Bellflower vs New Florence

A side-by-side comparison of Bellflower and New Florence: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Florence has the higher population (784 vs 313 in Bellflower). New Florence has the higher median household income ($48,125 vs $42,500 in Bellflower). New Florence has the higher median home value ($92,800 vs $56,300 in Bellflower).

Population, income & housing

	Bellflower	New Florence
Population	313	784
Median age	35.5 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$48,125
Median home value	$56,300	$92,800
Median gross rent	$919	$883
Housing units	144	318
Homeownership rate	63.8%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	20.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellflower	New Florence
Population	329 → 313 (-4.9%)	771 → 784 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $42,500 (+23.6%)	$40,500 → $48,125 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$52,100 → $56,300 (+8.1%)	$92,500 → $92,800 (+0.3%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $919 (+47.0%)	$629 → $883 (+40.4%)

Bellflower

Population

329313

Median household income

$34,375$42,500

Median home value

$52,100$56,300

Median gross rent

$625$919

New Florence

Population

771784

Median household income

$40,500$48,125

Median home value

$92,500$92,800

Median gross rent

$629$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellflower	New Florence
Under 5	5.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	22.4%	12.8%
18 to 24	4.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	16.6%	13.8%
35 to 44	9.9%	9.7%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	17.6%	21.9%
65 to 74	6.7%	9.9%
75 and over	8.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellflower	New Florence
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellflower	New Florence
No high school diploma	23.6%	15.4%
High school graduate	47.6%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellflower	New Florence
Drove alone	77.3%	83.2%
Carpooled	12.1%	14.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	2.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellflower	New Florence
1-unit, detached	68.8%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.4%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellflower	New Florence
Poverty rate	37.3%	19.2%
Average household size	2.70	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	39	23
Median year structure built	1962	1977