Belchertown vs Ware

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

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

Ware has the higher population (5,723 vs 2,299 in Belchertown). Belchertown has the higher median household income ($68,393 vs $52,039 in Ware). Belchertown has the higher median home value ($331,500 vs $229,700 in Ware).

Population, income & housing

	Belchertown	Ware
Population	2,299	5,723
Median age	52.1 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,393	$52,039
Median home value	$331,500	$229,700
Median gross rent	$913	$1,046
Housing units	1,300	2,996
Homeownership rate	62.0%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belchertown	Ware
Population	2,874 → 2,299 (-20.0%)	5,888 → 5,723 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$78,578 → $68,393 (-13.0%)	$42,550 → $52,039 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$260,300 → $331,500 (+27.4%)	$179,400 → $229,700 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $913 (+25.2%)	$943 → $1,046 (+10.9%)

Belchertown

Population

2,8742,299

Median household income

$78,578$68,393

Median home value

$260,300$331,500

Median gross rent

$729$913

Ware

Population

5,8885,723

Median household income

$42,550$52,039

Median home value

$179,400$229,700

Median gross rent

$943$1,046

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belchertown	Ware
Under 5	6.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	11.0%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	7.5%	8.9%
45 to 54	9.7%	15.5%
55 to 64	18.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	15.5%	6.9%
75 and over	13.5%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belchertown	Ware
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	86.1%
Black or African American	7.2%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belchertown	Ware
No high school diploma	2.8%	9.4%
High school graduate	26.3%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.7%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belchertown	Ware
Drove alone	81.3%	76.4%
Carpooled	2.2%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belchertown	Ware
1-unit, detached	51.2%	39.8%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	38.4%
5 to 19 units	23.8%	9.4%
20 or more units	3.5%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Belchertown	Ware
Poverty rate	16.5%	14.2%
Average household size	1.83	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1985	1938