Belle vs Coal Fork

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

Belle and Coal Fork 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 1,414 in Coal Fork). Belle has the higher median household income ($74,200 vs $64,053 in Coal Fork). Belle has the higher median home value ($103,000 vs $101,900 in Coal Fork).

Population, income & housing

	Belle	Coal Fork
Population	1,537	1,414
Median age	38.4 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,200	$64,053
Median home value	$103,000	$101,900
Median gross rent	$896	$1,023
Housing units	769	662
Homeownership rate	79.4%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	31.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle	Coal Fork
Population	1,163 → 1,537 (+32.2%)	1,157 → 1,414 (+22.2%)
Median household income	$47,614 → $74,200 (+55.8%)	$46,188 → $64,053 (+38.7%)
Median home value	$112,300 → $103,000 (-8.3%)	$78,500 → $101,900 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $896 (+15.8%)	$1,054 → $1,023 (-2.9%)

Belle

Population

1,1631,537

Median household income

$47,614$74,200

Median home value

$112,300$103,000

Median gross rent

$774$896

Coal Fork

Population

1,1571,414

Median household income

$46,188$64,053

Median home value

$78,500$101,900

Median gross rent

$1,054$1,023

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle	Coal Fork
Under 5	1.2%	1.0%
5 to 17	21.7%	15.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	1.1%
25 to 34	15.2%	17.2%
35 to 44	13.9%	4.5%
45 to 54	9.7%	27.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	9.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	14.4%
75 and over	9.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle	Coal Fork
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
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%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle	Coal Fork
No high school diploma	4.5%	12.7%
High school graduate	43.2%	61.8%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	12.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle	Coal Fork
Drove alone	82.0%	95.7%
Carpooled	2.2%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	0.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle	Coal Fork
1-unit, detached	80.0%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	20.5%

Poverty & households

	Belle	Coal Fork
Poverty rate	5.6%	8.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1951	1962