Belva vs Craigsville

A side-by-side comparison of Belva and Craigsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Craigsville has the higher population (1,584 vs 35 in Belva). Belva has the higher median household income ($70,833 vs $28,718 in Craigsville). Since 2019, Craigsville's population has grown faster (-33.3% vs -34.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Belva	Craigsville
Population	35	1,584
Median age	45.9 yrs	59.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,833	$28,718
Median home value	—	$95,300
Median gross rent	—	$607
Housing units	12	961
Homeownership rate	100.0%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belva	Craigsville
Population	53 → 35 (-34.0%)	2,375 → 1,584 (-33.3%)
Median household income	$44,514 → $70,833 (+59.1%)	$42,333 → $28,718 (-32.2%)
Median home value	—	$68,400 → $95,300 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$436 → $607 (+39.2%)

Belva

Population

5335

Median household income

$44,514$70,833

Craigsville

Population

2,3751,584

Median household income

$42,333$28,718

Median home value

$68,400$95,300

Median gross rent

$436$607

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belva	Craigsville
Under 5	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	14.3%	7.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.4%
35 to 44	11.4%	7.6%
45 to 54	42.9%	9.1%
55 to 64	20.0%	24.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	24.6%
75 and over	11.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belva	Craigsville
White (non-Hispanic)	68.6%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	31.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belva	Craigsville
No high school diploma	33.3%	15.0%
High school graduate	53.3%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	13.3%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belva	Craigsville
Drove alone	100.0%	82.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belva	Craigsville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	20.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Belva	Craigsville
Poverty rate	0.0%	19.6%
Average household size	2.92	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1970	1979