Belmont, MA: Local News, Events & Neighbors

Belmont is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is a western suburb of Boston and is part of the Greater Boston metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, its population was 27,295, an increase of 10.4% from 2010.

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How Belmont ranks

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#3Best schools in MA #12Most educated in MA #25Most remote workers in MA All MA rankings →

Town numbers

ZIP code02478

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Living in Belmont

Housing in Belmont

$1.45M▲ 1.5% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Belmont home is worth about $1,447,000, up 1.5% in a year, 119% above the Massachusetts typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market15

Sale-to-list102.4%

Sold in May18

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Safety in Belmont

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Safety Grade A-

Belmont reports less crime per resident than 78% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. Massachusetts has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Belmont sits closer to the middle.

Violent crime per 1,000

Belmont 0.3

Massachusetts 3

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Belmont 7.9

Massachusetts 10.4

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Belmont

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School Grade A+

The public schools Belmont’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 96% of Massachusetts’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#3Best public schoolsof 282 in MA

DistrictBelmontSchools10

Roger E Wellington AElementary · Grades PK–3 · 426 students Winn Brook A+Elementary · Grades K–3 · 304 students Daniel Butler AElementary · Grades K–3 · 261 students Mary Lee Burbank A+Elementary · Grades K–3 · 238 students Winthrop L Chenery Upper Elementary AMiddle · Grades 4–6 · 1,023 students Belmont Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 742 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within MA. Ratings are from neighbors.