HomeMissouriStoddard CountyBell City
Bell City, Missouri: commercial real estate data.
Bell City is a Census city of 496 people across 0.55 square miles of land, in Stoddard County. 44.9 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Bell City
What Bell City is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.55 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land901 plus or minus 240
- County holding the largest share of its areaStoddard 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.
Bell City
How many people live in Bell City
- Population496 plus or minus 132
- Median age34.9 plus or minus 9.7
- Population under 1875 plus or minus 30
- Share under 1815.1 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Population 65 and over49 plus or minus 24
- Share 65 and over9.9 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Households214 plus or minus 83
- Family households173 plus or minus 82
- Share of households that are families80.8 percent plus or minus 22.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bell City
Income and work in Bell City
- Per capita income$18,929 plus or minus $4,711
- Civilian labor force282 plus or minus 106
- Employed182 plus or minus 55
- Unemployed100 plus or minus 91
- Unemployment rate35.5 percent plus or minus 29.4
- Adults 25 and over297 plus or minus 78
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher78.5 percent plus or minus 27.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher10.4 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.7 percent plus or minus 4.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bell City
Housing in Bell City
- Housing units230 plus or minus 83
- Occupied units214 plus or minus 83
- Vacant units16 plus or minus 14
- Vacancy rate7.0 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Owner occupied96 plus or minus 25
- Renter occupied118 plus or minus 81
- Ownership rate44.9 percent plus or minus 21.0
- Median owner-occupied home value$47,500 plus or minus $14,008
- Single family units102 plus or minus 26
- Share single family44.3 percent plus or minus 19.6
- Units in buildings of two or more93 plus or minus 80
- Share in buildings of two or more40.4 percent plus or minus 31.7
- Mobile homes34 plus or minus 16
- Median year structure built1981
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bell City
How Bell City gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute176 plus or minus 54
- Commuting under 15 minutes48 plus or minus 20
- Share commuting under 15 minutes27.3 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more68 plus or minus 30
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more38.6 percent plus or minus 12.1
- Drove alone77.3 percent plus or minus 33.3
- Carpooled18.2 percent plus or minus 19.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.7 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Worked from home2.8 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bell City
Flood risk in Bell City
- NFIP communityCity of Bell City
- NFIP community number290421
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date08/19/85(M)
The City of Bell City participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 290421 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Stoddard County, not Bell City
Stoddard County context, not Bell City figures
- Establishments in Stoddard County644
- Covered employment, Stoddard County9,951
- Average annual pay, Stoddard County$45,866
- Housing units permitted, Stoddard County9
Every figure in this section is published for Stoddard County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bell City.
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.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Bell City questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bell City, Missouri?
496, in 214 households. Bell City city covers 0.55 square miles of land, which is 901 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bell City in?
Stoddard County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
Is Bell City in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Bell City appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Bell City, city of, community 290421, 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 City figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Stoddard 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 City.
Is zoning published for Bell City?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
Nearby