Belle Haven is a census-designated place

Census-designated place

A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

 (CDP) in Fairfax County

Fairfax County, Virginia

Fairfax County is a county in Virginia, in the United States. Per the 2010 Census, the population of the county is 1,081,726, making it the most populous jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Virginia, with 13.5% of Virginia's population...

, Virginia

Virginia

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, United States

United States

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. Nearby CDPs are Huntington, Virginia

Huntington, Virginia

Huntington is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 11,267 at the 2010 census. To the east is Belle Haven, Fairfax County, Virginia and to the south Groveton, Virginia. Its main component is the namesake Huntington subdivision, a late-1940s...

 (west), Groveton, Virginia

Groveton, Virginia

Groveton is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Nearby CDPs are Mount Vernon, Virginia , Belle Haven, Fairfax County, Virginia and Hybla Valley, Virginia . The population was 14,598 at the 2010 census, down from 21,296 in 2000 due to a reduction in area...

 (southwest) and Fort Hunt, Virginia

Fort Hunt, Virginia

Fort Hunt is a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. . It is one of the wealthiest places in the United States with a median household income surpassing that of Greenwich, Connecticut and Malibu, California, and is most famous for the site of former P.O...

 (south). The population was 6,518 at the 2010 census.

The CDP is located just south of Old Town Alexandria

Alexandria, Virginia

Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2009, the city had a total population of 139,966. Located along the Western bank of the Potomac River, Alexandria is approximately six miles south of downtown Washington, D.C.Like the rest of northern Virginia, as well as...

 and bounded on the west by Richmond Highway (U.S. 1

U.S. Route 1 in Virginia

U.S. Route 1 in the U.S. state of Virginia runs north–south through South Hill, Petersburg, Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Alexandria on its way from North Carolina to the 14th Street Bridge into the District of Columbia...

) and on the east by the Potomac River

Potomac River

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. It encompasses Belle Haven, a wealthy subdivision dating from the 1920s, and several adjoining neighborhoods. Some, particularly New Alexandria and Belle View, are among the lowest-lying residential areas of Fairfax County, and sustained extensive flood damage from storms including 2003's Hurricane Isabel

Hurricane Isabel

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 and 1972's Hurricane Agnes

Hurricane Agnes

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. The Belle View branch of the Alexandria Post Office

United States Postal Service

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 is located here, and serves the 22307 ZIP code

ZIP Code

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 in which the majority of the CDP falls.

Geography

Belle Haven is located at 38°46′44"N 77°3′39"W (38.779013, -77.060721).

According to the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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, the CDP has a total area of 2.7 square miles (6.9 km²), of which, 2.0 square miles (5.1 km²) of it is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km²) of it (25.66%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census

Census

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of 2000, there were 6,269 people, 3,116 households, and 1,570 families residing in the CDP. The population density

Population density

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 was 3,182.3 people per square mile (1,228.7/km²). There were 3,220 housing units at an average density of 1,634.6/sq mi (631.1/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 86.17% White, 6.88% African American, 0.26% Native American, 2.27% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 1.93% from other races

Race (United States Census)

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, and 2.44% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.47% of the population.
There were 3,116 households out of which 19.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.7% were married couples

Marriage

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 living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 49.6% were non-families. 41.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.01 and the average family size was 2.77.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 17.2% under the age of 18, 4.1% from 18 to 24, 35.0% from 25 to 44, 28.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 87.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.5 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $65,262, and the median income for a family was $92,195. Males had a median income of $55,446 versus $42,485 for females. The per capita income

Per capita income

Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

 for the CDP was $46,483. About 3.3% of families and 5.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.7% of those under age 18 and 3.4% of those age 65 or over.

Population history of Belle Haven CDP from the U.S. Census Bureau

• 1980...6,520
• 1990...6,427
• 2000...6,269
• 2010...6,518

External links

• I love Belle Haven -- a site with pictures and information about Belle Haven