Belton vs Fort Hood

A side-by-side comparison of Belton and Fort Hood: population, income, housing, and more.

Belton and Fort Hood are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Hood has the higher population (25,786 vs 23,769 in Belton). Belton has the higher median household income ($63,544 vs $59,661 in Fort Hood).

Population, income & housing

	Belton	Fort Hood
Population	23,769	25,786
Median age	30.3 yrs	21.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,544	$59,661
Median home value	$252,000	—
Median gross rent	$1,237	$1,368
Housing units	8,358	6,931
Homeownership rate	51.5%	0.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belton	Fort Hood
Population	21,685 → 23,769 (+9.6%)	23,508 → 25,786 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$55,539 → $63,544 (+14.4%)	$44,718 → $59,661 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$158,400 → $252,000 (+59.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$924 → $1,237 (+33.9%)	$1,252 → $1,368 (+9.3%)

Belton

Population

21,68523,769

Median household income

$55,539$63,544

Median home value

$158,400$252,000

Median gross rent

$924$1,237

Fort Hood

Population

23,50825,786

Median household income

$44,718$59,661

Median gross rent

$1,252$1,368

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belton	Fort Hood
Under 5	5.7%	11.6%
5 to 17	20.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	14.9%	40.7%
25 to 34	17.1%	22.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	7.5%
45 to 54	8.3%	2.1%
55 to 64	9.1%	0.7%
65 to 74	7.4%	0.2%
75 and over	4.7%	0.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belton	Fort Hood
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	47.6%
Black or African American	8.5%	18.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.9%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	29.0%	22.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belton	Fort Hood
No high school diploma	14.1%	2.1%
High school graduate	28.6%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belton	Fort Hood
Drove alone	74.5%	56.4%
Carpooled	9.2%	8.2%
Public transit	0.9%	0.6%
Walked	4.6%	22.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.0%	11.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belton	Fort Hood
1-unit, detached	58.8%	17.2%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	73.5%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	1.4%
20 or more units	11.5%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Belton	Fort Hood
Poverty rate	16.2%	12.3%
Average household size	2.69	3.36
Mean commute (minutes)	21	11
Median year structure built	1995	1977