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Belington town, West Virginia: commercial real estate data.
Belington town is a Census town of 1,781 people across 2.06 square miles of land, in Barbour County. Median household income is $48,508, 75.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $767,700.
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Belington
What Belington is
- Census place typetown
- Land area2.06 sq mi
- Water area0.07 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land864
- County holding the largest share of its areaBarbour County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Belington
- Population1,781
- Median age42.6
- Population under 18345 plus or minus 94
- Share under 1819.4 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Population 65 and over339 plus or minus 105
- Share 65 and over19.0 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Households699
- Family households473
- Share of households that are families67.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Belington
- Median household income$48,508
- Per capita income$24,228
- Civilian labor force717 plus or minus 171
- Employed676 plus or minus 170
- Unemployed41 plus or minus 39
- Unemployment rate5.7 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Adults 25 and over1,330
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher11.6 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.5 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Belington
- Housing units789
- Occupied units699
- Vacant units90 plus or minus 46
- Vacancy rate11.4 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Owner occupied526
- Renter occupied173 plus or minus 72
- Ownership rate75.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$104,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$828
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.5 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Single family units628
- Share single family79.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more24 plus or minus 33
- Share in buildings of two or more3.0 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Mobile homes137 plus or minus 52
- Median year structure built1975
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Belington gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute612 plus or minus 153
- Commuting under 15 minutes231 plus or minus 93
- Share commuting under 15 minutes37.7 percent plus or minus 11.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more213 plus or minus 80
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more34.8 percent plus or minus 9.7
- Drove alone78.8 percent plus or minus 27.3
- Carpooled3.2 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked2.4 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Worked from home6.8 percent plus or minus 6.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Belington (7(a))
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$767,700
- Average approval$127,950
- Median approval$110,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$300,000
- Largest approval$300,000
- Jobs supported16
- Jobs per approval2.7
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more16.7 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Barbour County, not Belington
Barbour County context, not Belington figures
These are Barbour County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Belington measurements.
- Establishments in Barbour County217
- Employment at those establishments, Barbour County3,120
- Covered employment, Barbour County3,995
- Average annual pay, Barbour County$58,157
- Average weekly wage, Barbour County$1,118
- Housing units permitted, Barbour County2
- Of those, single family, Barbour County2
- County product, 2024, Barbour County$781,125,000
- County product change over the prior year, Barbour County8.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Barbour County$39,339
Every figure in this section is published for Barbour County as a whole and is not a measurement of Belington. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Belington questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Belington, West Virginia?
1,781, in 699 households. Belington town covers 2.06 square miles of land, which is 864 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Belington in?
Barbour County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Belington?
$48,508. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $104,400. Median gross rent is $828 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Belington businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $767,700, across 3 lenders, median approval $110,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Belington, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Belington borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Belington. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Belington figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Barbour County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Belington.
Is zoning published for Belington?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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