Bell City vs Bernie

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

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

Bernie has the higher population (1,772 vs 554 in Bell City). Bernie has the higher median household income ($45,223 vs $31,058 in Bell City). Bernie has the higher median home value ($90,800 vs $50,000 in Bell City).

Population, income & housing

	Bell City	Bernie
Population	554	1,772
Median age	37.2 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$31,058	$45,223
Median home value	$50,000	$90,800
Median gross rent	$367	$757
Housing units	236	770
Homeownership rate	56.2%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	27.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bell City	Bernie
Population	489 → 554 (+13.3%)	1,848 → 1,772 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$28,333 → $31,058 (+9.6%)	$35,813 → $45,223 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$41,800 → $50,000 (+19.6%)	$68,000 → $90,800 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $367 (-30.1%)	$603 → $757 (+25.5%)

Bell City

Population

489554

Median household income

$28,333$31,058

Median home value

$41,800$50,000

Median gross rent

$525$367

Bernie

Population

1,8481,772

Median household income

$35,813$45,223

Median home value

$68,000$90,800

Median gross rent

$603$757

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bell City	Bernie
Under 5	2.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.6%	13.1%
18 to 24	20.8%	4.6%
25 to 34	9.4%	8.8%
35 to 44	13.5%	10.2%
45 to 54	17.1%	16.4%
55 to 64	12.1%	16.4%
65 to 74	7.9%	16.5%
75 and over	2.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bell City	Bernie
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bell City	Bernie
No high school diploma	21.4%	25.2%
High school graduate	50.3%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bell City	Bernie
Drove alone	73.3%	84.9%
Carpooled	18.0%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bell City	Bernie
1-unit, detached	51.3%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	27.5%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Bell City	Bernie
Poverty rate	30.7%	26.3%
Average household size	2.55	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1980	1974