East Bell, Texas
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| Males: 2,865 |  (49.2%) |
| Females: 2,962 |  (50.8%) |
| Median resident age: | 36.5 years |
| Texas median age: | 32.3 years |
Zip code: 76579
| East Bell: | $75,280 |
| TX: | $72,284 |
Estimated per capita income in 2022: $36,111 (it was $18,969 in 2000)
East Bell CCD income, earnings, and wages data
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $253,675 (it was $82,100 in 2000)
| East Bell: | $253,675 |
| TX: | $275,400 |
Mean prices in 2022: all housing units: $261,199; detached houses: $273,336; townhouses or other attached units: $193,729; in 2-unit structures: $216,220; in 3-to-4-unit structures: $80,474; in 5-or-more-unit structures: $222,824; mobile homes: $108,883; occupied boats, rvs, vans, etc.: $139,118
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in East Bell, TX
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- 4,29885.8%White alone
- 57711.5%Hispanic
- 621.2%Black alone
- 410.8%Two or more races
- 130.3%American Indian alone
- 150.3%Asian alone
- 10.02%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone
Races in East Bell detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
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Current Local Time: CST time zone
Land area: 142.0 square miles.
Population density: 41 people per square mile (very low).
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:
| East Bell CCD: | 1.2% ($945) |
| Texas: | 1.8% ($1,393) |
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Temple, TX 
(8.0 miles , pop. 54,514).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Austin, TX (66.2 miles , pop. 656,562).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Dallas, TX (116.8 miles , pop. 1,188,580).
Nearest cities:
Bruceville-Eddy, TX (3.2 miles ),
), Chilton, TX (3.4 miles ),
), Moody, TX (3.5 miles ),
), Northwest Bell, TX (3.6 miles ),
), Latitude: 31.16 N, Longitude: 97.25 W
Area code commonly used in this area: 254
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Texas: | 3.5% |
- Health care (14.7%)
- Educational services (10.1%)
- Construction (8.8%)
- Plastics & rubber products (7.1%)
- Public administration (4.5%)
- Finance & insurance (4.3%)
- Repair & maintenance (3.4%)
- Construction (14.3%)
- Plastics & rubber products (9.0%)
- Public administration (6.5%)
- Repair & maintenance (5.2%)
- Health care (5.0%)
- Truck transportation (4.6%)
- Professional, scientific, technical services (4.4%)
- Health care (25.9%)
- Educational services (17.6%)
- Plastics & rubber products (4.9%)
- Finance & insurance (4.4%)
- Social assistance (4.2%)
- Groceries & related products merchant wholesalers (3.2%)
- Food & beverage stores (3.0%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5.3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5.1%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4.6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (4.5%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (4.2%)
- Other office and administrative support workers, including supervisors (3.9%)
- Other sales and related occupations, including supervisors (3.7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8.6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5.9%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (5.3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (5.0%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (4.6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4.1%)
- Other sales and related occupations, including supervisors (3.9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10.7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, and middle school teachers (8.9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers, including supervisors (6.4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5.1%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4.1%)
- Registered nurses (4.0%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (3.7%)
Average climate in East Bell, Texas
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
(lower is better)
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2022 was 72.9. This is about average.
| City: | 72.9 |
| U.S.: | 72.6 |
Ozone [ppb] level in 2022 was 30.0. This is about average. Closest monitor was 11.0 miles away from the city center.
| City: | 30.0 |
| U.S.: | 33.3 |
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µg/m3] level in 2022 was 7.20. This is about average. Closest monitor was 11.0 miles away from the city center.
| City: | 7.20 |
| U.S.: | 8.11 |
Tornado activity:
East Bell-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Texas state average. It is 63% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 5/11/1953, a category F5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 27.8 miles away from the East Bell place center killed 114 people and injured 597 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
On 5/27/1997, a category F5 tornado 32.0 miles away from the place center killed 27 people and injured 12 people and caused $40 million in damages.
