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Belmont town, Middlesex County, MA

26,158 Population
4.6 square miles 5,627.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 38.5 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$73,908 ±$4,772 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Middlesex County: $54,433 ±$526
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$140,500 ±$9,130 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Middlesex County: $106,202 ±$1,144
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

5.4% ±1.2% (1,396  ±322) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Middlesex County: 7.3% 112,373 (±0.3% / ±4,761)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

31 minutes ±0.5 (355,290  ±17,304) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Middlesex County: 31.2 24,443,805 (±0.2 / ±200,960)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

9,864 ±273 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 611,850 ±1,348
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.6 ±0.1 (25,879  ±154) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,547,964 (±0 / ±1,390)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

4.3% ±1.5% (249  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Middlesex County: 4.5% 18,094 (±0.2% / ±892)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

10,411 ±272 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 641,278 ±560
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$902,500 ±$24,272 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Middlesex County: $540,300 ±$3,956
  • more than double the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

13.1% ±2.2% (3,392  ±563.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Middlesex County: 13.5% 214,734 (±0.3% / ±5,036)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

96.8% ±3.3% (17,492  ±692.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 93.7% 1,058,146 (±0.6% / ±7,204.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
76.4% ±2.8% (13,819  ±578.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Middlesex County: 57.1% 644,709 (±0.5% / ±5,258)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,144,142 (±0.2% / ±10,973.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

25.7% ±2.3% (6,723  ±613) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 21.3% 341,278 (±0.3% / ±4,868)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

3.1% ±0.7% (610  ±135) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Middlesex County: 4.3% 54,833 (±0.1% / ±1,830)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
610 Total veterans ±135 516 Male ±118 94 Female ±94

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