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Bellflower city, California: commercial real estate data.
Bellflower city is a Census city of 76,819 people across 6.12 square miles of land, in Los Angeles County. Median household income is $78,722, 39.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 78 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $57.9 m.
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Bellflower
What Bellflower is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.12 sq mi
- Water area0.05 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land12,558
- 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.
Bellflower
How many people live in Bellflower
- Population76,819
- Median age36.0
- Population under 1817,765
- Share under 1823.1 percent
- Population 65 and over9,593
- Share 65 and over12.5 percent
- Households23,802
- Family households17,485
- Share of households that are families73.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bellflower
Income and work in Bellflower
- Median household income$78,722
- Per capita income$30,922
- Civilian labor force40,343
- Employed37,270
- Unemployed3,073
- Unemployment rate7.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over52,194
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher80.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bellflower
Housing in Bellflower
- Housing units24,683
- Occupied units23,802
- Vacant units881 plus or minus 212
- Vacancy rate3.6 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Owner occupied9,352
- Renter occupied14,450
- Ownership rate39.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$705,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,830
- Annual rent as a share of median income27.9 percent
- Single family units13,919
- Share single family56.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more9,404
- Share in buildings of two or more38.1 percent
- Mobile homes1,220
- Median year structure built1966
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bellflower
How Bellflower gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute32,279
- Commuting under 15 minutes5,544
- Share commuting under 15 minutes17.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more15,439
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more47.8 percent
- Drove alone72.3 percent
- Carpooled12.3 percent
- Public transport1.9 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Walked1.3 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Worked from home10.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bellflower
SBA loans in Bellflower (7(a))
- Approvals78
- Gross approval$57,932,300
- Average approval$742,722
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,950,000
- Largest approval$4,972,000
- Jobs supported799
- Jobs per approval10.2
- Loans with a final outcome18
- Paid in full17
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans5.6 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more39.7 percent
- Share to franchises10.3 percent
- Distinct lenders40
- Distinct industries by NAICS49
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bellflower
SBA loans in Bellflower (504)
- Approvals39
- Gross approval$42,193,000
- Average approval$1,081,872
- Median approval$635,000
- Largest approval$4,690,000
- Jobs supported602
- Loans with a final outcome11
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs11
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bellflower
Flood risk in Bellflower
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number060102
- Currently effective map date09/26/08
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 Bellflower
Los Angeles County context, not Bellflower 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 Bellflower 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 Bellflower. 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
Bellflower questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bellflower, California?
76,819, in 23,802 households. Bellflower city covers 6.12 square miles of land, which is 12,558 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bellflower 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 Bellflower?
$78,722. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $705,700. Median gross rent is $1,830 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Bellflower businesses?
78 7(a) approvals totalling $57.9 m, across 40 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 39 504 approvals worth $42.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bellflower, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Bellflower borrowers get paid back?
Of the 18 loans that have reached a final outcome, 17 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 5.6 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Bellflower in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Bellflower appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 060102, 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 Bellflower 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 Bellflower.
Is zoning published for Bellflower?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.