Belmont vs Laconia

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

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

Laconia has the higher population (16,982 vs 1,257 in Belmont). Laconia has the higher median household income ($68,427 vs $51,086 in Belmont). Laconia has the higher median home value ($308,800 vs $150,000 in Belmont).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Laconia
Population	1,257	16,982
Median age	38.0 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,086	$68,427
Median home value	$150,000	$308,800
Median gross rent	$1,413	$1,180
Housing units	537	10,402
Homeownership rate	84.5%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Laconia
Population	1,546 → 1,257 (-18.7%)	16,476 → 16,982 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$60,875 → $51,086 (-16.1%)	$57,960 → $68,427 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$157,900 → $150,000 (-5.0%)	$193,300 → $308,800 (+59.8%)
Median gross rent	$994 → $1,413 (+42.2%)	$962 → $1,180 (+22.7%)

Belmont

Population

1,5461,257

Median household income

$60,875$51,086

Median home value

$157,900$150,000

Median gross rent

$994$1,413

Laconia

Population

16,47616,982

Median household income

$57,960$68,427

Median home value

$193,300$308,800

Median gross rent

$962$1,180

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Laconia
Under 5	6.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	25.5%	13.3%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	8.2%	12.0%
35 to 44	15.8%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.4%
55 to 64	7.3%	15.4%
65 to 74	6.4%	16.4%
75 and over	13.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Laconia
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	0.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Laconia
No high school diploma	23.3%	7.2%
High school graduate	40.0%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Laconia
Drove alone	97.8%	74.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.2%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	2.0%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Laconia
1-unit, detached	54.0%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	10.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	31.7%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Laconia
Poverty rate	11.3%	12.1%
Average household size	2.53	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1973	1973