Belton vs Killeen

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

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

Killeen has the higher population (156,144 vs 23,769 in Belton). Belton has the higher median household income ($63,544 vs $58,339 in Killeen). Belton has the higher median home value ($252,000 vs $196,000 in Killeen).

Population, income & housing

	Belton	Killeen
Population	23,769	156,144
Median age	30.3 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,544	$58,339
Median home value	$252,000	$196,000
Median gross rent	$1,237	$1,147
Housing units	8,358	65,809
Homeownership rate	51.5%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belton	Killeen
Population	21,685 → 23,769 (+9.6%)	145,686 → 156,144 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$55,539 → $63,544 (+14.4%)	$49,630 → $58,339 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$158,400 → $252,000 (+59.1%)	$126,200 → $196,000 (+55.3%)
Median gross rent	$924 → $1,237 (+33.9%)	$923 → $1,147 (+24.3%)

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

Killeen

Population

145,686156,144

Median household income

$49,630$58,339

Median home value

$126,200$196,000

Median gross rent

$923$1,147

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belton	Killeen
Under 5	5.7%	9.4%
5 to 17	20.8%	19.8%
18 to 24	14.9%	11.1%
25 to 34	17.1%	18.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	8.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	9.1%	8.8%
65 to 74	7.4%	5.5%
75 and over	4.7%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belton	Killeen
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	26.0%
Black or African American	8.5%	34.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.9%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	29.0%	27.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belton	Killeen
No high school diploma	14.1%	7.6%
High school graduate	28.6%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belton	Killeen
Drove alone	74.5%	78.8%
Carpooled	9.2%	10.7%
Public transit	0.9%	0.5%
Walked	4.6%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	7.6%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belton	Killeen
1-unit, detached	58.8%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	11.5%
20 or more units	11.5%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Belton	Killeen
Poverty rate	16.2%	17.2%
Average household size	2.69	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1995	1995