Amherst Town vs Belchertown

A side-by-side comparison of Amherst Town and Belchertown: population, income, housing, and more.

Amherst Town and Belchertown are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Amherst Town has the higher population (35,472 vs 2,299 in Belchertown). Belchertown has the higher median household income ($68,393 vs $65,938 in Amherst Town). Amherst Town has the higher median home value ($454,000 vs $331,500 in Belchertown).

Population, income & housing

	Amherst Town	Belchertown
Population	35,472	2,299
Median age	21.3 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,938	$68,393
Median home value	$454,000	$331,500
Median gross rent	$1,570	$913
Housing units	10,400	1,300
Homeownership rate	45.9%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.8%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amherst Town	Belchertown
Population	39,995 → 35,472 (-11.3%)	2,874 → 2,299 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$56,906 → $65,938 (+15.9%)	$78,578 → $68,393 (-13.0%)
Median home value	$369,600 → $454,000 (+22.8%)	$260,300 → $331,500 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,275 → $1,570 (+23.1%)	$729 → $913 (+25.2%)

Amherst Town

Population

39,99535,472

Median household income

$56,906$65,938

Median home value

$369,600$454,000

Median gross rent

$1,275$1,570

Belchertown

Population

2,8742,299

Median household income

$78,578$68,393

Median home value

$260,300$331,500

Median gross rent

$729$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amherst Town	Belchertown
Under 5	1.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	6.8%	11.0%
18 to 24	58.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	5.2%	11.5%
35 to 44	5.9%	7.5%
45 to 54	5.6%	9.7%
55 to 64	6.3%	18.2%
65 to 74	6.2%	15.5%
75 and over	3.7%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amherst Town	Belchertown
White (non-Hispanic)	65.9%	87.3%
Black or African American	4.5%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.7%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amherst Town	Belchertown
No high school diploma	2.9%	2.8%
High school graduate	8.6%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	52.1%	20.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amherst Town	Belchertown
Drove alone	42.1%	81.3%
Carpooled	5.8%	2.2%
Public transit	8.2%	0.0%
Walked	21.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.3%	14.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amherst Town	Belchertown
1-unit, detached	42.9%	51.2%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	23.8%
20 or more units	18.5%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Amherst Town	Belchertown
Poverty rate	24.1%	16.5%
Average household size	2.21	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1974	1985