Census-designated place · Rockingham County, Virginia

Belmont Estates, Virginia

Belmont Estates is a census-designated place in Rockingham County, Virginia, part of the Harrisonburg, VA metro area. It has 1,162 residents. Belmont Estates, Virginia has a quality-of-life score of 63 out of 100 (high), ranking #5,772 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Virginia it ranks #216 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on unemployment rate (low), hospital quality rating (high) and child care cost burden (low). It ranks worst on mental health providers (low), restaurants and bars (low) and dentists (low).

63High

Quality-of-life score: #5,772 of 15,651 cities and towns
Virginia: #216 of 375 in VA
Population: 1,162 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,749.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 5106336

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety70#4,764/15,637
Economy82#2,802/15,631
Housing—
Health75#3,951/15,609
Healthcare17#13,039/15,650
Environment77#3,615/15,453
Education73#4,263/15,649
Infrastructure45#8,651/15,650
Community62#6,023/15,651
Leisure & amenities8#14,396/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Belmont Estates, Virginia ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Rockingham County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Unemployment rate · low0.0%
98/100Virginia 3.4%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Hospital quality rating · high5.0
98/100Virginia 3.7United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesRockingham County value
Child care cost burden · low20.0%
95/100Virginia 24.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRockingham County value
Property crime rate · low420 /100k
93/100Virginia 1,354 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationRockingham County value
Violent crime rate · low96 /100k
87/100Virginia 206 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationRockingham County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.344
86/100Virginia 0.472United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Weaknesses

Mental health providers · low34 /100k
3/100Virginia 284 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRockingham County value
Restaurants and bars · low3.9 /10k
5/100Virginia 8.4 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsRockingham County value
Dentists · low22 /100k
5/100Virginia 76 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRockingham County value
Pharmacies · low0.7 /10k
6/100Virginia 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsRockingham County value
Drought exposure · high91%
6/100Virginia 70%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAARockingham County value
Primary care physicians · low26 /100k
9/100Virginia 76 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRockingham County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,226 (2015-2019) → 1,162 (2020-2024)
−5.2%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
70.2% (2015-2019) → 90.5% (2020-2024)
+20 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
93.8% (2015-2019) → 78.6% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
19.9% (2015-2019) → 4.9% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Poverty rateWorsening
2.7% (2015-2019) → 6.2% (2020-2024)
+3.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Unemployment rateImproving
2.6% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−2.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Belmont Estates, Virginia improved on 0 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Belmont Estates, Virginia between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.0%2015-2019	46.4%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Broadband subscriptions	70.2%2015-2019	90.5%2020-2024	+20 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Child poverty rate	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Effective property tax rate	0.63%2015-2019	0.57%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	28%
High school diploma or higher	93.8%2015-2019	78.6%2020-2024	−15 points	Within the margin of error	0%
Home price to income ratio	4.1×2015-2019	4.4×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	64%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3492015-2019	0.3442020-2024	−0.005	Within the margin of error	55%
Median household income	$81,8852015-2019	$86,8352020-2024	+6%	Within the margin of error	12%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Belmont Estates, Virginia five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Belmont Estates, Virginia in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Belmont Estates, Virginia itself moved −6 points in standing on average over the same 7 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,162 residents (±464)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 men (+15.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,162 residents (±464)

Belmont Estates, Virginia
Virginia share

White79%†917
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino15%†173

Education

929 residents (±302)

Belmont Estates, Virginia
Virginia share

No high school diploma21%†199
High school or GED20%†185
Some college8.5%

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

423 households (±132)

Belmont Estates, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $25k11%†48
$25k–50k17%†70
$50k–75k10%†44
$75k–100k27%†114
$100k–150k24%†103
$150k–200k5.7%†24
$200k or more4.7%†20

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

423 households (±132)

Belmont Estates, Virginia
Virginia share

Own96%†408
Rent3.5%†15

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

15 households (±25)

Belmont Estates, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,500100%†15

Home values

408 homes (±132)

Belmont Estates, Virginia
Virginia share

Under $150k4.4%†18
$150k–250k0.0%0
$250k–400k56%†228

Age of homes

423 homes (±132)

Belmont Estates, Virginia
Virginia share

2010 or later9.7%†41
2000–20095.4%†23
1980–199966%†280

Size of homes

423 homes (±132)

Belmont Estates, Virginia
Virginia share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms3.5%†15

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

343 workers (±191)

Belmont Estates, Virginia
Virginia share

Drive alone68%†234
Carpool21%†71
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home2.0%†7
Other9.0%†31

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

336 workers (±185)

Belmont Estates, Virginia
Virginia share

Under 15 min46%†156
15–29 min26%†89
30–44 min20%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Harrisonburg, VA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Rockingham County, the county holding most of Belmont Estates's residents.

Rockingham County has 1,648 employer establishments, 190 for every 10,000 residents (0.76× the US rate of 248; 0.79× Virginia's), with 29,517 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,854. The Census Bureau also counts 6,935 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,648; 6,935 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 190; US 248 · Virginia 241
Paid employees: 29,517
Average annual pay: $54,854; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Rockingham County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	196	22.6	1.46×More than typical	2,159	$58,600	611
Construction of buildings	111	12.8	1.69×More than typical	575	$56,925	323
Ambulatory health care services	103	11.9	0.57×Fewer than typical	1,058	$106,324	259
Religious organizations	97	11.2	2.01×More than typical	535	$21,736	—
Restaurants and other eating places	83	9.6	0.52×Fewer than typical	1,272	$20,653	15
Truck transportation	80	9.2	1.82×More than typical	480	$59,302	269
Services to buildings and dwellings	68	7.8	1.16×About typical	1,066	$32,699	483
Automotive repair and maintenance	63	7.2	1.44×More than typical	345	$49,241	132
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	56	6.4	2.04×More than typical	429	$60,310	92
Lessors of real estate	55	6.3	0.51×Fewer than typical	568	$53,979	808
Building equipment contractors	53	6.1	1.01×About typical	827	$59,489	103
Other specialty trade contractors	52	6	2.38×More than typical	592	$59,726	228

Rank places for an industry Open Rockingham County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 86,900 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $136.1K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Belmont Estates, Virginia: $117 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $136.1K; +106% vs FY2025
Per resident: $117; US $1,994
Sole-source: 66%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services$57K42%
Forest Service$40.5K30%
Public Buildings Service$38.6K28%
Defense Logistics Agency$4.260.0%

Top recipients

IRON MOUNTAIN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT LLC$57K42%
DOT CONSTRUCTION, INC$36.1K27%
MC DODD CONSTRUCTION LLC$33K24%
COPPERHEAD ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING INC$4,2403.1%
DAE SUNG LLC$2,8552.1%

Spending by fiscal year

8.8KFY2017
13.9KFY2018
216.6KFY2019
16.9KFY2020
25.5KFY2021
52.4KFY2022
79.7KFY2023
48.6KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$69.1K51%
Warehousing and storage · 4931$57K42%
Support activities for forestry · 1153$4,2403.1%
Facilities support services · 5612$2,8552.1%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$2,6912.0%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Belmont Estates, Virginia, so they do not add up across cities.

Belmont Estates, Virginia's figures are part of those of Rockingham County, VA ($9.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 1.4% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Belmont Estates is mostly in Rockingham County.

See federal money in Rockingham County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Belmont Estates, Virginia is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Ben ClineR-VA-6 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.0%

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Rockingham County67100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Harrisonburg, VA68

Other cities and towns in Rockingham County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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