Belmont vs Wilmington

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

Belmont and Wilmington 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 23,195 in Wilmington). Belmont has the higher median household income ($178,188 vs $161,473 in Wilmington). Belmont has the higher median home value ($1,108,800 vs $646,200 in Wilmington).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Wilmington
Population	27,009	23,195
Median age	42.4 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$178,188	$161,473
Median home value	$1,108,800	$646,200
Median gross rent	$2,387	$2,412
Housing units	10,833	8,032
Homeownership rate	64.2%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.2%	49.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Wilmington
Population	26,113 → 27,009 (+3.4%)	23,377 → 23,195 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$129,380 → $178,188 (+37.7%)	$125,922 → $161,473 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$859,600 → $1,108,800 (+29.0%)	$473,800 → $646,200 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,002 → $2,387 (+19.2%)	$1,981 → $2,412 (+21.8%)

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

Wilmington

Population

23,37723,195

Median household income

$125,922$161,473

Median home value

$473,800$646,200

Median gross rent

$1,981$2,412

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Wilmington
Under 5	5.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	19.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	9.5%	9.1%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.5%
45 to 54	15.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	17.6%
65 to 74	11.2%	9.2%
75 and over	7.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	68.3%	86.1%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	20.4%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.5%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Wilmington
No high school diploma	2.4%	3.0%
High school graduate	7.8%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	9.6%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	30.8%
Graduate or professional degree	51.9%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Wilmington
Drove alone	48.9%	71.2%
Carpooled	5.7%	4.2%
Public transit	11.1%	3.7%
Walked	2.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	3.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	28.4%	17.9%
Other means	0.8%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Wilmington
1-unit, detached	45.6%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	38.2%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	6.7%
20 or more units	7.2%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Wilmington
Poverty rate	3.5%	3.0%
Average household size	2.59	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1938	1978