Belton vs Peculiar

A side-by-side comparison of Belton and Peculiar: population, income, housing, and more.

Belton and Peculiar are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Belton has the higher population (24,618 vs 5,815 in Peculiar). Peculiar has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $70,525 in Belton). Peculiar has the higher median home value ($252,400 vs $185,400 in Belton).

Population, income & housing

	Belton	Peculiar
Population	24,618	5,815
Median age	37.0 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,525	$96,250
Median home value	$185,400	$252,400
Median gross rent	$1,235	$1,152
Housing units	10,665	2,139
Homeownership rate	61.2%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belton	Peculiar
Population	23,425 → 24,618 (+5.1%)	5,139 → 5,815 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$62,754 → $70,525 (+12.4%)	$62,708 → $96,250 (+53.5%)
Median home value	$135,800 → $185,400 (+36.5%)	$147,000 → $252,400 (+71.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,067 → $1,235 (+15.7%)	$890 → $1,152 (+29.4%)

Belton

Population

23,42524,618

Median household income

$62,754$70,525

Median home value

$135,800$185,400

Median gross rent

$1,067$1,235

Peculiar

Population

5,1395,815

Median household income

$62,708$96,250

Median home value

$147,000$252,400

Median gross rent

$890$1,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belton	Peculiar
Under 5	6.8%	10.5%
5 to 17	17.0%	19.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.9%	15.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	16.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	5.1%
65 to 74	9.1%	7.2%
75 and over	5.5%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belton	Peculiar
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	78.5%
Black or African American	7.2%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belton	Peculiar
No high school diploma	6.4%	8.7%
High school graduate	36.4%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belton	Peculiar
Drove alone	79.9%	69.3%
Carpooled	7.9%	5.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	21.9%
Other means	0.4%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belton	Peculiar
1-unit, detached	62.2%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	13.4%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	3.6%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Belton	Peculiar
Poverty rate	9.3%	4.1%
Average household size	2.46	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1986	1995