Bell Arthur vs Stokes

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

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

Bell Arthur has the higher population (649 vs 198 in Stokes). Stokes has the higher median home value ($233,500 vs $137,300 in Bell Arthur). Since 2019, Bell Arthur's population has grown faster (+75.9% vs -74.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Bell Arthur	Stokes
Population	649	198
Median age	25.0 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$56,382
Median home value	$137,300	$233,500
Housing units	177	86
Homeownership rate	48.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.3%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	30.3%	14.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bell Arthur	Stokes
Population	369 → 649 (+75.9%)	777 → 198 (-74.5%)
Median household income	—	$93,963 → $56,382 (-40.0%)
Median home value	$126,600 → $137,300 (+8.5%)	$42,800 → $233,500 (+445.6%)

Bell Arthur

Population

369649

Median home value

$126,600$137,300

Stokes

Population

777198

Median household income

$93,963$56,382

Median home value

$42,800$233,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bell Arthur	Stokes
Under 5	36.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	23.6%	19.2%
35 to 44	16.9%	4.5%
45 to 54	7.4%	7.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	28.3%
65 to 74	2.2%	7.1%
75 and over	0.0%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bell Arthur	Stokes
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	34.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	42.9%
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%	22.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bell Arthur	Stokes
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	29.5%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	14.2%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	51.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bell Arthur	Stokes
Drove alone	54.8%	60.9%
Carpooled	24.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	39.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bell Arthur	Stokes
1-unit, detached	48.0%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	27.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	24.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Bell Arthur	Stokes
Poverty rate	9.2%	0.0%
Average household size	3.67	2.57
Median year structure built	1993	1991