Bell City vs Puxico

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

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

Puxico has the higher population (918 vs 554 in Bell City). Puxico has the higher median household income ($57,625 vs $31,058 in Bell City). Puxico has the higher median home value ($86,400 vs $50,000 in Bell City).

Population, income & housing

	Bell City	Puxico
Population	554	918
Median age	37.2 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$31,058	$57,625
Median home value	$50,000	$86,400
Median gross rent	$367	$652
Housing units	236	401
Homeownership rate	56.2%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	27.5%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bell City	Puxico
Population	489 → 554 (+13.3%)	986 → 918 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$28,333 → $31,058 (+9.6%)	$41,667 → $57,625 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$41,800 → $50,000 (+19.6%)	$72,700 → $86,400 (+18.8%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $367 (-30.1%)	$635 → $652 (+2.7%)

Bell City

Population

489554

Median household income

$28,333$31,058

Median home value

$41,800$50,000

Median gross rent

$525$367

Puxico

Population

986918

Median household income

$41,667$57,625

Median home value

$72,700$86,400

Median gross rent

$635$652

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bell City	Puxico
Under 5	2.2%	9.7%
5 to 17	14.6%	14.6%
18 to 24	20.8%	4.6%
25 to 34	9.4%	19.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	16.2%
45 to 54	17.1%	7.4%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.3%
75 and over	2.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bell City	Puxico
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bell City	Puxico
No high school diploma	21.4%	14.5%
High school graduate	50.3%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bell City	Puxico
Drove alone	73.3%	91.7%
Carpooled	18.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bell City	Puxico
1-unit, detached	51.3%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	27.5%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Bell City	Puxico
Poverty rate	30.7%	14.4%
Average household size	2.55	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1980	1972