Bellflower vs Montgomery City

A side-by-side comparison of Bellflower and Montgomery City: population, income, housing, and more.

Bellflower and Montgomery City are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Montgomery City has the higher population (2,810 vs 313 in Bellflower). Montgomery City has the higher median household income ($51,707 vs $42,500 in Bellflower). Montgomery City has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $56,300 in Bellflower).

Population, income & housing

	Bellflower	Montgomery City
Population	313	2,810
Median age	35.5 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$51,707
Median home value	$56,300	$137,500
Median gross rent	$919	$723
Housing units	144	1,373
Homeownership rate	63.8%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	20.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellflower	Montgomery City
Population	329 → 313 (-4.9%)	2,677 → 2,810 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $42,500 (+23.6%)	$42,526 → $51,707 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$52,100 → $56,300 (+8.1%)	$95,100 → $137,500 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $919 (+47.0%)	$626 → $723 (+15.5%)

Bellflower

Population

329313

Median household income

$34,375$42,500

Median home value

$52,100$56,300

Median gross rent

$625$919

Montgomery City

Population

2,6772,810

Median household income

$42,526$51,707

Median home value

$95,100$137,500

Median gross rent

$626$723

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellflower	Montgomery City
Under 5	5.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	22.4%	16.2%
18 to 24	4.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	16.6%	15.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	9.9%
45 to 54	8.6%	14.2%
55 to 64	17.6%	10.6%
65 to 74	6.7%	7.7%
75 and over	8.3%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellflower	Montgomery City
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.9%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellflower	Montgomery City
No high school diploma	23.6%	9.6%
High school graduate	47.6%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellflower	Montgomery City
Drove alone	77.3%	80.6%
Carpooled	12.1%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	6.8%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellflower	Montgomery City
1-unit, detached	68.8%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	26.4%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Bellflower	Montgomery City
Poverty rate	37.3%	19.0%
Average household size	2.70	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	39	25
Median year structure built	1962	1975