Belle vs Tornado

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

Belle and Tornado 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 1,101 in Tornado). Tornado has the higher median household income ($81,875 vs $74,200 in Belle). Tornado has the higher median home value ($156,500 vs $103,000 in Belle).

Population, income & housing

	Belle	Tornado
Population	1,537	1,101
Median age	38.4 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,200	$81,875
Median home value	$103,000	$156,500
Median gross rent	$896	$1,367
Housing units	769	405
Homeownership rate	79.4%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle	Tornado
Population	1,163 → 1,537 (+32.2%)	1,187 → 1,101 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$47,614 → $74,200 (+55.8%)	$67,564 → $81,875 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$112,300 → $103,000 (-8.3%)	$128,600 → $156,500 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $896 (+15.8%)	$1,109 → $1,367 (+23.3%)

Belle

Population

1,1631,537

Median household income

$47,614$74,200

Median home value

$112,300$103,000

Median gross rent

$774$896

Tornado

Population

1,1871,101

Median household income

$67,564$81,875

Median home value

$128,600$156,500

Median gross rent

$1,109$1,367

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle	Tornado
Under 5	1.2%	2.9%
5 to 17	21.7%	23.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.2%	13.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	10.3%
45 to 54	9.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	16.2%
75 and over	9.5%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle	Tornado
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle	Tornado
No high school diploma	4.5%	11.6%
High school graduate	43.2%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle	Tornado
Drove alone	82.0%	95.6%
Carpooled	2.2%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	1.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle	Tornado
1-unit, detached	80.0%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Belle	Tornado
Poverty rate	5.6%	7.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1951	1979