Belmont vs Lexington

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

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

Lexington has the higher population (34,085 vs 27,009 in Belmont). Lexington has the higher median household income ($219,402 vs $178,188 in Belmont). Lexington has the higher median home value ($1,147,900 vs $1,108,800 in Belmont).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Lexington
Population	27,009	34,085
Median age	42.4 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$178,188	$219,402
Median home value	$1,108,800	$1,147,900
Median gross rent	$2,387	$2,816
Housing units	10,833	12,672
Homeownership rate	64.2%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.2%	85.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Lexington
Population	26,113 → 27,009 (+3.4%)	33,340 → 34,085 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$129,380 → $178,188 (+37.7%)	$186,201 → $219,402 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$859,600 → $1,108,800 (+29.0%)	$889,700 → $1,147,900 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,002 → $2,387 (+19.2%)	$2,475 → $2,816 (+13.8%)

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

Lexington

Population

33,34034,085

Median household income

$186,201$219,402

Median home value

$889,700$1,147,900

Median gross rent

$2,475$2,816

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Lexington
Under 5	5.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	19.4%	22.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	4.4%
25 to 34	9.5%	4.2%
35 to 44	15.2%	11.6%
45 to 54	15.0%	19.2%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.5%
75 and over	7.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Lexington
White (non-Hispanic)	68.3%	56.1%
Black or African American	1.7%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	20.4%	32.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Lexington
No high school diploma	2.4%	2.5%
High school graduate	7.8%	4.5%
Some college or associate's	9.6%	8.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	51.9%	58.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Lexington
Drove alone	48.9%	54.1%
Carpooled	5.7%	4.7%
Public transit	11.1%	5.7%
Walked	2.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	3.1%	0.9%
Worked from home	28.4%	31.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Lexington
1-unit, detached	45.6%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	38.2%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	5.8%
20 or more units	7.2%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Lexington
Poverty rate	3.5%	4.3%
Average household size	2.59	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1938	1964