housing costs · Texas
Housing costs in Bell County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,224 | ± $19 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,168 | ± $13 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,095 | ± $13 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $990 | ± $15 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $241,000 | ± $4,317 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $221,100 | ± $3,997 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $196,300 | ± $4,767 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $164,200 | ± $2,936 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 30.6 % | ± 1.1 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 30.5 % | ± 1.0 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 29.5 % | ± 0.8 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.8 % | ± 0.9 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Bell County is $1,224, above the Texas median of $957 across 249 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.