Bells vs Pottsboro

A side-by-side comparison of Bells and Pottsboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pottsboro has the higher population (2,624 vs 2,101 in Bells). Bells has the higher median household income ($89,635 vs $75,909 in Pottsboro). Pottsboro has the higher median home value ($246,300 vs $208,000 in Bells).

Population, income & housing

	Bells	Pottsboro
Population	2,101	2,624
Median age	35.1 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$89,635	$75,909
Median home value	$208,000	$246,300
Median gross rent	$877	$1,233
Housing units	827	1,052
Homeownership rate	72.5%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bells	Pottsboro
Population	1,679 → 2,101 (+25.1%)	2,465 → 2,624 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$71,625 → $89,635 (+25.1%)	$70,000 → $75,909 (+8.4%)
Median home value	$116,700 → $208,000 (+78.2%)	$178,100 → $246,300 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $877 (+21.0%)	$809 → $1,233 (+52.4%)

Bells

Population

1,6792,101

Median household income

$71,625$89,635

Median home value

$116,700$208,000

Median gross rent

$725$877

Pottsboro

Population

2,4652,624

Median household income

$70,000$75,909

Median home value

$178,100$246,300

Median gross rent

$809$1,233

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bells	Pottsboro
Under 5	7.2%	6.7%
5 to 17	24.0%	17.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	12.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	14.0%	10.1%
45 to 54	14.7%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.4%	15.1%
65 to 74	6.3%	14.0%
75 and over	3.7%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bells	Pottsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	1.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bells	Pottsboro
No high school diploma	8.2%	4.0%
High school graduate	32.2%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bells	Pottsboro
Drove alone	73.9%	71.3%
Carpooled	12.3%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	9.5%
Other means	0.8%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bells	Pottsboro
1-unit, detached	77.5%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Bells	Pottsboro
Poverty rate	11.9%	7.9%
Average household size	2.75	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1985	1991