Belchertown vs Northampton

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

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

Northampton has the higher population (28,640 vs 2,299 in Belchertown). Northampton has the higher median household income ($78,467 vs $68,393 in Belchertown). Northampton has the higher median home value ($398,000 vs $331,500 in Belchertown).

Population, income & housing

	Belchertown	Northampton
Population	2,299	28,640
Median age	52.1 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,393	$78,467
Median home value	$331,500	$398,000
Median gross rent	$913	$1,404
Housing units	1,300	13,217
Homeownership rate	62.0%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	61.3%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belchertown	Northampton
Population	2,874 → 2,299 (-20.0%)	28,516 → 28,640 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$78,578 → $68,393 (-13.0%)	$66,522 → $78,467 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$260,300 → $331,500 (+27.4%)	$332,100 → $398,000 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $913 (+25.2%)	$1,158 → $1,404 (+21.2%)

Belchertown

Population

2,8742,299

Median household income

$78,578$68,393

Median home value

$260,300$331,500

Median gross rent

$729$913

Northampton

Population

28,51628,640

Median household income

$66,522$78,467

Median home value

$332,100$398,000

Median gross rent

$1,158$1,404

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belchertown	Northampton
Under 5	6.4%	3.4%
5 to 17	11.0%	12.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	14.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	12.3%
35 to 44	7.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	18.2%	12.6%
65 to 74	15.5%	12.5%
75 and over	13.5%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belchertown	Northampton
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	80.0%
Black or African American	7.2%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belchertown	Northampton
No high school diploma	2.8%	5.1%
High school graduate	26.3%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.7%	34.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belchertown	Northampton
Drove alone	81.3%	59.7%
Carpooled	2.2%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	2.9%
Walked	1.8%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	14.7%	21.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belchertown	Northampton
1-unit, detached	51.2%	44.8%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	23.5%
5 to 19 units	23.8%	13.6%
20 or more units	3.5%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Belchertown	Northampton
Poverty rate	16.5%	12.5%
Average household size	1.83	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1985	1956