Belmont vs Menlo Park

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

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

Menlo Park has the higher population (32,775 vs 27,505 in Belmont). Belmont has the higher median household income ($207,609 vs $206,588 in Menlo Park). Both have a median home value of $2,000,001.

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Menlo Park
Population	27,505	32,775
Median age	40.4 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$207,609	$206,588
Median home value	$2,000,001	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,894	$3,156
Housing units	11,227	13,136
Homeownership rate	56.0%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.9%	72.7%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Menlo Park
Population	27,097 → 27,505 (+1.5%)	34,138 → 32,775 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$156,052 → $207,609 (+33.0%)	$160,784 → $206,588 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$1,527,500 → $2,000,001 (+30.9%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,342 → $2,894 (+23.6%)	$2,341 → $3,156 (+34.8%)

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

Menlo Park

Population

34,13832,775

Median household income

$160,784$206,588

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,341$3,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Menlo Park
Under 5	5.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	18.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.1%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	14.5%
35 to 44	16.4%	15.5%
45 to 54	15.4%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.5%	8.2%
75 and over	6.4%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Menlo Park
White (non-Hispanic)	46.2%	52.4%
Black or African American	1.5%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	29.4%	18.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.4%
Some other race	1.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.5%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Menlo Park
No high school diploma	4.0%	6.2%
High school graduate	7.9%	8.0%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	13.1%
Bachelor's degree	35.1%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	33.9%	46.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Menlo Park
Drove alone	54.6%	49.4%
Carpooled	5.9%	7.2%
Public transit	4.4%	3.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	7.8%
Worked from home	31.0%	29.3%
Other means	1.1%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Menlo Park
1-unit, detached	53.7%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	12.5%
20 or more units	21.8%	16.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Menlo Park
Poverty rate	6.5%	5.1%
Average household size	2.54	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1966	1962