Bellaire vs Humble

A side-by-side comparison of Bellaire and Humble: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bellaire has the higher population (17,116 vs 16,489 in Humble). Bellaire has the higher median household income ($236,311 vs $52,927 in Humble). Bellaire has the higher median home value ($978,300 vs $191,200 in Humble).

Population, income & housing

	Bellaire	Humble
Population	17,116	16,489
Median age	45.1 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$236,311	$52,927
Median home value	$978,300	$191,200
Median gross rent	$2,705	$1,216
Housing units	6,690	6,497
Homeownership rate	87.9%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	81.7%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellaire	Humble
Population	18,815 → 17,116 (-9.0%)	15,864 → 16,489 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$206,734 → $236,311 (+14.3%)	$41,845 → $52,927 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$842,700 → $978,300 (+16.1%)	$122,900 → $191,200 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,952 → $2,705 (+38.6%)	$968 → $1,216 (+25.6%)

Bellaire

Population

18,81517,116

Median household income

$206,734$236,311

Median home value

$842,700$978,300

Median gross rent

$1,952$2,705

Humble

Population

15,86416,489

Median household income

$41,845$52,927

Median home value

$122,900$191,200

Median gross rent

$968$1,216

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellaire	Humble
Under 5	4.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	20.7%	21.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	10.0%
25 to 34	5.9%	17.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	16.6%	9.5%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.4%
75 and over	8.5%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellaire	Humble
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	19.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	21.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	20.4%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	56.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellaire	Humble
No high school diploma	1.5%	18.6%
High school graduate	4.5%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	12.3%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	47.4%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellaire	Humble
Drove alone	72.1%	80.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	8.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.7%
Walked	0.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.4%	6.4%
Other means	1.2%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellaire	Humble
1-unit, detached	90.0%	38.9%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	25.1%
20 or more units	1.5%	13.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Bellaire	Humble
Poverty rate	2.6%	18.1%
Average household size	2.76	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1995	1983