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Bell County, TX

399,578 Population
1,053.8 square miles 379.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.8 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,410 ±$1,215 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $41,614 ±$237
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$68,731 ±$3,709 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $79,721 ±$564
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.5% ±1.9% (56,669  ±7,526) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.4% 4,108,899 (±0.3% / ±76,334)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.7 minutes ±1 (3,972,380  ±202,584) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 27.5 362,382,530 (±0.1 / ±2,293,063)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

148,951 ±2,299 Number of households
  • Texas: 11,449,769 ±22,867
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0 (391,257  ±309) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 30,665,006
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.2% ±1.7% (7,251  ±1,690) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 5.2% 400,404 (±0.2% / ±16,095)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

161,756 ±121 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 12,616,736 ±820
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$271,700 ±$8,754 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $313,200 ±$1,780
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

17.4% ±2.2% (68,491  ±8,508.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.9% 4,289,833 (±0.2% / ±69,081.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.7% ±3.3% (226,467  ±8,141.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 86.7% 17,837,644 (±0.4% / ±79,388.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
26.1% ±1.7% (65,257  ±4,346.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 35.2% 7,235,647 (±0.2% / ±50,280.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

9.1% (36,389  ±3,953) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Texas: 18.4% 5,762,477
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

17.2% ±1.2% (47,203  ±3,290) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 6% 1,416,215 (±0.1% / ±19,072)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
47,203 Total veterans ±3,290 36,420 Male ±2,734 10,783 Female ±1,832

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