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Belton city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Belton city is a Census city of 24,356 people across 20.25 square miles of land, in Bell County. Median household income is $59,130, 56.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 37 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $17.4 m.
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Belton
What Belton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area20.25 sq mi
- Water area0.91 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,203
- County holding the largest share of its areaBell 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.
Belton
How many people live in Belton
- Population24,356
- Median age32.4
- Population under 185,925
- Share under 1824.3 percent
- Population 65 and over3,379
- Share 65 and over13.9 percent
- Households8,328
- Family households4,726
- Share of households that are families56.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Belton
Income and work in Belton
- Median household income$59,130
- Per capita income$39,520
- Civilian labor force10,467
- Employed10,196
- Unemployed271 plus or minus 109
- Unemployment rate2.6 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Adults 25 and over14,846
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher28.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.5 percent plus or minus 2.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Belton
Housing in Belton
- Housing units8,895
- Occupied units8,328
- Vacant units567 plus or minus 213
- Vacancy rate6.4 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Owner occupied4,662
- Renter occupied3,666
- Ownership rate56.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$258,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,252
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.4 percent
- Single family units5,682
- Share single family63.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,841
- Share in buildings of two or more31.9 percent
- Mobile homes372 plus or minus 158
- Median year structure built1994
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Belton
How Belton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute9,284
- Commuting under 15 minutes3,014 plus or minus 629
- Share commuting under 15 minutes32.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,328 plus or minus 493
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more25.1 percent
- Drove alone77.0 percent
- Carpooled8.2 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Public transport0.5 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Walked3.6 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Worked from home10.6 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Belton
SBA 7(a) lending to Belton borrowers
- Approvals37
- Gross approval$17,375,300
- Average approval$469,603
- Median approval$270,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$950,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported228
- Jobs per approval6.2
- Loans with a final outcome9
- Paid in full9
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more16.2 percent
- Share to franchises24.3 percent
- Distinct lenders17
- Distinct industries by NAICS23
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 9 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Belton
SBA 504 lending to Belton borrowers
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$6,100,000
- Average approval$1,220,000
- Median approval$1,033,000
- Largest approval$2,180,000
- Jobs supported90
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Belton
Flood programme status in Belton
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number480028
- 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.
Bell County, not Belton
Bell County context, not Belton figures
These are Bell County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Belton measurements.
- Establishments in Bell County5,923
- Employment at those establishments, Bell County104,607
- Covered employment, Bell County129,627
- Average annual pay, Bell County$62,107
- Average weekly wage, Bell County$1,194
- Housing units permitted, Bell County3,243
- Of those, single family, Bell County2,655
- County product, 2024, Bell County$26,057,405,000
- County product change over the prior year, Bell County6.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Bell County$55,265
Every figure in this section is published for Bell County as a whole and is not a measurement of Belton. 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
Belton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Belton, Texas?
24,356, in 8,328 households. Belton city covers 20.25 square miles of land, which is 1,203 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Belton in?
Bell 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 Belton?
$59,130. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $258,700. Median gross rent is $1,252 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Belton businesses?
37 7(a) approvals totalling $17.4 m, across 17 lenders, median approval $270,000, plus 5 504 approvals worth $6.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Belton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Belton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Belton. only 9 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Belton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Belton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 480028, 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 Belton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Bell 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 Belton.
Is zoning published for Belton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.