Bellbrook vs Yellow Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Bellbrook and Yellow Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Bellbrook and Yellow Springs are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bellbrook has the higher population (7,344 vs 3,655 in Yellow Springs). Bellbrook has the higher median household income ($101,455 vs $67,477 in Yellow Springs). Yellow Springs has the higher median home value ($279,700 vs $246,200 in Bellbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Bellbrook	Yellow Springs
Population	7,344	3,655
Median age	43.4 yrs	53.9 yrs
Median household income	$101,455	$67,477
Median home value	$246,200	$279,700
Median gross rent	$1,234	$849
Housing units	3,029	2,016
Homeownership rate	75.9%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.2%	62.3%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellbrook	Yellow Springs
Population	7,212 → 7,344 (+1.8%)	3,872 → 3,655 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$84,130 → $101,455 (+20.6%)	$61,522 → $67,477 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$180,300 → $246,200 (+36.6%)	$215,500 → $279,700 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	$984 → $1,234 (+25.4%)	$916 → $849 (-7.3%)

Bellbrook

Population

7,2127,344

Median household income

$84,130$101,455

Median home value

$180,300$246,200

Median gross rent

$984$1,234

Yellow Springs

Population

3,8723,655

Median household income

$61,522$67,477

Median home value

$215,500$279,700

Median gross rent

$916$849

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellbrook	Yellow Springs
Under 5	4.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	10.3%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.7%	8.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	8.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.1%
55 to 64	18.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	18.1%
75 and over	7.1%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellbrook	Yellow Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	9.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellbrook	Yellow Springs
No high school diploma	2.6%	3.3%
High school graduate	14.0%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	36.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellbrook	Yellow Springs
Drove alone	73.7%	69.1%
Carpooled	8.2%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.7%
Worked from home	16.3%	19.1%
Other means	1.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellbrook	Yellow Springs
1-unit, detached	79.2%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellbrook	Yellow Springs
Poverty rate	2.9%	5.6%
Average household size	2.43	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1973	1959