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SheetWA-BELL-HILL-WA · Bell Hill, WA 951 pop · income 57th 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 Bell Hill
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Bell Hill on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Tonasket · lowest
38,273
Tonasket · lowest
38,273 median HH income
33.0% of the leader · rank #1
La Paz · near
75,750
La Paz · near
75,750 median HH income
65.3% of the leader · rank #2
Whittingham · near
75,764
Whittingham · near
75,764 median HH income
65.3% of the leader · rank #3
Bell Hill · this city
75,765
Bell Hill · this city
75,765 median HH income
65.3% of the leader · rank #4
Kenmore · near
75,768
Kenmore · near
75,768 median HH income
65.3% of the leader · rank #5
Troy · near
75,777
Troy · near
75,777 median HH income
65.3% of the leader · rank #6
River Road · highest
116,087
River Road · highest
116,087 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
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Bell Hill on ACS population and median household income
. 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: 951.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Bell Hill places in the 57th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
57th
percentile, household income
95th
percentile, home value
70th
percentile, median rent
📝 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: Bell Hill, WA
Bell Hill is a small town in Washington, home to 951 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Bell Hill report a median income of $75,765 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. Home values in Bell Hill run a median of $801,600, and the median resident age is 70.4 years. Educational attainment runs 61.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 12.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Washington carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 107.0 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,472 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Washington's average monthly utility costs around $188 (state average). Natural-hazard exposure scores 70.0 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Bell Hill'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 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 Bell Hill, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, local building permits, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Bell Hill?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 79.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Bell Hill?
Within Washington, the closest population matches are River Road (952 residents, $116,087 income); Waitsburg (940 residents, $72,917 income); Loon Lake (927 residents, $71,285 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Danvers, IL (951 residents); Quinter, KS (951 residents); Elsie, MI (951 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.
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.
How far does income reach against housing in Bell Hill?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 10.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
Above median income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
107.0 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, Washington average
C+
City profile score · Bell Hill, WA
63/100
4 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.
Poverty rate A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A+
61.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income C
$75,765
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living F
107.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Bell Hill profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 92/100 (A+) · 61.0%
Household income: 55/100 (C) · $75,765
Cost of living: 15/100 (F) · 107.0 index
How does Bell Hill compare to other US cities?
Where Bell Hill sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income57% higher than other cities
Home value95% pricier than other cities
Median rent70% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Bell Hill against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Washington only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Washington-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Bell Hill near the bottom of Washington's cities
Among the 599 Washington cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Bell Hill ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Bell Hill only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#334 of 565
41st percentile in Washington
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 599
0th percentile in Washington
Median Home Value
#52 of 565
91st percentile in Washington
Poverty Rate
#489 of 598
0th percentile in Washington
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#31 of 599
95th percentile in Washington
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 Washington only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
57th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Bell Hill's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$801,6005th percentilemore affordable than 5% 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
Bell Hill's home-value-to-income ratio: 10.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#15,401 of 15,516
More affordable than 1% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#11,246 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 10.6×, Bell Hill sits in the pressured band:
national rank #15,401 of 15,516 and #11,246 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
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
$75,765Bell Hill, WA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Bell Hill, WA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Bell Hill, WA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)61.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)12.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
951
Median Income
$75,765
Median Home Value
$801,600
Median Age
70.4
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
12.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
61.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
79.2%
Carpool
12.5%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
8.3%
Based on 120 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Washington statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $188
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Washington at $188 (electricity about $85 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Washington statewide averages, not a meter reading for Bell Hill. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Washington's BEA cost-of-living index is 107.0 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Bell Hill is $1,472/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Washington statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 70.0 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Washington statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Bell Hill sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Bell Hill compares to similar-size Washington 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, 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.