About Belle Haven

Belle Haven is a somewhat small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 6,269 people and just one neighborhood, Belle Haven is the 137th largest community in Virginia.

Belle Haven is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 93.06% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Belle Haven is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Belle Haven who work in management occupations (17.36%), office and administrative support jobs (13.71%), and business and financial occupations (9.41%).

Also of interest is that Belle Haven has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Belle Haven is also a town of artists. Belle Haven has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Belle Haven's character.

In addition, Belle Haven is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Belle Haven is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Belle Haven really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Belle Haven perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in Belle Haven is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Belle Haven, the average commute to work is 30.70 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Belle Haven is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Belle Haven Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Belle Haven. 60.58% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Belle Haven in 2000 was $46,483, which is wealthy relative to Virginia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $185,932 for a family of four. However, Belle Haven contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Belle Haven is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Belle Haven home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Belle Haven is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Belle Haven include Irish, English, German, Italian, Scottish, Scotch-Irish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Belle Haven is English. Some people also speak Spanish.