Belle vs Pinch

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

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

Pinch has the higher population (3,893 vs 1,537 in Belle). Belle has the higher median household income ($74,200 vs $72,406 in Pinch). Pinch has the higher median home value ($198,400 vs $103,000 in Belle).

Population, income & housing

	Belle	Pinch
Population	1,537	3,893
Median age	38.4 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,200	$72,406
Median home value	$103,000	$198,400
Median gross rent	$896	$865
Housing units	769	1,414
Homeownership rate	79.4%	65.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle	Pinch
Population	1,163 → 1,537 (+32.2%)	2,746 → 3,893 (+41.8%)
Median household income	$47,614 → $74,200 (+55.8%)	$74,926 → $72,406 (-3.4%)
Median home value	$112,300 → $103,000 (-8.3%)	$167,300 → $198,400 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $896 (+15.8%)	$1,038 → $865 (-16.7%)

Belle

Population

1,1631,537

Median household income

$47,614$74,200

Median home value

$112,300$103,000

Median gross rent

$774$896

Pinch

Population

2,7463,893

Median household income

$74,926$72,406

Median home value

$167,300$198,400

Median gross rent

$1,038$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle	Pinch
Under 5	1.2%	9.5%
5 to 17	21.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	9.1%	1.9%
25 to 34	15.2%	4.7%
35 to 44	13.9%	7.7%
45 to 54	9.7%	14.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	18.5%
75 and over	9.5%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle	Pinch
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	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	3.3%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle	Pinch
No high school diploma	4.5%	2.3%
High school graduate	43.2%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle	Pinch
Drove alone	82.0%	67.1%
Carpooled	2.2%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	20.3%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle	Pinch
1-unit, detached	80.0%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Belle	Pinch
Poverty rate	5.6%	4.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1951	1980