Belmont vs Paden

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

Belmont and Paden 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 125 in Paden). Paden has the higher median household income ($49,375 vs $43,152 in Belmont). Belmont has the higher median home value ($160,900 vs $75,000 in Paden).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Paden
Population	2,538	125
Median age	32.4 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,152	$49,375
Median home value	$160,900	$75,000
Median gross rent	$766	$550
Housing units	1,216	87
Homeownership rate	62.2%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Paden
Population	2,290 → 2,538 (+10.8%)	141 → 125 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$38,636 → $43,152 (+11.7%)	$37,083 → $49,375 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$108,900 → $160,900 (+47.8%)	$61,300 → $75,000 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $766 (+18.8%)	$666 → $550 (-17.4%)

Belmont

Population

2,2902,538

Median household income

$38,636$43,152

Median home value

$108,900$160,900

Median gross rent

$645$766

Paden

Population

141125

Median household income

$37,083$49,375

Median home value

$61,300$75,000

Median gross rent

$666$550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Paden
Under 5	9.4%	8.0%
5 to 17	21.6%	20.8%
18 to 24	10.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	22.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	16.0%	15.2%
55 to 64	7.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	5.2%	6.4%
75 and over	5.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Paden
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Paden
No high school diploma	22.6%	4.9%
High school graduate	27.7%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Paden
Drove alone	80.6%	81.3%
Carpooled	16.7%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	10.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Paden
1-unit, detached	77.5%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	12.6%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Paden
Poverty rate	22.3%	19.2%
Average household size	2.33	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	26	35
Median year structure built	1975	1973