Bell Arthur vs Farmville

A side-by-side comparison of Bell Arthur and Farmville: population, income, housing, and more.

Bell Arthur and Farmville are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Farmville has the higher population (4,493 vs 649 in Bell Arthur). Farmville has the higher median home value ($184,900 vs $137,300 in Bell Arthur). Since 2019, Bell Arthur's population has grown faster (+75.9% vs -4.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Bell Arthur	Farmville
Population	649	4,493
Median age	25.0 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$50,870
Median home value	$137,300	$184,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,019
Housing units	177	2,238
Homeownership rate	48.0%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.3%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	30.3%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bell Arthur	Farmville
Population	369 → 649 (+75.9%)	4,712 → 4,493 (-4.6%)
Median household income	—	$43,083 → $50,870 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$126,600 → $137,300 (+8.5%)	$141,600 → $184,900 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$712 → $1,019 (+43.1%)

Bell Arthur

Population

369649

Median home value

$126,600$137,300

Farmville

Population

4,7124,493

Median household income

$43,083$50,870

Median home value

$141,600$184,900

Median gross rent

$712$1,019

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bell Arthur	Farmville
Under 5	36.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	8.3%	23.6%
18 to 24	5.5%	3.5%
25 to 34	23.6%	13.5%
35 to 44	16.9%	7.3%
45 to 54	7.4%	9.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	2.2%	19.5%
75 and over	0.0%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bell Arthur	Farmville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	45.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	44.2%
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	10.8%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bell Arthur	Farmville
No high school diploma	0.0%	15.4%
High school graduate	29.5%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	51.7%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bell Arthur	Farmville
Drove alone	54.8%	71.4%
Carpooled	24.4%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bell Arthur	Farmville
1-unit, detached	48.0%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	27.1%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	24.9%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Bell Arthur	Farmville
Poverty rate	9.2%	27.0%
Average household size	3.67	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1993	1976