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The median home value in Belmont, MA is $1,465,324 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.26% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$1,465,324
Year-over-Year
+1.26%
Population
27,280
Belmont ranks #9 of 134 Massachusetts cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 120.6% above the state's city median of $664,186. It sits in Middlesex County, where the county-wide median is $825,261.
Median household income in Belmont is $183,137, so the typical home value is about 8.0× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Belmont police recorded a violent crime rate of 51 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 704 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Belmont, that value is $1,465,324. That's up 1.26% from a year earlier. It is about 120.6% above the typical Massachusetts city tracked here.
Homes in Belmont are more expensive than Middlesex County as a whole, where the median is $825,261 — a difference of about 77.6%.
Median household income here is $183,137, so the typical home value is about 8.0× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Belmont police reported 51 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 27,280. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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