Belchertown vs Granby

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

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

Belchertown has the higher population (2,299 vs 1,127 in Granby). Granby has the higher median household income ($126,136 vs $68,393 in Belchertown). Belchertown has the higher median home value ($331,500 vs $299,700 in Granby).

Population, income & housing

	Belchertown	Granby
Population	2,299	1,127
Median age	52.1 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,393	$126,136
Median home value	$331,500	$299,700
Median gross rent	$913	—
Housing units	1,300	544
Homeownership rate	62.0%	93.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belchertown	Granby
Population	2,874 → 2,299 (-20.0%)	1,272 → 1,127 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$78,578 → $68,393 (-13.0%)	$96,397 → $126,136 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$260,300 → $331,500 (+27.4%)	$240,900 → $299,700 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $913 (+25.2%)	$732 → $859 (+17.3%)

Belchertown

Population

2,8742,299

Median household income

$78,578$68,393

Median home value

$260,300$331,500

Median gross rent

$729$913

Granby

Population

1,2721,127

Median household income

$96,397$126,136

Median home value

$240,900$299,700

Median gross rent

$732$859

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belchertown	Granby
Under 5	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.0%	23.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	2.8%
35 to 44	7.5%	14.0%
45 to 54	9.7%	20.9%
55 to 64	18.2%	18.9%
65 to 74	15.5%	6.6%
75 and over	13.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belchertown	Granby
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	94.7%
Black or African American	7.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belchertown	Granby
No high school diploma	2.8%	4.8%
High school graduate	26.3%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	33.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.7%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belchertown	Granby
Drove alone	81.3%	89.2%
Carpooled	2.2%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belchertown	Granby
1-unit, detached	51.2%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	23.8%	11.4%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belchertown	Granby
Poverty rate	16.5%	7.5%
Average household size	1.83	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1985	1971