Bellville vs New Ulm

A side-by-side comparison of Bellville and New Ulm: population, income, housing, and more.

Bellville and New Ulm are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bellville has the higher population (4,196 vs 322 in New Ulm). New Ulm has the higher median household income ($89,010 vs $53,941 in Bellville). Since 2019, New Ulm's population has grown faster (+1.3% vs -0.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Bellville	New Ulm
Population	4,196	322
Median age	40.4 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,941	$89,010
Median home value	$249,100	—
Median gross rent	$891	—
Housing units	1,616	273
Homeownership rate	61.8%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	6.6%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellville	New Ulm
Population	4,232 → 4,196 (-0.9%)	318 → 322 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$48,024 → $53,941 (+12.3%)	$106,875 → $89,010 (-16.7%)
Median home value	$195,300 → $249,100 (+27.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$779 → $891 (+14.4%)	—

Bellville

Population

4,2324,196

Median household income

$48,024$53,941

Median home value

$195,300$249,100

Median gross rent

$779$891

New Ulm

Population

318322

Median household income

$106,875$89,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellville	New Ulm
Under 5	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.6%	38.5%
18 to 24	4.8%	0.6%
25 to 34	12.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	25.5%
45 to 54	5.7%	7.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	0.0%
65 to 74	12.3%	28.3%
75 and over	11.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellville	New Ulm
White (non-Hispanic)	62.8%	36.0%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	32.0%	64.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellville	New Ulm
No high school diploma	13.8%	11.7%
High school graduate	33.1%	67.9%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	13.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellville	New Ulm
Drove alone	83.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	7.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	0.0%
Other means	3.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellville	New Ulm
1-unit, detached	70.7%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Bellville	New Ulm
Poverty rate	18.5%	5.8%
Average household size	2.52	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1969	1991