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SheetMO-BELLEFONTAINE-NEIGHBORS-MO · Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO 10,562 pop · income 17th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Bellefontaine Neighbors
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Bellefontaine Neighbors on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Palatka · lowest
33,628
Palatka · lowest
33,628 median HH income
28.1% of the leader · rank #1
Freeport · near
48,352
Freeport · near
48,352 median HH income
40.3% of the leader · rank #2
Bellefontaine… · this city
48,354
Bellefontaine… · this city
48,354 median HH income
40.3% of the leader · rank #3
Terry · near
48,354
Terry · near
48,354 median HH income
40.3% of the leader · rank #4
Dripping Spri… · near
48,355
Dripping Spri… · near
48,355 median HH income
40.3% of the leader · rank #5
Johnson · near
48,355
Johnson · near
48,355 median HH income
40.3% of the leader · rank #6
Pingree Grove · highest
119,880
Pingree Grove · highest
119,880 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Bellefontaine Neighbors on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 10,562.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Bellefontaine Neighbors - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Bellefontaine Neighbors places in the 17th percentile for household income and the 9th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
17th
percentile, household income
7th
percentile, home value
7th
percentile, median rent
9th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO
10,562 people live in Bellefontaine Neighbors, Missouri - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $48,354 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 25.7%. Bellefontaine Neighbors's housing stock carries a median value of $92,500, and the median resident age is 44.2 years. About 18.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 45.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 0 residential units were authorized in 2024 (No Permits). Bellefontaine Neighbors's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 3692.9 crimes per 100,000 residents, above the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Missouri run below the national norm: the state registers 90.8 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $972 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Missouri run around $219, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 50.6 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Bellefontaine Neighbors's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from population change to reported crime to work and mobility to comparison shortlist to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Bellefontaine Neighbors, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Is Bellefontaine Neighbors growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -332 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -3.1% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 0 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Bellefontaine Neighbors?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 3692.9 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 62% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
What does the journey to work look like in Bellefontaine Neighbors?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 65.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Which cities make useful reference points for Bellefontaine Neighbors?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Missouri, the closest population matches are Maryville (10,556 residents, $48,099 income); Smithville (10,552 residents, $99,925 income); Excelsior Springs (10,502 residents, $74,056 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Palatka, FL (10,558 residents); Monroe, WI (10,568 residents); Fairview, TX (10,570 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Bellefontaine Neighbors?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 1.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 25.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
1.9×
Home value
$92,500
Household income
$48,354
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Low income · poverty 25.7% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
90.8 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Missouri average
F
City profile score · Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO
27/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A-
90.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share F
18.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$48,354
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
25.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime F
945 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bellefontaine Neighbors profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 83/100 (A-) · 90.8 index
Bachelor's+ share: 30/100 (F) · 18.6%
Household income: 18/100 (F) · $48,354
Poverty rate: 5/100 (F) · 25.7%
Violent crime: 0/100 (F) · 945 /100k
Where Bellefontaine Neighbors sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Bellefontaine Neighbors's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Bellefontaine Neighbors highlighted among 13 peers.Read the chart values
Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO (this city): home $92,500, crime 3,693/100k
Palatka, FL : home $112,300, crime 4,003/100k
Monroe, WI : home $184,400, crime 1,176/100k
Fairview, TX : home $544,800, crime 999/100k
Bellmead, TX : home $117,600, crime 3,641/100k
Vienna, WV : home $155,500, crime 3,463/100k
Pingree Grove, IL : home $298,300, crime 167/100k
Maryville, MO : home $178,900, crime 1,910/100k
Smithville, MO : home $272,500, crime 891/100k
Excelsior Springs, MO : home $174,000, crime 2,721/100k
Kearney, MO : home $275,200, crime 825/100k
Kennett, MO : home $103,600, crime 4,552/100k
Bolivar, MO : home $188,700, crime 1,198/100k
How does Bellefontaine Neighbors compare to other US cities?
Bellefontaine Neighbors measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income17% higher than other cities
Home value7% pricier than other cities
Median rent7% pricier than other cities
Safety9% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Missouri and the picture shifts: Bellefontaine Neighbors ranks #196 of 234 Missouri cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Bellefontaine Neighbors against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Missouri only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Missouri-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Bellefontaine Neighbors near the bottom of Missouri's cities
Among the 875 Missouri cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Bellefontaine Neighbors ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Bellefontaine Neighbors only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#529 of 842
37th percentile in Missouri
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 875
0th percentile in Missouri
Median Home Value
#565 of 833
32nd percentile in Missouri
Poverty Rate
#102 of 875
88th percentile in Missouri
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#336 of 875
61st percentile in Missouri
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Missouri only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
17th percentile nationally for median household income · 9th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Bellefontaine Neighbors's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Bellefontaine Neighbors's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Bellefontaine Neighbors's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$92,500Among the most affordablemore affordable than 93% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#1,347 of 15,516
More affordable than 91% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#47 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 1.9×, Bellefontaine Neighbors sits in the affordable band:
national rank #1,347 of 15,516 and #47 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$48,354Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)18.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)25.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)45.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
10,562
Median Income
$48,354
Median Home Value
$92,500
Median Age
44.2
Poverty Rate
25.7%
Labor force participation
45.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
18.6%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
3692.9
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
945.1
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
2747.7
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Bellefontaine Neighbors's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
10,700 residents
2021
10,564 residents
2022
10,462 residents
2023
10,406 residents
2024
10,400 residents
2025
10,368 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
Total Permits (2024)
0
housing units authorized
Single-Family
0
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
0
0
0
-
2020
0
0
0
-
2021
1
1
0
$0.2M
2022
0
0
0
-
2023
0
0
0
-
2024
0
0
0
-
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
65.3%
Carpool
9.5%
Public Transit
4.1%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
21.1%
Based on 3,570 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Missouri statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $219
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Missouri at $219 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $42 ).
These are Missouri statewide averages, not a meter reading for Bellefontaine Neighbors. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Missouri's BEA cost-of-living index is 90.8 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Bellefontaine Neighbors is $972/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Missouri statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 50.6 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Missouri statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Bellefontaine Neighbors sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Bellefontaine Neighbors compares to similar-size Missouri cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.