Bells vs Gadsden

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

Bells and Gadsden 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 367 in Gadsden). Gadsden has the higher median household income ($54,250 vs $54,132 in Bells). Bells has the higher median home value ($164,000 vs $117,900 in Gadsden).

Population, income & housing

	Bells	Gadsden
Population	2,531	367
Median age	33.1 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,132	$54,250
Median home value	$164,000	$117,900
Median gross rent	$1,014	$769
Housing units	1,043	226
Homeownership rate	51.0%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bells	Gadsden
Population	2,736 → 2,531 (-7.5%)	574 → 367 (-36.1%)
Median household income	$51,750 → $54,132 (+4.6%)	$44,891 → $54,250 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$104,700 → $164,000 (+56.6%)	$86,200 → $117,900 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$804 → $1,014 (+26.1%)	$768 → $769 (+0.1%)

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

Gadsden

Population

574367

Median household income

$44,891$54,250

Median home value

$86,200$117,900

Median gross rent

$768$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bells	Gadsden
Under 5	7.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	22.0%	11.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	9.8%
35 to 44	16.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.9%	9.5%
55 to 64	6.8%	21.3%
65 to 74	7.2%	13.1%
75 and over	5.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bells	Gadsden
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	76.8%
Black or African American	18.6%	18.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bells	Gadsden
No high school diploma	12.1%	13.5%
High school graduate	44.2%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bells	Gadsden
Drove alone	95.6%	79.9%
Carpooled	1.5%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	8.5%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bells	Gadsden
1-unit, detached	78.0%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Bells	Gadsden
Poverty rate	21.9%	19.5%
Average household size	2.50	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1993	1968