Belton vs Piedmont

A side-by-side comparison of Belton and Piedmont: population, income, housing, and more.

Belton and Piedmont are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Piedmont has the higher population (5,786 vs 4,405 in Belton). Piedmont has the higher median household income ($51,896 vs $48,164 in Belton). Piedmont has the higher median home value ($141,200 vs $116,300 in Belton).

Population, income & housing

	Belton	Piedmont
Population	4,405	5,786
Median age	33.4 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,164	$51,896
Median home value	$116,300	$141,200
Median gross rent	$896	$844
Housing units	1,718	2,102
Homeownership rate	61.4%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belton	Piedmont
Population	4,366 → 4,405 (+0.9%)	5,795 → 5,786 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$31,976 → $48,164 (+50.6%)	$53,179 → $51,896 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$96,400 → $116,300 (+20.6%)	$128,500 → $141,200 (+9.9%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $896 (+31.2%)	$825 → $844 (+2.3%)

Belton

Population

4,3664,405

Median household income

$31,976$48,164

Median home value

$96,400$116,300

Median gross rent

$683$896

Piedmont

Population

5,7955,786

Median household income

$53,179$51,896

Median home value

$128,500$141,200

Median gross rent

$825$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belton	Piedmont
Under 5	7.2%	6.6%
5 to 17	24.0%	23.4%
18 to 24	2.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	17.8%	10.5%
35 to 44	7.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	9.9%	15.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	8.5%
75 and over	8.6%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belton	Piedmont
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	73.4%
Black or African American	8.6%	15.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belton	Piedmont
No high school diploma	16.9%	24.6%
High school graduate	40.2%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belton	Piedmont
Drove alone	86.8%	72.4%
Carpooled	12.0%	19.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	5.1%
Other means	0.2%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belton	Piedmont
1-unit, detached	86.8%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.8%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	33.2%

Poverty & households

	Belton	Piedmont
Poverty rate	19.2%	27.7%
Average household size	2.83	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1957	1984