Belmont vs Burlington

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

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

Belmont has the higher population (27,009 vs 26,223 in Burlington). Belmont has the higher median household income ($178,188 vs $142,207 in Burlington). Belmont has the higher median home value ($1,108,800 vs $679,400 in Burlington).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Burlington
Population	27,009	26,223
Median age	42.4 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$178,188	$142,207
Median home value	$1,108,800	$679,400
Median gross rent	$2,387	$2,597
Housing units	10,833	10,533
Homeownership rate	64.2%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.2%	58.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Burlington
Population	26,113 → 27,009 (+3.4%)	27,650 → 26,223 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$129,380 → $178,188 (+37.7%)	$118,721 → $142,207 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$859,600 → $1,108,800 (+29.0%)	$533,800 → $679,400 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,002 → $2,387 (+19.2%)	$1,960 → $2,597 (+32.5%)

Belmont

Population

26,11327,009

Median household income

$129,380$178,188

Median home value

$859,600$1,108,800

Median gross rent

$2,002$2,387

Burlington

Population

27,65026,223

Median household income

$118,721$142,207

Median home value

$533,800$679,400

Median gross rent

$1,960$2,597

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Burlington
Under 5	5.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	19.4%	13.2%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	9.5%	10.3%
35 to 44	15.2%	14.0%
45 to 54	15.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.2%	10.8%
75 and over	7.1%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Burlington
White (non-Hispanic)	68.3%	74.7%
Black or African American	1.7%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	20.4%	13.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Burlington
No high school diploma	2.4%	3.5%
High school graduate	7.8%	19.0%
Some college or associate's	9.6%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	51.9%	25.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Burlington
Drove alone	48.9%	68.7%
Carpooled	5.7%	7.0%
Public transit	11.1%	3.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	3.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	28.4%	20.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Burlington
1-unit, detached	45.6%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	38.2%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	7.9%
20 or more units	7.2%	17.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Burlington
Poverty rate	3.5%	5.6%
Average household size	2.59	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1938	1971