Belmont vs Meredith

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

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

Meredith has the higher population (2,887 vs 1,257 in Belmont). Meredith has the higher median household income ($52,083 vs $51,086 in Belmont). Meredith has the higher median home value ($415,800 vs $150,000 in Belmont).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Meredith
Population	1,257	2,887
Median age	38.0 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,086	$52,083
Median home value	$150,000	$415,800
Median gross rent	$1,413	$1,255
Housing units	537	1,729
Homeownership rate	84.5%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Meredith
Population	1,546 → 1,257 (-18.7%)	1,495 → 2,887 (+93.1%)
Median household income	$60,875 → $51,086 (-16.1%)	$41,100 → $52,083 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$157,900 → $150,000 (-5.0%)	$182,300 → $415,800 (+128.1%)
Median gross rent	$994 → $1,413 (+42.2%)	$1,011 → $1,255 (+24.1%)

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

Meredith

Population

1,4952,887

Median household income

$41,100$52,083

Median home value

$182,300$415,800

Median gross rent

$1,011$1,255

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Meredith
Under 5	6.0%	1.4%
5 to 17	25.5%	15.9%
18 to 24	5.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	8.2%	15.3%
35 to 44	15.8%	6.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.0%
55 to 64	7.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	6.4%	13.1%
75 and over	13.9%	15.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Meredith
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Meredith
No high school diploma	23.3%	4.8%
High school graduate	40.0%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Meredith
Drove alone	97.8%	68.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.2%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	14.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Meredith
1-unit, detached	54.0%	46.3%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	22.4%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	31.7%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Meredith
Poverty rate	11.3%	8.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1973	1977