Bell vs Manhattan Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Bell and Manhattan Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Manhattan Beach has the higher population (34,584 vs 32,830 in Bell). Manhattan Beach has the higher median household income ($193,904 vs $60,641 in Bell). Manhattan Beach has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $561,400 in Bell).

Population, income & housing

	Bell	Manhattan Beach
Population	32,830	34,584
Median age	33.9 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,641	$193,904
Median home value	$561,400	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,538	$3,492
Housing units	9,088	14,945
Homeownership rate	26.7%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	79.0%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bell	Manhattan Beach
Population	35,682 → 32,830 (-8.0%)	35,500 → 34,584 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$44,327 → $60,641 (+36.8%)	$153,023 → $193,904 (+26.7%)
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%)	$2,628 → $3,492 (+32.9%)

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

Manhattan Beach

Population

35,50034,584

Median household income

$153,023$193,904

Median home value

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

Median gross rent

$2,628$3,492

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bell	Manhattan Beach
Under 5	6.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	20.2%	21.5%
18 to 24	10.9%	4.3%
25 to 34	14.4%	8.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	16.2%
55 to 64	11.4%	14.4%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.4%
75 and over	4.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bell	Manhattan Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	6.0%	72.0%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	13.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.6%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	90.0%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bell	Manhattan Beach
No high school diploma	42.5%	1.2%
High school graduate	30.0%	4.6%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	15.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	41.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	37.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bell	Manhattan Beach
Drove alone	75.2%	55.0%
Carpooled	12.1%	4.2%
Public transit	4.6%	0.6%
Walked	2.6%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	4.0%	34.1%
Other means	1.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bell	Manhattan Beach
1-unit, detached	47.3%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	7.8%
20 or more units	6.4%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bell	Manhattan Beach
Poverty rate	22.8%	3.6%
Average household size	3.64	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1956	1970