Bell City vs Grayridge

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

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

Bell City has the higher population (554 vs 85 in Grayridge). Grayridge has the higher median household income ($61,000 vs $31,058 in Bell City). Grayridge has the higher median home value ($84,200 vs $50,000 in Bell City).

Population, income & housing

	Bell City	Grayridge
Population	554	85
Median age	37.2 yrs	55.9 yrs
Median household income	$31,058	$61,000
Median home value	$50,000	$84,200
Median gross rent	$367	—
Housing units	236	40
Homeownership rate	56.2%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	27.5%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bell City	Grayridge
Population	489 → 554 (+13.3%)	183 → 85 (-53.6%)
Median household income	$28,333 → $31,058 (+9.6%)	$37,019 → $61,000 (+64.8%)
Median home value	$41,800 → $50,000 (+19.6%)	$70,600 → $84,200 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $367 (-30.1%)	—

Bell City

Population

489554

Median household income

$28,333$31,058

Median home value

$41,800$50,000

Median gross rent

$525$367

Grayridge

Population

18385

Median household income

$37,019$61,000

Median home value

$70,600$84,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bell City	Grayridge
Under 5	2.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.6%	24.7%
18 to 24	20.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	4.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	5.9%
45 to 54	17.1%	3.5%
55 to 64	12.1%	36.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	16.5%
75 and over	2.3%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bell City	Grayridge
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	70.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	14.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	15.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bell City	Grayridge
No high school diploma	21.4%	25.0%
High school graduate	50.3%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bell City	Grayridge
Drove alone	73.3%	81.0%
Carpooled	18.0%	19.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bell City	Grayridge
1-unit, detached	51.3%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	27.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	15.0%

Poverty & households

	Bell City	Grayridge
Poverty rate	30.7%	2.4%
Average household size	2.55	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	24	12
Median year structure built	1980	1967