Bel-Nor vs Cool Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Bel-Nor and Cool Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Bel-Nor and Cool Valley are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bel-Nor has the higher population (1,472 vs 1,319 in Cool Valley). Bel-Nor has the higher median household income ($106,875 vs $50,417 in Cool Valley). Bel-Nor has the higher median home value ($204,100 vs $94,700 in Cool Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Bel-Nor	Cool Valley
Population	1,472	1,319
Median age	40.7 yrs	27.3 yrs
Median household income	$106,875	$50,417
Median home value	$204,100	$94,700
Median gross rent	$1,044	$932
Housing units	695	451
Homeownership rate	88.8%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.8%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bel-Nor	Cool Valley
Population	1,471 → 1,472 (+0.1%)	1,152 → 1,319 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$78,229 → $106,875 (+36.6%)	$51,354 → $50,417 (-1.8%)
Median home value	$151,900 → $204,100 (+34.4%)	$68,500 → $94,700 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,098 → $1,044 (-4.9%)	$1,153 → $932 (-19.2%)

Bel-Nor

Population

1,4711,472

Median household income

$78,229$106,875

Median home value

$151,900$204,100

Median gross rent

$1,098$1,044

Cool Valley

Population

1,1521,319

Median household income

$51,354$50,417

Median home value

$68,500$94,700

Median gross rent

$1,153$932

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bel-Nor	Cool Valley
Under 5	12.5%	9.1%
5 to 17	9.0%	22.7%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.9%
25 to 34	14.4%	18.2%
35 to 44	14.1%	6.7%
45 to 54	7.8%	7.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.0%
65 to 74	14.4%	8.5%
75 and over	8.6%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bel-Nor	Cool Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	43.5%	7.1%
Black or African American	48.9%	88.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bel-Nor	Cool Valley
No high school diploma	2.8%	6.5%
High school graduate	10.3%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	25.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bel-Nor	Cool Valley
Drove alone	71.6%	71.5%
Carpooled	8.9%	3.6%
Public transit	0.3%	3.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	8.3%
Other means	0.0%	12.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bel-Nor	Cool Valley
1-unit, detached	97.6%	97.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bel-Nor	Cool Valley
Poverty rate	7.9%	26.7%
Average household size	2.30	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1944	1954