Belton vs Harker Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Belton and Harker Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harker Heights has the higher population (33,595 vs 23,769 in Belton). Harker Heights has the higher median household income ($82,685 vs $63,544 in Belton). Harker Heights has the higher median home value ($269,000 vs $252,000 in Belton).

Population, income & housing

	Belton	Harker Heights
Population	23,769	33,595
Median age	30.3 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,544	$82,685
Median home value	$252,000	$269,000
Median gross rent	$1,237	$1,114
Housing units	8,358	12,803
Homeownership rate	51.5%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belton	Harker Heights
Population	21,685 → 23,769 (+9.6%)	30,861 → 33,595 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$55,539 → $63,544 (+14.4%)	$74,839 → $82,685 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$158,400 → $252,000 (+59.1%)	$201,400 → $269,000 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$924 → $1,237 (+33.9%)	$936 → $1,114 (+19.0%)

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

Harker Heights

Population

30,86133,595

Median household income

$74,839$82,685

Median home value

$201,400$269,000

Median gross rent

$936$1,114

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belton	Harker Heights
Under 5	5.7%	7.4%
5 to 17	20.8%	23.3%
18 to 24	14.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	17.1%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	16.9%
45 to 54	8.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	9.1%	10.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	7.1%
75 and over	4.7%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belton	Harker Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	40.2%
Black or African American	8.5%	26.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.9%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	29.0%	22.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belton	Harker Heights
No high school diploma	14.1%	6.8%
High school graduate	28.6%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belton	Harker Heights
Drove alone	74.5%	77.6%
Carpooled	9.2%	10.5%
Public transit	0.9%	0.1%
Walked	4.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.0%	9.0%
Other means	0.8%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belton	Harker Heights
1-unit, detached	58.8%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	4.7%
20 or more units	11.5%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Belton	Harker Heights
Poverty rate	16.2%	10.4%
Average household size	2.69	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1995	2000