Belton vs Troy

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

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

Belton has the higher population (23,769 vs 2,628 in Troy). Troy has the higher median household income ($81,193 vs $63,544 in Belton). Belton has the higher median home value ($252,000 vs $188,200 in Troy).

Population, income & housing

	Belton	Troy
Population	23,769	2,628
Median age	30.3 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,544	$81,193
Median home value	$252,000	$188,200
Median gross rent	$1,237	$1,141
Housing units	8,358	951
Homeownership rate	51.5%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belton	Troy
Population	21,685 → 23,769 (+9.6%)	2,820 → 2,628 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$55,539 → $63,544 (+14.4%)	$63,281 → $81,193 (+28.3%)
Median home value	$158,400 → $252,000 (+59.1%)	$124,000 → $188,200 (+51.8%)
Median gross rent	$924 → $1,237 (+33.9%)	$949 → $1,141 (+20.2%)

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

Troy

Population

2,8202,628

Median household income

$63,281$81,193

Median home value

$124,000$188,200

Median gross rent

$949$1,141

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belton	Troy
Under 5	5.7%	10.5%
5 to 17	20.8%	19.6%
18 to 24	14.9%	4.7%
25 to 34	17.1%	19.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	14.1%
45 to 54	8.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	9.1%	6.3%
65 to 74	7.4%	10.5%
75 and over	4.7%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belton	Troy
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	66.0%
Black or African American	8.5%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	29.0%	28.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belton	Troy
No high school diploma	14.1%	7.4%
High school graduate	28.6%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belton	Troy
Drove alone	74.5%	85.6%
Carpooled	9.2%	9.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.8%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belton	Troy
1-unit, detached	58.8%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	8.0%
20 or more units	11.5%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Belton	Troy
Poverty rate	16.2%	6.2%
Average household size	2.69	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1995	1994