Belmont vs Houghton

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

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

Houghton has the higher population (1,685 vs 903 in Belmont). Houghton has the higher median household income ($87,188 vs $62,266 in Belmont). Houghton has the higher median home value ($153,300 vs $89,800 in Belmont).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Houghton
Population	903	1,685
Median age	38.2 yrs	21.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,266	$87,188
Median home value	$89,800	$153,300
Median gross rent	$684	$975
Housing units	441	323
Homeownership rate	72.6%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	74.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Houghton
Population	813 → 903 (+11.1%)	1,639 → 1,685 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$41,071 → $62,266 (+51.6%)	$62,188 → $87,188 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$67,600 → $89,800 (+32.8%)	$119,200 → $153,300 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $684 (+20.0%)	$642 → $975 (+51.9%)

Belmont

Population

813903

Median household income

$41,071$62,266

Median home value

$67,600$89,800

Median gross rent

$570$684

Houghton

Population

1,6391,685

Median household income

$62,188$87,188

Median home value

$119,200$153,300

Median gross rent

$642$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Houghton
Under 5	10.0%	2.4%
5 to 17	13.8%	12.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	51.5%
25 to 34	15.7%	6.0%
35 to 44	5.0%	5.3%
45 to 54	12.6%	7.9%
55 to 64	11.4%	4.4%
65 to 74	10.2%	4.0%
75 and over	12.5%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Houghton
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	90.9%
Black or African American	1.8%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Houghton
No high school diploma	5.3%	6.7%
High school graduate	36.8%	10.1%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	8.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	41.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Houghton
Drove alone	78.5%	40.8%
Carpooled	11.5%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	37.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.5%	15.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Houghton
1-unit, detached	70.5%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	20.2%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Houghton
Poverty rate	16.2%	16.2%
Average household size	2.39	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	24	14
Median year structure built	1938	1967