Belfast vs Belmont

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

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

Belmont has the higher population (903 vs 648 in Belfast). Belmont has the higher median household income ($62,266 vs $51,250 in Belfast). Belmont has the higher median home value ($89,800 vs $85,700 in Belfast).

Population, income & housing

	Belfast	Belmont
Population	648	903
Median age	35.6 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$62,266
Median home value	$85,700	$89,800
Median gross rent	$505	$684
Housing units	280	441
Homeownership rate	69.0%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belfast	Belmont
Population	771 → 648 (-16.0%)	813 → 903 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$52,375 → $51,250 (-2.1%)	$41,071 → $62,266 (+51.6%)
Median home value	$67,800 → $85,700 (+26.4%)	$67,600 → $89,800 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $505 (-6.0%)	$570 → $684 (+20.0%)

Belfast

Population

771648

Median household income

$52,375$51,250

Median home value

$67,800$85,700

Median gross rent

$537$505

Belmont

Population

813903

Median household income

$41,071$62,266

Median home value

$67,600$89,800

Median gross rent

$570$684

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belfast	Belmont
Under 5	3.4%	10.0%
5 to 17	20.8%	13.8%
18 to 24	16.2%	8.7%
25 to 34	7.9%	15.7%
35 to 44	10.2%	5.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	10.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	7.7%	10.2%
75 and over	10.5%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belfast	Belmont
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	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	2.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belfast	Belmont
No high school diploma	6.2%	5.3%
High school graduate	47.9%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belfast	Belmont
Drove alone	73.4%	78.5%
Carpooled	5.1%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	6.5%
Other means	9.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belfast	Belmont
1-unit, detached	75.4%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	2.5%
20 or more units	13.6%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Belfast	Belmont
Poverty rate	11.5%	16.2%
Average household size	2.51	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938