Belmont is a medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 25,138 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Belmont is the 270th largest community in California.

Belmont is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.00% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Belmont is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Belmont who work in management occupations (17.36%), office and administrative support jobs (14.85%), and sales jobs (11.74%).

Also of interest is that Belmont has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Belmont, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Belmont is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Belmont are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

Being a small city, Belmont does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Belmont Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Belmont is a pretty powerful place. 51.72% of the adults in Belmont have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Belmont in 2000 was $42,812, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $171,248 for a family of four. However, Belmont contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Belmont is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Belmont home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Belmont is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Belmont include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Iranian.

Belmont also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 22.57%.

The most common language spoken in Belmont is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.