Belmont vs Bessemer City

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

Belmont and Bessemer City are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Belmont has the higher population (15,140 vs 5,508 in Bessemer City). Belmont has the higher median household income ($86,442 vs $48,784 in Bessemer City). Belmont has the higher median home value ($349,700 vs $173,000 in Bessemer City).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Bessemer City
Population	15,140	5,508
Median age	37.7 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,442	$48,784
Median home value	$349,700	$173,000
Median gross rent	$1,274	$942
Housing units	6,505	2,397
Homeownership rate	65.9%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.7%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Bessemer City
Population	12,054 → 15,140 (+25.6%)	5,471 → 5,508 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$71,650 → $86,442 (+20.6%)	$40,714 → $48,784 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$210,600 → $349,700 (+66.0%)	$109,100 → $173,000 (+58.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,013 → $1,274 (+25.8%)	$772 → $942 (+22.0%)

Belmont

Population

12,05415,140

Median household income

$71,650$86,442

Median home value

$210,600$349,700

Median gross rent

$1,013$1,274

Bessemer City

Population

5,4715,508

Median household income

$40,714$48,784

Median home value

$109,100$173,000

Median gross rent

$772$942

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Bessemer City
Under 5	4.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	15.6%	13.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	10.5%
25 to 34	16.6%	19.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	8.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.6%
75 and over	5.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Bessemer City
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	78.7%
Black or African American	7.3%	11.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Bessemer City
No high school diploma	7.8%	18.0%
High school graduate	18.0%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Bessemer City
Drove alone	70.3%	78.8%
Carpooled	5.5%	15.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.4%	4.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Bessemer City
1-unit, detached	70.5%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	3.7%
20 or more units	6.3%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Bessemer City
Poverty rate	10.1%	16.3%
Average household size	2.28	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1998	1970