Belle vs Sissonville

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

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

Sissonville has the higher population (2,706 vs 1,537 in Belle). Belle has the higher median household income ($74,200 vs $58,322 in Sissonville). Sissonville has the higher median home value ($166,300 vs $103,000 in Belle).

Population, income & housing

	Belle	Sissonville
Population	1,537	2,706
Median age	38.4 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,200	$58,322
Median home value	$103,000	$166,300
Median gross rent	$896	$754
Housing units	769	1,726
Homeownership rate	79.4%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle	Sissonville
Population	1,163 → 1,537 (+32.2%)	4,239 → 2,706 (-36.2%)
Median household income	$47,614 → $74,200 (+55.8%)	$43,100 → $58,322 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$112,300 → $103,000 (-8.3%)	$104,700 → $166,300 (+58.8%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $896 (+15.8%)	$725 → $754 (+4.0%)

Belle

Population

1,1631,537

Median household income

$47,614$74,200

Median home value

$112,300$103,000

Median gross rent

$774$896

Sissonville

Population

4,2392,706

Median household income

$43,100$58,322

Median home value

$104,700$166,300

Median gross rent

$725$754

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle	Sissonville
Under 5	1.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	21.7%	20.2%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.2%	8.3%
35 to 44	13.9%	10.6%
45 to 54	9.7%	16.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	8.7%
65 to 74	9.0%	16.5%
75 and over	9.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle	Sissonville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	97.5%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle	Sissonville
No high school diploma	4.5%	8.6%
High school graduate	43.2%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle	Sissonville
Drove alone	82.0%	79.4%
Carpooled	2.2%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	4.5%
Other means	1.7%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle	Sissonville
1-unit, detached	80.0%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	13.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Belle	Sissonville
Poverty rate	5.6%	19.8%
Average household size	2.48	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1951	1978