Bell City vs Penermon

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

Bell City and Penermon 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 83 in Penermon). Bell City has the higher median household income ($31,058 vs $18,906 in Penermon). Bell City has the higher median home value ($50,000 vs $46,100 in Penermon).

Population, income & housing

	Bell City	Penermon
Population	554	83
Median age	37.2 yrs	14.4 yrs
Median household income	$31,058	$18,906
Median home value	$50,000	$46,100
Median gross rent	$367	—
Housing units	236	51
Homeownership rate	56.2%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	27.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bell City	Penermon
Population	489 → 554 (+13.3%)	77 → 83 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$28,333 → $31,058 (+9.6%)	$17,019 → $18,906 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$41,800 → $50,000 (+19.6%)	$52,500 → $46,100 (-12.2%)
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

Penermon

Population

7783

Median household income

$17,019$18,906

Median home value

$52,500$46,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bell City	Penermon
Under 5	2.2%	22.9%
5 to 17	14.6%	30.1%
18 to 24	20.8%	2.4%
25 to 34	9.4%	2.4%
35 to 44	13.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	17.1%	3.6%
55 to 64	12.1%	8.4%
65 to 74	7.9%	7.2%
75 and over	2.3%	22.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bell City	Penermon
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bell City	Penermon
No high school diploma	21.4%	75.7%
High school graduate	50.3%	16.2%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	8.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bell City	Penermon
Drove alone	73.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	18.0%	0.0%
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	Penermon
1-unit, detached	51.3%	72.5%
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%	27.5%

Poverty & households

	Bell City	Penermon
Poverty rate	30.7%	62.7%
Average household size	2.55	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1980	1962