Belmont vs Benton

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

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

Belmont has the higher population (996 vs 904 in Benton). Belmont has the higher median household income ($82,000 vs $63,594 in Benton). Belmont has the higher median home value ($203,900 vs $139,300 in Benton).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Benton
Population	996	904
Median age	40.3 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,000	$63,594
Median home value	$203,900	$139,300
Median gross rent	$700	$1,079
Housing units	444	380
Homeownership rate	72.8%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Benton
Population	995 → 996 (+0.1%)	896 → 904 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$65,104 → $82,000 (+26.0%)	$57,188 → $63,594 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$152,100 → $203,900 (+34.1%)	$110,400 → $139,300 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $700 (-4.4%)	$660 → $1,079 (+63.5%)

Belmont

Population

995996

Median household income

$65,104$82,000

Median home value

$152,100$203,900

Median gross rent

$732$700

Benton

Population

896904

Median household income

$57,188$63,594

Median home value

$110,400$139,300

Median gross rent

$660$1,079

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Benton
Under 5	8.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	18.4%	19.8%
18 to 24	5.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.3%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.0%
65 to 74	8.3%	13.4%
75 and over	10.8%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Benton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Benton
No high school diploma	9.6%	4.8%
High school graduate	32.6%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Benton
Drove alone	75.0%	86.1%
Carpooled	8.5%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Benton
1-unit, detached	75.7%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Benton
Poverty rate	7.7%	10.2%
Average household size	2.32	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1973	1959