Bellaire vs Katy

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

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

Katy has the higher population (23,900 vs 17,116 in Bellaire). Bellaire has the higher median household income ($236,311 vs $107,332 in Katy). Bellaire has the higher median home value ($978,300 vs $376,800 in Katy).

Population, income & housing

	Bellaire	Katy
Population	17,116	23,900
Median age	45.1 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$236,311	$107,332
Median home value	$978,300	$376,800
Median gross rent	$2,705	$1,609
Housing units	6,690	8,129
Homeownership rate	87.9%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	81.7%	47.1%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellaire	Katy
Population	18,815 → 17,116 (-9.0%)	20,202 → 23,900 (+18.3%)
Median household income	$206,734 → $236,311 (+14.3%)	$83,091 → $107,332 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$842,700 → $978,300 (+16.1%)	$197,300 → $376,800 (+91.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,952 → $2,705 (+38.6%)	$1,030 → $1,609 (+56.2%)

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

Katy

Population

20,20223,900

Median household income

$83,091$107,332

Median home value

$197,300$376,800

Median gross rent

$1,030$1,609

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellaire	Katy
Under 5	4.9%	7.5%
5 to 17	20.7%	22.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	5.9%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	14.2%
45 to 54	14.3%	14.3%
55 to 64	16.6%	10.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.5%
75 and over	8.5%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellaire	Katy
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	46.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	20.4%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	28.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellaire	Katy
No high school diploma	1.5%	8.9%
High school graduate	4.5%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	12.3%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	47.4%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellaire	Katy
Drove alone	72.1%	72.8%
Carpooled	5.1%	10.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.8%
Walked	0.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	20.4%	13.8%
Other means	1.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellaire	Katy
1-unit, detached	90.0%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	1.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Bellaire	Katy
Poverty rate	2.6%	5.4%
Average household size	2.76	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1995	2003