Belmont vs Southmont

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

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

Belmont has the higher population (2,624 vs 2,127 in Southmont). Southmont has the higher median household income ($74,833 vs $57,132 in Belmont). Belmont has the higher median home value ($148,600 vs $125,200 in Southmont).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Southmont
Population	2,624	2,127
Median age	47.4 yrs	51.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,132	$74,833
Median home value	$148,600	$125,200
Median gross rent	$693	$1,009
Housing units	1,304	1,056
Homeownership rate	67.5%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.3%	47.9%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Southmont
Population	2,582 → 2,624 (+1.6%)	2,117 → 2,127 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$41,490 → $57,132 (+37.7%)	$59,531 → $74,833 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$125,500 → $148,600 (+18.4%)	$112,700 → $125,200 (+11.1%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $693 (+7.1%)	$744 → $1,009 (+35.6%)

Belmont

Population

2,5822,624

Median household income

$41,490$57,132

Median home value

$125,500$148,600

Median gross rent

$647$693

Southmont

Population

2,1172,127

Median household income

$59,531$74,833

Median home value

$112,700$125,200

Median gross rent

$744$1,009

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Southmont
Under 5	4.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	9.0%	14.4%
18 to 24	11.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.3%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	9.7%
45 to 54	9.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	15.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	15.0%
75 and over	18.4%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Southmont
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	90.1%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Southmont
No high school diploma	2.1%	1.3%
High school graduate	45.1%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Southmont
Drove alone	84.7%	76.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Southmont
1-unit, detached	79.6%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	2.4%
20 or more units	1.3%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Southmont
Poverty rate	10.6%	8.4%
Average household size	2.04	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1966	1940