Vacant homes in Belmont, 2026

Look past the headlines and the numbers start talking. The Census puts the homes standing vacant in Belmont at 18.5%.

That is 48% above the Wayne County figure of 12.5%. Against Metro Detroit as a whole, 8.2%, it is 127% above.

Where Belmont stands

Among 138 Detroit neighborhoods, Belmont has the 77th highest figure, above 45% of them. The middle figure in that group is 20.7%, so Belmont sits below the typical one.

The range runs from 3.2% in Far West Detroit to 51.6% in Palmer Park. The highest figures in the group belong to Palmer Park (51.6%), Petoskey-Otsego (50.4%), and Wildemere Park (49.3%).

Next door

Hubbell-Puritan nearby comes in at 14.1%, 24% lower. Hubbell-Lyndon nearby comes in at 26.4%, 43% higher.

Crary/St Marys nearby comes in at 13.3%, 28% lower. Bethune Community nearby comes in at 25.1%, 35% higher.

Related numbers

For homes that are single-family houses, Belmont comes in at 88.4%. For homes with four or more bedrooms, Belmont comes in at 13.1%.

For homes lived in by their owners, Belmont comes in at 59.9%.

What it means for you

So what does that mean for you?

Vacant homes weigh on a block, and they are also where the next renovation usually starts.

How we read the numbers

The figure is the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Ranks compare Belmont with the 138 Detroit neighborhoods that have the same figure on file, highest first.

A neighborhood's figures combine the Census tracts whose center falls inside its boundary.