Belmont vs Winchester

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

Belmont and Winchester 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 22,862 in Winchester). Winchester has the higher median household income ($218,176 vs $178,188 in Belmont). Winchester has the higher median home value ($1,181,700 vs $1,108,800 in Belmont).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Winchester
Population	27,009	22,862
Median age	42.4 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$178,188	$218,176
Median home value	$1,108,800	$1,181,700
Median gross rent	$2,387	$2,271
Housing units	10,833	8,283
Homeownership rate	64.2%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.2%	78.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Winchester
Population	26,113 → 27,009 (+3.4%)	22,738 → 22,862 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$129,380 → $178,188 (+37.7%)	$169,623 → $218,176 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$859,600 → $1,108,800 (+29.0%)	$943,800 → $1,181,700 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,002 → $2,387 (+19.2%)	$1,900 → $2,271 (+19.5%)

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

Winchester

Population

22,73822,862

Median household income

$169,623$218,176

Median home value

$943,800$1,181,700

Median gross rent

$1,900$2,271

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Winchester
Under 5	5.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.4%	22.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	4.7%
25 to 34	9.5%	6.2%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.4%
45 to 54	15.0%	16.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.2%	9.1%
75 and over	7.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Winchester
White (non-Hispanic)	68.3%	71.7%
Black or African American	1.7%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	20.4%	15.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.5%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Winchester
No high school diploma	2.4%	2.7%
High school graduate	7.8%	9.0%
Some college or associate's	9.6%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	51.9%	50.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Winchester
Drove alone	48.9%	52.3%
Carpooled	5.7%	4.4%
Public transit	11.1%	7.1%
Walked	2.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	3.1%	1.0%
Worked from home	28.4%	31.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Winchester
1-unit, detached	45.6%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	38.2%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	5.2%
20 or more units	7.2%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Winchester
Poverty rate	3.5%	3.9%
Average household size	2.59	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1938	1954