Bell vs Beverly Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Bell and Beverly Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Bell and Beverly Hills are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bell has the higher population (32,830 vs 31,955 in Beverly Hills). Beverly Hills has the higher median household income ($127,979 vs $60,641 in Bell). Beverly Hills has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $561,400 in Bell).

Population, income & housing

	Bell	Beverly Hills
Population	32,830	31,955
Median age	33.9 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,641	$127,979
Median home value	$561,400	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,538	$2,805
Housing units	9,088	16,545
Homeownership rate	26.7%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	69.4%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bell	Beverly Hills
Population	35,682 → 32,830 (-8.0%)	34,186 → 31,955 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$44,327 → $60,641 (+36.8%)	$106,936 → $127,979 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$413,400 → $561,400 (+35.8%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $1,538 (+29.0%)	$2,244 → $2,805 (+25.0%)

Bell

Population

35,68232,830

Median household income

$44,327$60,641

Median home value

$413,400$561,400

Median gross rent

$1,192$1,538

Beverly Hills

Population

34,18631,955

Median household income

$106,936$127,979

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,244$2,805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bell	Beverly Hills
Under 5	6.5%	2.8%
5 to 17	20.2%	15.0%
18 to 24	10.9%	4.8%
25 to 34	14.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.5%
65 to 74	6.9%	13.2%
75 and over	4.3%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bell	Beverly Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	6.0%	73.7%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	11.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.6%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	90.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bell	Beverly Hills
No high school diploma	42.5%	3.3%
High school graduate	30.0%	10.2%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	34.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	34.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bell	Beverly Hills
Drove alone	75.2%	58.8%
Carpooled	12.1%	4.1%
Public transit	4.6%	2.0%
Walked	2.6%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.0%	26.3%
Other means	1.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bell	Beverly Hills
1-unit, detached	47.3%	37.9%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	34.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	17.6%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Bell	Beverly Hills
Poverty rate	22.8%	9.0%
Average household size	3.64	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1956	1959