Bell City vs Bloomfield

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

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

Bloomfield has the higher population (2,011 vs 554 in Bell City). Bloomfield has the higher median household income ($43,182 vs $31,058 in Bell City). Bloomfield has the higher median home value ($69,400 vs $50,000 in Bell City).

Population, income & housing

	Bell City	Bloomfield
Population	554	2,011
Median age	37.2 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$31,058	$43,182
Median home value	$50,000	$69,400
Median gross rent	$367	$800
Housing units	236	1,018
Homeownership rate	56.2%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	27.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bell City	Bloomfield
Population	489 → 554 (+13.3%)	2,191 → 2,011 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$28,333 → $31,058 (+9.6%)	$39,881 → $43,182 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$41,800 → $50,000 (+19.6%)	$78,600 → $69,400 (-11.7%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $367 (-30.1%)	$594 → $800 (+34.7%)

Bell City

Population

489554

Median household income

$28,333$31,058

Median home value

$41,800$50,000

Median gross rent

$525$367

Bloomfield

Population

2,1912,011

Median household income

$39,881$43,182

Median home value

$78,600$69,400

Median gross rent

$594$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bell City	Bloomfield
Under 5	2.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	20.8%	2.6%
25 to 34	9.4%	17.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	17.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.1%	14.4%
65 to 74	7.9%	13.9%
75 and over	2.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bell City	Bloomfield
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bell City	Bloomfield
No high school diploma	21.4%	30.8%
High school graduate	50.3%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bell City	Bloomfield
Drove alone	73.3%	83.9%
Carpooled	18.0%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bell City	Bloomfield
1-unit, detached	51.3%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	27.5%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Bell City	Bloomfield
Poverty rate	30.7%	22.8%
Average household size	2.55	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1980	1965