Belmont vs Cherryville

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

Belmont and Cherryville 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 6,154 in Cherryville). Belmont has the higher median household income ($86,442 vs $58,701 in Cherryville). Belmont has the higher median home value ($349,700 vs $198,000 in Cherryville).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Cherryville
Population	15,140	6,154
Median age	37.7 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$86,442	$58,701
Median home value	$349,700	$198,000
Median gross rent	$1,274	$948
Housing units	6,505	2,715
Homeownership rate	65.9%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.7%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Cherryville
Population	12,054 → 15,140 (+25.6%)	5,956 → 6,154 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$71,650 → $86,442 (+20.6%)	$43,977 → $58,701 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$210,600 → $349,700 (+66.0%)	$125,600 → $198,000 (+57.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,013 → $1,274 (+25.8%)	$754 → $948 (+25.7%)

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

Cherryville

Population

5,9566,154

Median household income

$43,977$58,701

Median home value

$125,600$198,000

Median gross rent

$754$948

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Cherryville
Under 5	4.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.6%	19.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	10.1%
25 to 34	16.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.8%	9.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.3%
75 and over	5.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Cherryville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	88.0%
Black or African American	7.3%	5.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Cherryville
No high school diploma	7.8%	8.8%
High school graduate	18.0%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Cherryville
Drove alone	70.3%	82.9%
Carpooled	5.5%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.4%	4.1%
Other means	0.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Cherryville
1-unit, detached	70.5%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	1.7%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Cherryville
Poverty rate	10.1%	15.0%
Average household size	2.28	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1998	1970