$81,700
Median gross rent	$896	$1,063
Housing units	769	384
Homeownership rate	79.4%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle	Clendenin
Population	1,163 → 1,537 (+32.2%)	1,101 → 994 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$47,614 → $74,200 (+55.8%)	$42,083 → $49,423 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$112,300 → $103,000 (-8.3%)	$66,300 → $81,700 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $896 (+15.8%)	$805 → $1,063 (+32.0%)

Belle

Population

1,1631,537

Median household income

$47,614$74,200

Median home value

$112,300$103,000

Median gross rent

$774$896

Clendenin

Population

1,101994

Median household income

$42,083$49,423

Median home value

$66,300$81,700

Median gross rent

$805$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle	Clendenin
Under 5	1.2%	18.0%
5 to 17	21.7%	16.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	13.2%
25 to 34	15.2%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	6.4%
45 to 54	9.7%	7.2%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.1%
75 and over	9.5%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle	Clendenin
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	99.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.4%
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	3.3%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle	Clendenin
No high school diploma	4.5%	9.1%
High school graduate	43.2%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle	Clendenin
Drove alone	82.0%	63.8%
Carpooled	2.2%	17.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	12.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	6.3%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle	Clendenin
1-unit, detached	80.0%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Belle	Clendenin
Poverty rate	5.6%	4.4%
Average household size	2.48	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1951	1949