Belmont vs Golden

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

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

Belmont has the higher population (2,538 vs 178 in Golden). Golden has the higher median household income ($48,889 vs $43,152 in Belmont). Belmont has the higher median home value ($160,900 vs $103,100 in Golden).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Golden
Population	2,538	178
Median age	32.4 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,152	$48,889
Median home value	$160,900	$103,100
Median gross rent	$766	$752
Housing units	1,216	126
Homeownership rate	62.2%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Golden
Population	2,290 → 2,538 (+10.8%)	186 → 178 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$38,636 → $43,152 (+11.7%)	$33,750 → $48,889 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$108,900 → $160,900 (+47.8%)	$112,500 → $103,100 (-8.4%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $766 (+18.8%)	$463 → $752 (+62.4%)

Belmont

Population

2,2902,538

Median household income

$38,636$43,152

Median home value

$108,900$160,900

Median gross rent

$645$766

Golden

Population

186178

Median household income

$33,750$48,889

Median home value

$112,500$103,100

Median gross rent

$463$752

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Golden
Under 5	9.4%	3.4%
5 to 17	21.6%	5.6%
18 to 24	10.8%	23.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	7.9%
35 to 44	12.3%	9.6%
45 to 54	16.0%	5.6%
55 to 64	7.5%	19.1%
65 to 74	5.2%	11.2%
75 and over	5.8%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Golden
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	3.9%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Golden
No high school diploma	22.6%	40.8%
High school graduate	27.7%	18.3%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Golden
Drove alone	80.6%	87.5%
Carpooled	16.7%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Golden
1-unit, detached	77.5%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	18.3%
20 or more units	0.4%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Golden
Poverty rate	22.3%	9.8%
Average household size	2.33	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	26	15
Median year structure built	1975	1992