What is the population of Bellaire city?

Bellaire city has 17,116 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #184 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Bellaire city?

Median household income in Bellaire city is $236,311 a year, 200.9% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $2,705 a month and the median home value is $978,300, so rent absorbs about 13.7% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bellaire city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Bellaire, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bellaire, Texas (Bellaire, TX — Census place “Bellaire city”) is 17,116 residents, ranking #184 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $236,311, the median home is worth $978,300 and median gross rent runs $2,705 a month. Looking for the Bellaire Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bellaire, TX: 77401.

Population: 17,116Bellaire city residents
Median household income: $236,311Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $978,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $2,705Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 45.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 87.9%Owner-occupied households

Bellaire ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bellaire.

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

77401

What the numbers mean in Bellaire city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bellaire city median would spend about 13.7% 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 4.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 2.6% of residents and 87.9% of households own their home.

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

Bellaire city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bellaire city is a mid-size town in Texas, with 17,116 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #184 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 90% of them. The median age here is 45.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Bellaire city earn a median of $236,311 a year, 200.9% above the national figure of $78,538 and 266% above the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 2.6% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bellaire city is valued at $978,300, 222.4% above the national figure and 446% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,705 a month, 92.4% above the national figure, or roughly $32,460 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13.7% 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 4.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 87.9% 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 Bellaire city?: Bellaire city has 17,116 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #184 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Bellaire city?: Median household income in Bellaire city is $236,311 a year, 200.9% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bellaire city?: Median gross rent is $2,705 a month and the median home value is $978,300, so rent absorbs about 13.7% of median household income.
Is Bellaire city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bellaire city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Bellaire city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.