Belmont vs Scio

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

Belmont and Scio 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 641 in Scio). Scio has the higher median home value ($125,200 vs $89,800 in Belmont). Since 2019, Belmont's population has grown faster (+11.1% vs +8.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Scio
Population	903	641
Median age	38.2 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,266	—
Median home value	$89,800	$125,200
Median gross rent	$684	—
Housing units	441	373
Homeownership rate	72.6%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Scio
Population	813 → 903 (+11.1%)	589 → 641 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$41,071 → $62,266 (+51.6%)	$67,411 → $44,250 (-34.4%)
Median home value	$67,600 → $89,800 (+32.8%)	$71,900 → $125,200 (+74.1%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $684 (+20.0%)	$675 → $893 (+32.3%)

Belmont

Population

813903

Median household income

$41,071$62,266

Median home value

$67,600$89,800

Median gross rent

$570$684

Scio

Population

589641

Median household income

$67,411$44,250

Median home value

$71,900$125,200

Median gross rent

$675$893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Scio
Under 5	10.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	13.8%	6.9%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	15.7%	4.4%
35 to 44	5.0%	9.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.4%	33.7%
65 to 74	10.2%	16.1%
75 and over	12.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Scio
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	91.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	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%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.7%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Scio
No high school diploma	5.3%	0.6%
High school graduate	36.8%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Scio
Drove alone	78.5%	92.3%
Carpooled	11.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Scio
1-unit, detached	70.5%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.2%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Scio
Poverty rate	16.2%	24.8%
Average household size	2.39	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1938	1954