Belmont vs Stoneham

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

Belmont and Stoneham 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 22,986 in Stoneham). Belmont has the higher median household income ($178,188 vs $112,635 in Stoneham). Belmont has the higher median home value ($1,108,800 vs $629,000 in Stoneham).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Stoneham
Population	27,009	22,986
Median age	42.4 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$178,188	$112,635
Median home value	$1,108,800	$629,000
Median gross rent	$2,387	$1,878
Housing units	10,833	9,832
Homeownership rate	64.2%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.2%	54.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Stoneham
Population	26,113 → 27,009 (+3.4%)	23,223 → 22,986 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$129,380 → $178,188 (+37.7%)	$101,549 → $112,635 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$859,600 → $1,108,800 (+29.0%)	$494,600 → $629,000 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,002 → $2,387 (+19.2%)	$1,483 → $1,878 (+26.6%)

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

Stoneham

Population

23,22322,986

Median household income

$101,549$112,635

Median home value

$494,600$629,000

Median gross rent

$1,483$1,878

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Stoneham
Under 5	5.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	19.4%	13.4%
18 to 24	5.1%	4.5%
25 to 34	9.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	15.2%	17.0%
45 to 54	15.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	10.8%
75 and over	7.1%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Stoneham
White (non-Hispanic)	68.3%	82.1%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	20.4%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.5%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Stoneham
No high school diploma	2.4%	4.1%
High school graduate	7.8%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	9.6%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	51.9%	22.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Stoneham
Drove alone	48.9%	70.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	4.7%
Public transit	11.1%	4.1%
Walked	2.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	3.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	28.4%	19.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Stoneham
1-unit, detached	45.6%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	38.2%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	9.6%
20 or more units	7.2%	20.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Stoneham
Poverty rate	3.5%	4.6%
Average household size	2.59	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1938	1965