Belmont vs Friendship

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

Belmont and Friendship 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 783 in Friendship). Belmont has the higher median household income ($62,266 vs $42,734 in Friendship). Belmont has the higher median home value ($89,800 vs $56,600 in Friendship).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Friendship
Population	903	783
Median age	38.2 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,266	$42,734
Median home value	$89,800	$56,600
Median gross rent	$684	$996
Housing units	441	395
Homeownership rate	72.6%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Friendship
Population	813 → 903 (+11.1%)	1,074 → 783 (-27.1%)
Median household income	$41,071 → $62,266 (+51.6%)	$40,500 → $42,734 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$67,600 → $89,800 (+32.8%)	$50,100 → $56,600 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $684 (+20.0%)	$640 → $996 (+55.6%)

Belmont

Population

813903

Median household income

$41,071$62,266

Median home value

$67,600$89,800

Median gross rent

$570$684

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)

	Belmont	Friendship
Under 5	10.0%	8.3%
5 to 17	13.8%	11.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	15.7%	10.2%
35 to 44	5.0%	8.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	17.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.9%
75 and over	12.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Friendship
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	95.9%
Black or African American	1.8%	2.2%
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	0.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Friendship
No high school diploma	5.3%	15.3%
High school graduate	36.8%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Friendship
Drove alone	78.5%	77.5%
Carpooled	11.5%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Friendship
1-unit, detached	70.5%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	20.2%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Friendship
Poverty rate	16.2%	25.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1938	1938