Fort Belvoir is a somewhat small town located in the state of Virginia. With a population of 7,637 people and two associated neighborhoods, Fort Belvoir is the 89th largest community in Virginia.
Fort Belvoir home prices are not only among the most expensive in Virginia, but Fort Belvoir real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Fort Belvoir is a military town: the armed forces employs 35.12% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Retail and Healthcare are important in the local economy and are the town’s largest civilian employers, employing 21.82% and 18.87% of the civilian workforce respectively.
Also of interest is that Fort Belvoir has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Fort Belvoir, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Fort Belvoir is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 54.98% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Fort Belvoir in 2022 was $27,599, which is low income relative to Virginia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,396 for a family of four. However, Fort Belvoir contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Fort Belvoir is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Belvoir home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Belvoir residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fort Belvoir also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.14% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Belvoir include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Fort Belvoir is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.