Bell Center vs Mount Sterling

A side-by-side comparison of Bell Center and Mount Sterling: population, income, housing, and more.

Bell Center and Mount Sterling are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mount Sterling has the higher population (182 vs 95 in Bell Center). Since 2019, Mount Sterling's population has grown faster (+14.5% vs -20.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Bell Center	Mount Sterling
Population	95	182
Median age	47.8 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$43,438
Median home value	—	$126,400
Median gross rent	$1,111	$685
Housing units	70	88
Homeownership rate	76.2%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bell Center	Mount Sterling
Population	120 → 95 (-20.8%)	159 → 182 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$34,167 → $91,250 (+167.1%)	$30,000 → $43,438 (+44.8%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $187,500 (+108.3%)	$108,300 → $126,400 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$990 → $1,111 (+12.2%)	$572 → $685 (+19.8%)

Bell Center

Population

12095

Median household income

$34,167$91,250

Median home value

$90,000$187,500

Median gross rent

$990$1,111

Mount Sterling

Population

159182

Median household income

$30,000$43,438

Median home value

$108,300$126,400

Median gross rent

$572$685

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bell Center	Mount Sterling
Under 5	2.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	21.1%	23.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	8.4%	7.1%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.6%
45 to 54	4.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	21.1%	9.9%
65 to 74	24.2%	19.8%
75 and over	4.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bell Center	Mount Sterling
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.5%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bell Center	Mount Sterling
No high school diploma	11.0%	0.8%
High school graduate	54.8%	55.6%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bell Center	Mount Sterling
Drove alone	55.2%	75.0%
Carpooled	37.9%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	11.1%
Other means	3.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bell Center	Mount Sterling
1-unit, detached	87.1%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Bell Center	Mount Sterling
Poverty rate	16.8%	12.1%
Average household size	2.26	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	45	21
Median year structure built	1971	1954