Bell vs Westmont

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

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

Westmont has the higher population (34,291 vs 32,830 in Bell). Bell has the higher median household income ($60,641 vs $47,899 in Westmont). Westmont has the higher median home value ($617,300 vs $561,400 in Bell).

Population, income & housing

	Bell	Westmont
Population	32,830	34,291
Median age	33.9 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,641	$47,899
Median home value	$561,400	$617,300
Median gross rent	$1,538	$1,413
Housing units	9,088	11,117
Homeownership rate	26.7%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	11.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bell	Westmont
Population	35,682 → 32,830 (-8.0%)	35,266 → 34,291 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$44,327 → $60,641 (+36.8%)	$38,600 → $47,899 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$413,400 → $561,400 (+35.8%)	$419,900 → $617,300 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $1,538 (+29.0%)	$1,185 → $1,413 (+19.2%)

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

Westmont

Population

35,26634,291

Median household income

$38,600$47,899

Median home value

$419,900$617,300

Median gross rent

$1,185$1,413

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bell	Westmont
Under 5	6.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	20.2%	21.6%
18 to 24	10.9%	9.1%
25 to 34	14.4%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.4%	9.6%
65 to 74	6.9%	6.3%
75 and over	4.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bell	Westmont
White (non-Hispanic)	6.0%	1.2%
Black or African American	2.0%	34.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	1.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	1.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	90.0%	59.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bell	Westmont
No high school diploma	42.5%	29.1%
High school graduate	30.0%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bell	Westmont
Drove alone	75.2%	66.9%
Carpooled	12.1%	10.0%
Public transit	4.6%	8.4%
Walked	2.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	7.1%
Other means	1.4%	6.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bell	Westmont
1-unit, detached	47.3%	40.5%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	22.2%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	18.9%
20 or more units	6.4%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Bell	Westmont
Poverty rate	22.8%	24.4%
Average household size	3.64	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	1956	1958