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Bell County

Texas · 402,248 residents (2025 est.) · 1,054 sq mi
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With 386,897 people, Bell County is a county in Texas. Since 2000 the county has risen by half, up 148,923 people. The median age is 32.3, younger than the US median of 38.9. 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Owners hold 57% of the housing stock. Home values have roughly tripled since 2000, reaching $241,000.

At a glance
Lower income
below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 32.3
US median: 38.9
Less educated
27% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 75%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
386,897
+63%since 2000
from 237,974 in 2000
402,248 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
367 / sq mi
+40%since 2009
from 262 / sq mi in 2009
US average: 281
Median age
32.3
+11%since 2000
from 29.2 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
1,054 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
172K230K289K348K406K19902000201020202024Bell County
2024387K
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 57.7%(29,750)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 97.5%(29,175)
US avg: 6%
10 to 147.9%(30,444)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 197.1%(27,595)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 247.9%(30,481)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3415.9%(61,417)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4413.7%(53,015)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5410.6%(41,165)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 649.7%(37,708)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 747.3%(28,302)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 843.3%(12,744)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over1.3%(5,101)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$68,865
+3%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $36,872 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$34,279
+99%since 2000
from $17,219 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
45.2%
+19.7 ptssince 2009
from 25.5% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
14.5%
+2.4 ptssince 2000
from 12.1% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.453
+7%since 2010
from 0.424 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Information12.2%
US avg: 10.8%
Wholesale trade7.5%
US avg: 6.9%
Retail trade7.3%
US avg: 9.9%
Finance & insurance6.9%
US avg: 5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical6.1%
US avg: 5.1%
Other services5.7%
US avg: 6.7%
Public administration3.6%
US avg: 4.8%
Transportation & warehousing1.7%
US avg: 2.2%
Arts, entertainment, food1.2%
US avg: 1.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing1.1%
US avg: 1.6%
Education & health services0.9%
US avg: 0.9%
Manufacturing0.7%
US avg: 0.4%
Construction0.4%
US avg: 1.2%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$241,000
+75%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $75,700 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$1,224
+24%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $543 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
56.5%
+0.8 ptssince 2000
from 55.7% in 2000
43.5% rent
Vacancy rate
8.2%
−6.2 ptssince 2009
from 14.4% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.65 people
−4%since 2009
from 2.76 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
23.8%
+0.2 ptssince 2009
from 23.6% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
48.6%
+7.5 ptssince 2009
from 41.1% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
3.5
+49%since 2009
from 2.3 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
53
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic57.3%(136,241)
Black19.9%(47,344)
Hispanic / Latino16.7%(39,701)
Asian2.5%(5,935)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic42.4%(164,047)
Black21.5%(83,099)
Hispanic / Latino26.3%(101,713)
Asian2.9%(11,339)
Other6.9%(26,699)
Diversity Score
87
+11%since 2009
from 79 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Segregation Score
31
−8%since 2020
from 34 in 2020
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means White and non-White residents are more separated across neighborhoods.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Mexican17.5%(67,828)
Puerto Rican4.8%(18,613)
Central American1.3%(4,994)
South American0.8%(2,936)
Dominican0.4%(1,708)
Spaniard0.4%(1,582)
Salvadoran0.4%(1,575)
Cuban0.4%(1,566)
Panamanian0.3%(1,305)
Guatemalan0.3%(1,053)
Colombian0.3%(981)
Honduran0.2%(733)
+ 9 more hispanic origin groups with data
Venezuelan0.2%(631)
Peruvian0.2%(584)
Argentine0.1%(273)
Nicaraguan0.1%(264)
Bolivian0.1%(205)
Ecuadorian0%(109)
Paraguayan0%(108)
Chilean0%(40)
Asian origin
Filipino0.9%(3,397)
Korean0.6%(2,421)
Vietnamese0.3%(1,266)
Nepalese0.3%(1,190)
Asian Indian0.3%(977)
Chinese0.2%(701)
Japanese0.1%(461)
Cambodian0.1%(385)
Thai0%(192)
Laotian0%(186)
Taiwanese0%(121)
Burmese0%(57)
+ 5 more asian origin groups with data
Pacific Islander origin
Native Hawaiian0.4%(1,529)
Chamorro0.4%(1,479)
Samoan0.2%(695)
Guamanian0%(128)
Tongan0%(29)
Ancestry
German10.7%(41,491)
English7.4%(28,504)
Irish6.6%(25,665)
American6.3%(24,295)
Italian2.1%(8,195)
Scottish1.5%(5,682)
French1.3%(4,934)
Czech1.2%(4,493)
Polish1%(3,996)
West Indian0.8%(3,048)
Dutch0.7%(2,695)
