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Bell Gardens city, California: commercial real estate data.
Bell Gardens city is a Census city of 38,229 people across 2.46 square miles of land, in Los Angeles County. Median household income is $62,298, 21.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 43 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $35.6 m.
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Bell Gardens
What Bell Gardens is
- Census place typecity
- Land area2.46 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land15,547
- County holding the largest share of its areaLos Angeles County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Bell Gardens
- Population38,229
- Median age32.3
- Population under 1810,601
- Share under 1827.7 percent
- Population 65 and over3,652
- Share 65 and over9.6 percent
- Households9,713
- Family households8,180
- Share of households that are families84.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Bell Gardens
- Median household income$62,298
- Per capita income$20,361
- Civilian labor force17,546
- Employed16,511
- Unemployed1,035 plus or minus 246
- Unemployment rate5.9 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Adults 25 and over23,546
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher52.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher7.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.4 percent plus or minus 0.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Bell Gardens
- Housing units9,983
- Occupied units9,713
- Vacant units270 plus or minus 102
- Vacancy rate2.7 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Owner occupied2,060
- Renter occupied7,653
- Ownership rate21.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$563,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,694
- Annual rent as a share of median income32.6 percent
- Single family units6,928
- Share single family69.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,531
- Share in buildings of two or more25.4 percent
- Mobile homes524 plus or minus 158
- Median year structure built1960
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Bell Gardens gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute15,186
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,099
- Share commuting under 15 minutes13.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more7,317
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more48.2 percent
- Drove alone72.0 percent
- Carpooled12.6 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Public transport3.5 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Walked3.9 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Worked from home5.6 percent plus or minus 1.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Bell Gardens (7(a))
- Approvals43
- Gross approval$35,576,600
- Average approval$827,363
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,013,000
- Largest approval$4,182,000
- Jobs supported377
- Jobs per approval8.8
- Loans with a final outcome11
- Paid in full9
- Charged off2
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans18.2 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more37.2 percent
- Share to franchises4.7 percent
- Distinct lenders27
- Distinct industries by NAICS29
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Bell Gardens (504)
- Approvals19
- Gross approval$18,206,000
- Average approval$958,211
- Median approval$681,000
- Largest approval$4,037,000
- Jobs supported122
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Charged off1
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs8
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Bell Gardens
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number060656
- Currently effective map date09/26/08(M)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Los Angeles County, not Bell Gardens
Los Angeles County context, not Bell Gardens figures
These are Los Angeles County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Bell Gardens measurements.
- Establishments in Los Angeles County304,988
- Employment at those establishments, Los Angeles County3,987,736
- Covered employment, Los Angeles County4,525,711
- Average annual pay, Los Angeles County$83,554
- Average weekly wage, Los Angeles County$1,607
- Housing units permitted, Los Angeles County19,809
- Of those, single family, Los Angeles County9,106
- County product, 2024, Los Angeles County$1,002,965,029,000
- County product change over the prior year, Los Angeles County4.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Los Angeles County$103,070
Every figure in this section is published for Los Angeles County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bell Gardens. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Bell Gardens questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bell Gardens, California?
38,229, in 9,713 households. Bell Gardens city covers 2.46 square miles of land, which is 15,547 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bell Gardens in?
Los Angeles County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Bell Gardens?
$62,298. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $563,900. Median gross rent is $1,694 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Bell Gardens businesses?
43 7(a) approvals totalling $35.6 m, across 27 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 19 504 approvals worth $18.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bell Gardens, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Bell Gardens borrowers get paid back?
Of the 11 loans that have reached a final outcome, 9 were paid in full and 2 charged off, a charge off rate of 18.2 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Bell Gardens in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Bell Gardens appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 060656, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Bell Gardens figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Los Angeles County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Bell Gardens.
Is zoning published for Bell Gardens?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.