Bells vs Friendship

A side-by-side comparison of Bells and Friendship: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bells has the higher population (2,531 vs 671 in Friendship). Bells has the higher median household income ($54,132 vs $35,000 in Friendship). Bells has the higher median home value ($164,000 vs $105,400 in Friendship).

Population, income & housing

	Bells	Friendship
Population	2,531	671
Median age	33.1 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,132	$35,000
Median home value	$164,000	$105,400
Median gross rent	$1,014	$663
Housing units	1,043	328
Homeownership rate	51.0%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bells	Friendship
Population	2,736 → 2,531 (-7.5%)	664 → 671 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$51,750 → $54,132 (+4.6%)	$30,250 → $35,000 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$104,700 → $164,000 (+56.6%)	$75,400 → $105,400 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$804 → $1,014 (+26.1%)	$474 → $663 (+39.9%)

Bells

Population

2,7362,531

Median household income

$51,750$54,132

Median home value

$104,700$164,000

Median gross rent

$804$1,014

Friendship

Population

664671

Median household income

$30,250$35,000

Median home value

$75,400$105,400

Median gross rent

$474$663

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bells	Friendship
Under 5	7.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	22.0%	19.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.8%
25 to 34	12.8%	16.8%
35 to 44	16.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	6.8%	6.1%
65 to 74	7.2%	10.3%
75 and over	5.7%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bells	Friendship
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	64.1%
Black or African American	18.6%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	14.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bells	Friendship
No high school diploma	12.1%	22.1%
High school graduate	44.2%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bells	Friendship
Drove alone	95.6%	89.5%
Carpooled	1.5%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	3.5%
Other means	0.1%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bells	Friendship
1-unit, detached	78.0%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	5.5%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Bells	Friendship
Poverty rate	21.9%	38.9%
Average household size	2.50	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1993	1973