Bell City vs Dexter

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

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

Dexter has the higher population (7,906 vs 554 in Bell City). Dexter has the higher median household income ($47,647 vs $31,058 in Bell City). Dexter has the higher median home value ($132,700 vs $50,000 in Bell City).

Population, income & housing

	Bell City	Dexter
Population	554	7,906
Median age	37.2 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$31,058	$47,647
Median home value	$50,000	$132,700
Median gross rent	$367	$717
Housing units	236	3,758
Homeownership rate	56.2%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	27.5%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bell City	Dexter
Population	489 → 554 (+13.3%)	7,862 → 7,906 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$28,333 → $31,058 (+9.6%)	$35,551 → $47,647 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$41,800 → $50,000 (+19.6%)	$88,000 → $132,700 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $367 (-30.1%)	$619 → $717 (+15.8%)

Bell City

Population

489554

Median household income

$28,333$31,058

Median home value

$41,800$50,000

Median gross rent

$525$367

Dexter

Population

7,8627,906

Median household income

$35,551$47,647

Median home value

$88,000$132,700

Median gross rent

$619$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bell City	Dexter
Under 5	2.2%	8.2%
5 to 17	14.6%	17.8%
18 to 24	20.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	9.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	17.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	7.9%	10.1%
75 and over	2.3%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bell City	Dexter
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bell City	Dexter
No high school diploma	21.4%	12.5%
High school graduate	50.3%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bell City	Dexter
Drove alone	73.3%	88.6%
Carpooled	18.0%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	6.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bell City	Dexter
1-unit, detached	51.3%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	27.5%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Bell City	Dexter
Poverty rate	30.7%	23.8%
Average household size	2.55	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1980	1970