What is the population of Bellevue city?

Bellevue city has 2,256 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #152 of 1,026 in Iowa.

What is the median household income in Bellevue city?

Median household income in Bellevue city is $78,792 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bellevue city?

Median gross rent is $826 a month and the median home value is $210,500, so rent absorbs about 12.6% of median household income.

Is Bellevue city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bellevue city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Bellevue, IA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bellevue, Iowa (Bellevue, IA — Census place “Bellevue city”) is 2,256 residents, ranking #152 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $78,792, the median home is worth $210,500 and median gross rent runs $826 a month. Looking for the Bellevue Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bellevue, IA: 52031.

Population: 2,256Bellevue city residents
Median household income: $78,792Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $210,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $826Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 80.3%Owner-occupied households

Bellevue ZIP codes (Iowa)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bellevue.

The Bellevue IA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

52031

What the numbers mean in Bellevue city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bellevue city median would spend about 12.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.4% of residents and 80.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Bellevue city, IA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bellevue city is a small town in Iowa, with 2,256 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #152 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 85% of them. The median age here is 42.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Bellevue city earn a median of $78,792 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538 and 16% above the $67,791 median for the 290 Iowa cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 8.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bellevue city is valued at $210,500, 30.6% below the national figure and 35% above the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $826 a month, 41.3% below the national figure, or roughly $9,912 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 12.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 80.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Bellevue city?: Bellevue city has 2,256 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #152 of 1,026 in Iowa.
What is the median household income in Bellevue city?: Median household income in Bellevue city is $78,792 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bellevue city?: Median gross rent is $826 a month and the median home value is $210,500, so rent absorbs about 12.6% of median household income.
Is Bellevue city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bellevue city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Bellevue city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.