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Bells, TX

2,497 Population
2.1 square miles 1,176.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: 39 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,868 ±$4,554 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: $38,174 ±$1,453
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$92,075 ±$15,469 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: $72,182 ±$1,791
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.9% ±6% (293  ±157) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: 11.2% † 15,664 (±1.2% / ±1,732)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.1 minutes ±1.5 (30,385  ±7,496) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: 25.8 1,517,685 (±0.9 / ±62,945)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

847 ±147 Number of households
  • the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: 55,248 ±772
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.7 (2,497  ±432) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: 2.6 140,727 (±0 / ±70)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3% ±3% (22  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: 6.5% † 2,065 (±1.1% / ±345)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

934 ±149 Number of housing units
  • the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: 62,132 ±63
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$232,400 ±$24,720 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: $248,400 ±$7,917
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

18.7% ±8.4% (463  ±223.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: 17.1% 24,187 (±1.5% / ±2,176.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.1% ±21.4% (1,384  ±211.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: 89.9% 87,160 (±2.5% / ±2,411.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.7% ±6% (356  ±109) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: 23.9% 23,154 (±1.3% / ±1,274.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1% ±1.2% (25  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: 7.7% 11,100
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.8% ±4.1% (130  ±72) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: 8.4% 9,190 (±0.7% / ±752)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
130 Total veterans ±72 121 Male ±71 9 Female ±13

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