Belva vs Fenwick

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

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

Fenwick has the higher population (45 vs 35 in Belva). Belva has the higher median household income ($70,833 vs $48,393 in Fenwick). Since 2019, Belva's population has grown faster (-34.0% vs -71.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Belva	Fenwick
Population	35	45
Median age	45.9 yrs	70.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,833	$48,393
Median home value	—	$43,400
Housing units	12	25
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belva	Fenwick
Population	53 → 35 (-34.0%)	158 → 45 (-71.5%)
Median household income	$44,514 → $70,833 (+59.1%)	$33,514 → $48,393 (+44.4%)
Median home value	—	$32,500 → $43,400 (+33.5%)

Belva

Population

5335

Median household income

$44,514$70,833

Fenwick

Population

15845

Median household income

$33,514$48,393

Median home value

$32,500$43,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belva	Fenwick
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	42.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	20.0%	28.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	44.4%
75 and over	11.4%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belva	Fenwick
White (non-Hispanic)	68.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	31.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belva	Fenwick
No high school diploma	33.3%	10.8%
High school graduate	53.3%	89.2%
Some college or associate's	13.3%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belva	Fenwick
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belva	Fenwick
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belva	Fenwick
Poverty rate	0.0%	28.9%
Average household size	2.92	1.80
Median year structure built	1970	1963