Belfast vs Friendship

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

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

Friendship has the higher population (783 vs 648 in Belfast). Belfast has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $42,734 in Friendship). Belfast has the higher median home value ($85,700 vs $56,600 in Friendship).

Population, income & housing

	Belfast	Friendship
Population	648	783
Median age	35.6 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$42,734
Median home value	$85,700	$56,600
Median gross rent	$505	$996
Housing units	280	395
Homeownership rate	69.0%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belfast	Friendship
Population	771 → 648 (-16.0%)	1,074 → 783 (-27.1%)
Median household income	$52,375 → $51,250 (-2.1%)	$40,500 → $42,734 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$67,800 → $85,700 (+26.4%)	$50,100 → $56,600 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $505 (-6.0%)	$640 → $996 (+55.6%)

Belfast

Population

771648

Median household income

$52,375$51,250

Median home value

$67,800$85,700

Median gross rent

$537$505

Friendship

Population

1,074783

Median household income

$40,500$42,734

Median home value

$50,100$56,600

Median gross rent

$640$996

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belfast	Friendship
Under 5	3.4%	8.3%
5 to 17	20.8%	11.2%
18 to 24	16.2%	8.7%
25 to 34	7.9%	10.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	8.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.4%
55 to 64	10.0%	17.8%
65 to 74	7.7%	11.9%
75 and over	10.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belfast	Friendship
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belfast	Friendship
No high school diploma	6.2%	15.3%
High school graduate	47.9%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belfast	Friendship
Drove alone	73.4%	77.5%
Carpooled	5.1%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	6.7%
Other means	9.2%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belfast	Friendship
1-unit, detached	75.4%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Belfast	Friendship
Poverty rate	11.5%	25.5%
Average household size	2.51	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1938	1938