Bells vs Preston

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

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

Bells has the higher population (2,101 vs 1,617 in Preston). Bells has the higher median household income ($89,635 vs $64,803 in Preston). Bells has the higher median home value ($208,000 vs $184,600 in Preston).

Population, income & housing

	Bells	Preston
Population	2,101	1,617
Median age	35.1 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$89,635	$64,803
Median home value	$208,000	$184,600
Median gross rent	$877	$1,704
Housing units	827	1,336
Homeownership rate	72.5%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bells	Preston
Population	1,679 → 2,101 (+25.1%)	1,991 → 1,617 (-18.8%)
Median household income	$71,625 → $89,635 (+25.1%)	$39,580 → $64,803 (+63.7%)
Median home value	$116,700 → $208,000 (+78.2%)	$107,000 → $184,600 (+72.5%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $877 (+21.0%)	$1,450 → $1,704 (+17.5%)

Bells

Population

1,6792,101

Median household income

$71,625$89,635

Median home value

$116,700$208,000

Median gross rent

$725$877

Preston

Population

1,9911,617

Median household income

$39,580$64,803

Median home value

$107,000$184,600

Median gross rent

$1,450$1,704

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bells	Preston
Under 5	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.0%	10.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	3.5%
25 to 34	12.9%	18.1%
35 to 44	14.0%	6.3%
45 to 54	14.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	15.8%
65 to 74	6.3%	15.2%
75 and over	3.7%	17.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bells	Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.1%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bells	Preston
No high school diploma	8.2%	3.6%
High school graduate	32.2%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bells	Preston
Drove alone	73.9%	86.7%
Carpooled	12.3%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	9.5%
Other means	0.8%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bells	Preston
1-unit, detached	77.5%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	43.4%

Poverty & households

	Bells	Preston
Poverty rate	11.9%	5.2%
Average household size	2.75	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	31	38
Median year structure built	1985	1992