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Bell Acres, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Bell Acres is a Census borough of 1,468 people across 5.35 square miles of land, in Allegheny County. Median household income is $165,987, 94.5 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Bell Acres
What Bell Acres is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area5.35 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land274
- County holding the largest share of its areaAllegheny 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 Acres
- Population1,468
- Median age48.9
- Population under 18275 plus or minus 60
- Share under 1818.7 percent
- Population 65 and over361
- Share 65 and over24.6 percent
- Households581
- Family households443
- Share of households that are families76.2 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 Acres
- Median household income$165,987
- Per capita income$88,417
- Civilian labor force813
- Employed798
- Unemployed15 plus or minus 11
- Unemployment rate1.8 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Adults 25 and over1,141
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher65.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree24.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Bell Acres
- Housing units627
- Occupied units581
- Vacant units46 plus or minus 45
- Vacancy rate7.3 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Owner occupied549
- Renter occupied32 plus or minus 19
- Ownership rate94.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$437,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,098
- Annual rent as a share of median income7.9 percent
- Single family units621
- Share single family99.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more6 plus or minus 13
- Share in buildings of two or more1.0 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1962
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Bell Acres gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute538
- Commuting under 15 minutes87 plus or minus 27
- Share commuting under 15 minutes16.2 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more194 plus or minus 42
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more36.1 percent
- Drove alone62.4 percent
- Carpooled3.8 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Public transport0.5 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Walked1.2 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Worked from home31.2 percent plus or minus 9.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Flood risk in Bell Acres
- NFIP communityBorough of Bell Acres
- NFIP community number420008
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date09/26/14
The Borough of Bell Acres participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 420008 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.
Allegheny County, not Bell Acres
Allegheny County context, not Bell Acres figures
- Establishments in Allegheny County33,812
- Covered employment, Allegheny County670,637
- Average annual pay, Allegheny County$78,297
- Housing units permitted, Allegheny County2,999
Every figure in this section is published for Allegheny County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bell Acres.
All Allegheny County figures →
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 Acres questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bell Acres, Pennsylvania?
1,468, in 581 households. Bell Acres borough covers 5.35 square miles of land, which is 274 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bell Acres in?
Allegheny 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 Acres?
$165,987. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $437,500. Median gross rent is $1,098 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Bell Acres in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Bell Acres appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Bell Acres, borough of, community 420008, 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 Acres figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Allegheny 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 Acres.
Is zoning published for Bell Acres?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.