Belmont vs New Hampton

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

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

Belmont has the higher population (1,257 vs 285 in New Hampton). New Hampton has the higher median household income ($84,583 vs $51,086 in Belmont). New Hampton has the higher median home value ($296,700 vs $150,000 in Belmont).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	New Hampton
Population	1,257	285
Median age	38.0 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,086	$84,583
Median home value	$150,000	$296,700
Median gross rent	$1,413	—
Housing units	537	76
Homeownership rate	84.5%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	72.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	New Hampton
Population	1,546 → 1,257 (-18.7%)	354 → 285 (-19.5%)
Median household income	$60,875 → $51,086 (-16.1%)	$79,875 → $84,583 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$157,900 → $150,000 (-5.0%)	$225,000 → $296,700 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$994 → $1,413 (+42.2%)	—

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

New Hampton

Population

354285

Median household income

$79,875$84,583

Median home value

$225,000$296,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	New Hampton
Under 5	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	25.5%	12.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	3.5%
25 to 34	8.2%	17.9%
35 to 44	15.8%	6.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	7.7%
55 to 64	7.3%	41.1%
65 to 74	6.4%	5.6%
75 and over	13.9%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	New Hampton
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	New Hampton
No high school diploma	23.3%	3.3%
High school graduate	40.0%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	7.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	62.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	New Hampton
Drove alone	97.8%	60.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	20.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	New Hampton
1-unit, detached	54.0%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	New Hampton
Poverty rate	11.3%	34.0%
Average household size	2.53	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1973	1959