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The median home value in Belmont, NC is $437,626 as of 2026-07-31, up 0.71% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$437,626
Year-over-Year
+0.71%
Population
15,672
Belmont ranks #25 of 101 North Carolina cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 41.3% above the state's city median of $309,616. It sits in Gaston County, where the county-wide median is $300,787.
Median household income in Belmont is $94,883, so the typical home value is about 4.6× 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 383 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 2,833 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 $437,626. That's up 0.71% from a year earlier. It is about 41.3% above the typical North Carolina city tracked here.
Homes in Belmont are more expensive than Gaston County as a whole, where the median is $300,787 — a difference of about 45.5%.
Median household income here is $94,883, so the typical home value is about 4.6× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Belmont police reported 383 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 15,672. 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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