Belmont vs Burlingame

A side-by-side comparison of Belmont and Burlingame: population, income, housing, and more.

Belmont and Burlingame are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Burlingame has the higher population (30,526 vs 27,505 in Belmont). Belmont has the higher median household income ($207,609 vs $168,832 in Burlingame). Both have a median home value of $2,000,001.

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Burlingame
Population	27,505	30,526
Median age	40.4 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$207,609	$168,832
Median home value	$2,000,001	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,894	$2,643
Housing units	11,227	13,675
Homeownership rate	56.0%	50.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.9%	64.2%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Burlingame
Population	27,097 → 27,505 (+1.5%)	30,576 → 30,526 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$156,052 → $207,609 (+33.0%)	$128,447 → $168,832 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$1,527,500 → $2,000,001 (+30.9%)	$1,901,900 → $2,000,001 (+5.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,342 → $2,894 (+23.6%)	$2,210 → $2,643 (+19.6%)

Belmont

Population

27,09727,505

Median household income

$156,052$207,609

Median home value

$1,527,500$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,342$2,894

Burlingame

Population

30,57630,526

Median household income

$128,447$168,832

Median home value

$1,901,900$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,210$2,643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Burlingame
Under 5	5.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.3%	16.3%
18 to 24	5.1%	4.7%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.0%
35 to 44	16.4%	16.0%
45 to 54	15.4%	16.3%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.3%
65 to 74	7.5%	7.8%
75 and over	6.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Burlingame
White (non-Hispanic)	46.2%	51.9%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	29.4%	28.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.2%
Some other race	1.2%	1.1%
Two or more races	6.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Burlingame
No high school diploma	4.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	7.9%	9.8%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.1%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	33.9%	31.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Burlingame
Drove alone	54.6%	55.5%
Carpooled	5.9%	4.7%
Public transit	4.4%	9.2%
Walked	2.4%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.6%
Worked from home	31.0%	24.1%
Other means	1.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Burlingame
1-unit, detached	53.7%	48.7%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	21.3%
20 or more units	21.8%	21.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Burlingame
Poverty rate	6.5%	6.1%
Average household size	2.54	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1966	1957