Bell Buckle vs Wartrace

A side-by-side comparison of Bell Buckle and Wartrace: population, income, housing, and more.

Bell Buckle and Wartrace are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wartrace has the higher population (737 vs 654 in Bell Buckle). Bell Buckle has the higher median household income ($83,452 vs $57,917 in Wartrace). Bell Buckle has the higher median home value ($321,400 vs $181,800 in Wartrace).

Population, income & housing

	Bell Buckle	Wartrace
Population	654	737
Median age	31.1 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,452	$57,917
Median home value	$321,400	$181,800
Median gross rent	$1,406	$743
Housing units	235	427
Homeownership rate	78.2%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bell Buckle	Wartrace
Population	544 → 654 (+20.2%)	661 → 737 (+11.5%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $83,452 (+30.9%)	$43,750 → $57,917 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$171,500 → $321,400 (+87.4%)	$104,700 → $181,800 (+73.6%)
Median gross rent	$994 → $1,406 (+41.4%)	$750 → $743 (-0.9%)

Bell Buckle

Population

544654

Median household income

$63,750$83,452

Median home value

$171,500$321,400

Median gross rent

$994$1,406

Wartrace

Population

661737

Median household income

$43,750$57,917

Median home value

$104,700$181,800

Median gross rent

$750$743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bell Buckle	Wartrace
Under 5	12.1%	11.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	19.0%
18 to 24	11.5%	10.4%
25 to 34	27.8%	14.7%
35 to 44	8.1%	9.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	9.4%
55 to 64	10.9%	12.6%
65 to 74	2.0%	8.3%
75 and over	3.7%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bell Buckle	Wartrace
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	91.6%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bell Buckle	Wartrace
No high school diploma	9.5%	7.3%
High school graduate	24.6%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bell Buckle	Wartrace
Drove alone	61.9%	77.0%
Carpooled	4.2%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	15.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bell Buckle	Wartrace
1-unit, detached	98.7%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	28.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Bell Buckle	Wartrace
Poverty rate	8.3%	20.5%
Average household size	2.83	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1984	1961