Socio-Economic Data
The accompanying tables present available socio-economic data from the 1980 and and 1990 U.S. Censuses. It is primarily derived from block data, which makes analysis by small area possible, although only limited data are released by blocks.
Charlottesville is part of a growing metropolitan area dependent upon the University of Virginia and medical institutions for a major share of its growth. The prosperity of the city depends upon its institutions and the surrrounding growth. Although the city itself has not been growing significantly in size, it has been relatively stable. The Belmont neighborhhod has also been essentially stable.
Tables 1-5, present 1990 block data for Belmont, and for each of its three sectors: North Belmont, Carlton and South Belmont. The data area also presented for Charlottesville for comparison. Table 6 presents other characteristics, comparing Belmont to the city as a whole, by total neighborhood only. Table 7 presents data from 1980 to compare to 1990, for both Belmont and Charlottesville. Both have remained relatively stable in population. (It should be noted that many central cities lost population between 1980 and 1990.) Minority population increased in the neighborhood and the city.
Table 1 – 1990 Population, by Race
Table 2 – 1990 Population, Selected Characateristics
Table 3 – 1990 Housing Characteristics
Table 4 – 1990 Housing Occupancy
Table 5 – 1990 Housing Tenure
Table 6 – 1990 Selected Characterisics
Table 7 – 1980, 1990 Selected Comparisons
