Belmont vs Westmont

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

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

Westmont has the higher population (4,893 vs 2,624 in Belmont). Westmont has the higher median household income ($99,171 vs $57,132 in Belmont). Westmont has the higher median home value ($175,100 vs $148,600 in Belmont).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Westmont
Population	2,624	4,893
Median age	47.4 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,132	$99,171
Median home value	$148,600	$175,100
Median gross rent	$693	$1,029
Housing units	1,304	2,020
Homeownership rate	67.5%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.3%	55.1%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Westmont
Population	2,582 → 2,624 (+1.6%)	4,797 → 4,893 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$41,490 → $57,132 (+37.7%)	$70,733 → $99,171 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$125,500 → $148,600 (+18.4%)	$157,800 → $175,100 (+11.0%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $693 (+7.1%)	$910 → $1,029 (+13.1%)

Belmont

Population

2,5822,624

Median household income

$41,490$57,132

Median home value

$125,500$148,600

Median gross rent

$647$693

Westmont

Population

4,7974,893

Median household income

$70,733$99,171

Median home value

$157,800$175,100

Median gross rent

$910$1,029

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Westmont
Under 5	4.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	9.0%	17.6%
18 to 24	11.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	7.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.9%	15.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	13.4%
75 and over	18.4%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Westmont
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	93.4%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.5%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Westmont
No high school diploma	2.1%	1.5%
High school graduate	45.1%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	39.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Westmont
Drove alone	84.7%	66.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.7%
Public transit	0.1%	1.9%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	20.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Westmont
1-unit, detached	79.6%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Westmont
Poverty rate	10.6%	11.8%
Average household size	2.04	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1966	1953