+ 49 more ancestry groups with data
Scotch-Irish0.7%(2,581)
Norwegian0.6%(2,397)
British0.5%(2,117)
Arab0.5%(1,867)
Welsh0.5%(1,829)
Swedish0.4%(1,479)
Portuguese0.4%(1,427)
Jamaican0.3%(1,340)
Nigerian0.3%(1,217)
Russian0.2%(956)
Hungarian0.2%(611)
Danish0.2%(600)
Swiss0.1%(546)
Haitian0.1%(543)
Lebanese0.1%(528)
Ghanaian0.1%(420)
Canadian0.1%(375)
Brazilian0.1%(344)
Croatian0.1%(329)
Greek0.1%(325)
Ukrainian0.1%(308)
Austrian0.1%(289)
Lithuanian0.1%(276)
Jordanian0.1%(261)
Kenyan0.1%(251)
Serbian0.1%(240)
Egyptian0.1%(225)
Palestinian0.1%(202)
Syrian0%(180)
Barbadian0%(159)
Iraqi0%(128)
Ethiopian0%(124)
Slovak0%(121)
Finnish0%(118)
Australian0%(114)
Latvian0%(79)
Belgian0%(76)
Romanian0%(70)
Israeli0%(50)
Slovene0%(50)
Guyanese0%(46)
Somali0%(42)
Armenian0%(39)
Turkish0%(37)
Iranian0%(30)
Bulgarian0%(27)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
27.2%
+7.4 ptssince 2000
from 19.8% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
90.8%
+6.1 ptssince 2000
from 84.7% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
9.0%
+2.6 ptssince 2000
from 6.4% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
23.9 min
+69%since 2000
from 14.1 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
75.8%
−5.6 ptssince 2009
from 81.4% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
11.1%
−0.3 ptssince 2009
from 11.5% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
0.3%
Unchangedsince 2009
from 0.3% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
9.4%
+6.6 ptssince 2009
from 2.8% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
1.8%
−0.7 ptssince 2009
from 2.6% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.1%
−0.1 ptssince 2009
from 0.2% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
5.3%
+0.6 ptssince 2009
from 4.7% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
6.8%
−1.5 ptssince 2011
from 8.3% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
65.3%
−2.4 ptssince 2011
from 67.7% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
72.7%
+1.7 ptssince 2020
from 71.0% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
13.1%
−1.5 ptssince 2009
from 14.7% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
35.4%
+3.9 ptssince 2009
from 31.5% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
49.8%
+0.2 ptssince 2009
from 49.6% in 2009
Female
50.2%
−0.2 ptssince 2009
from 50.4% in 2009
Foreign born
8.6%
+0.9 ptssince 2009
from 7.7% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
18.5%
−3.4 ptssince 2009
from 21.9% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
15.2%
+3.4 ptssince 2012
from 11.8% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
14.0%
−1.9 ptssince 2013
from 15.9% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
90.9%
+11.3 ptssince 2017
from 79.6% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
96.0%
+2.4 ptssince 2020
from 93.6% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
79.8%
+3.4 ptssince 2020
from 76.4% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
80.7%
−0.4 ptssince 2016
from 81.1% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
14.5%
+0.6 ptssince 2016
from 13.9% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married34.1%(50,139)
Married53.9%(79,171)
Widowed2.3%(3,334)
Divorced9.8%(14,330)
Women 15+
Never married29.5%(44,416)
Married49.8%(74,962)
Widowed7.4%(11,122)
Divorced13.3%(20,054)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
14.0%
−1.9 ptssince 2013
from 15.9% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
46.4%
+2.0 ptssince 2020
from 44.4% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
9.4%
+0.4 ptssince 2020
from 9.0% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
14.4%
+0.8 ptssince 2020
from 13.6% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
18.1%
+1.3 ptssince 2020
from 16.8% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
9.2%
+1.1 ptssince 2020
from 8.1% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
66.1%
−1.5 ptssince 2020
from 67.6% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
35.7%
+2.6 ptssince 2020
from 33.1% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)57.6%(27,782)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)42.4%(20,454)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era16.4%(7,911)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War1.6%(778)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.4%(186)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 48,220 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Frequently asked

How many people live in Bell County, Texas?

Bell County, Texas has about 386,897 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Bell County, Texas?

The typical household in Bell County, Texas earns about $68,865 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Bell County, Texas expensive?

In Bell County, Texas, the median home is worth about $241,000, and the typical rent is about $1,224 a month.

How educated are people in Bell County, Texas?

About 27.2% of adults age 25 and over in Bell County, Texas hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Bell County, Texas?

About 14.5% of people in Bell County, Texas live below the federal poverty line.

Has Bell County, Texas grown since 1990?

Yes, Bell County, Texas has grown since 1990. The population has added about 195,809 residents, a change of about 102 percent over that period.

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