Earthquake activity:
East Bell-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Texas state average. It is 292% greater than the overall U.S. average.On 11/6/2011 at 03:53:10, a magnitude 5.7 (5.7 MW, Depth: 3.2 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 303.9 miles away from the city center
On 6/16/1978 at 11:46:54, a magnitude 5.3 (4.4 MB, 4.6 UK, 5.3 ML) earthquake occurred 243.4 miles away from East Bell center
On 10/20/2011 at 12:24:41, a magnitude 4.8 (4.8 MW, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 166.1 miles away from East Bell center
On 5/17/2012 at 08:12:00, a magnitude 4.8 (4.8 MW, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 178.0 miles away from the city center
On 9/3/2016 at 12:02:44, a magnitude 5.8 (5.8 MW, Depth: 3.5 mi) earthquake occurred 364.9 miles away from East Bell center
On 4/14/1995 at 00:32:56, a magnitude 5.7 (5.6 MB, 5.7 MS, 5.7 MW, Depth: 11.1 mi) earthquake occurred 368.7 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Bell County (17) is near the US average (15).Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 5
Emergencies Declared: 8
Causes of natural disasters: Fires: 7, Hurricanes: 4, Storms: 4, Floods: 3, Tornadoes: 2, Other: 2 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals and medical centers near East Bell:
- LITTLE FLOCK ROAD I I COMMUNITY HOME (Hospital, about 6 miles away; TEMPLE, TX)
- SUNRISE OAKS HEALTH CARE LLP (Nursing Home, about 6 miles away; TEMPLE, TX)
- SHANNONS HOME HEALTH INC (Home Health Center, about 7 miles away; TEMPLE, TX)
- AMERI CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES (Home Health Center, about 7 miles away; TEMPLE, TX)
- WILLIAM R COURTNEY TEXAS STATE VETERANS HOME (Nursing Home, about 8 miles away; TEMPLE, TX)
- TUTOR NURSING HOME INC (Nursing Home, about 8 miles away; TEMPLE, TX)
- TEMPLE KIDNEY CENTER (Dialysis Facility, about 8 miles away; TEMPLE, TX)
Amtrak station near East Bell:
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to East Bell:
- Temple College (about 9 miles; Temple, TX; Full-time enrollment: 3,796)
- University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (about 15 miles; Belton, TX; FT enrollment: 2,885)
- Baylor University (about 29 miles; Waco, TX; FT enrollment: 14,800)
- McLennan Community College (about 31 miles; Waco, TX; FT enrollment: 6,673)
- Central Texas College (about 34 miles; Killeen, TX; FT enrollment: 15,911)
- Texas State Technical College-Waco (about 35 miles; Waco, TX; FT enrollment: 4,210)
- Hill College (about 61 miles; Hillsboro, TX; FT enrollment: 2,968)
Points of interest:
Notable locations in East Bell: Content (A), Troy Volunteer Fire Department (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in East Bell include: Troy First Assembly of God Church (A), First Baptist Church (B), East Highway Baptist Church (C), East Highway Church (D), Willow Grove Church (E), Ocker Church (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Pleasant View Cemetery (1), Saint Joseph Cemetery (2), Old Troy Cemetery (3), Theo Cemetery (4), Shiloh Cemetery (5), Seaton Cemetery (6), Roberts Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: Zaleski Lake (A), Marek Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: West Fork Deer Creek (A), Salt Creek (B), Ratibor Branch (C), Possum Creek (D), Pecan Creek (E), Kings Branch (F), East Fork Deer Creek (G), Cyclone Branch (H), Cottonwood Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Average household size:
| This place: | 2.7 people |
| Texas: | 2.8 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This place: | 77.1% |
| Whole state: | 69.9% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This place: | 4.7% |
| Whole state: | 6.0% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
| This place: | 7.7% |
| Whole state: | 15.4% |
| This place: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 6.7% |
For population 15 years and over in East Bell:
- Never married: 17.2%
- Now married: 68.4%
- Separated: 1.0%
- Widowed: 5.9%
- Divorced: 8.4%
For population 25 years and over in East Bell:
- High school or higher: 78.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.0%
- Unemployed: 3.6%
- Mean travel time to work (commute): 24.4 minutes
Education Gini index (Inequality in education)
| Here: | 11.0 |
| Texas average: | 15.6 |
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Religion statistics for East Bell, TX (based on Bell County data)
| Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
|---|---|---|
| Evangelical Protestant | 84,720 | 225 |
| Catholic | 25,366 | 9 |
| Mainline Protestant | 16,861 | 44 |
| Other | 14,386 | 19 |
| Black Protestant | 5,378 | 19 |
| None | 163,524 | - |
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 26
| Bell County: | 0.94 / 10,000 pop. |
| Texas: | 1.47 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 4
| Bell County: | 0.14 / 10,000 pop. |
| Texas: | 0.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 41
| Bell County: | 1.48 / 10,000 pop. |
| Texas: | 1.11 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 117
| Here: | 4.21 / 10,000 pop. |
| State: | 3.95 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 143
| Bell County: | 5.15 / 10,000 pop. |
| Texas: | 6.13 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate:
| Bell County: | 10.6% |
| Texas: | 8.9% |
Adult obesity rate:
| Bell County: | 27.5% |
| Texas: | 26.6% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
| This county: | 10.4% |
| State: | 15.7% |
12.41% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($50,143 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: | 12.41% |
| Texas average: | 8.12% |
0.44% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,758 average AGI)
Bell County: 0.44% Texas average: 0.04%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
| from Williamson County, TX |  0.89% ($69,779 average AGI) |
| from Coryell County, TX | 0.78% ($38,601) |
| from Travis County, TX | 0.70% ($51,751) |
11.01% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($49,879 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: | 11.01% |
| Texas average: | 7.40% |
0.27% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,266 average AGI)
Bell County: 0.27% Texas average: 0.03%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
| to Coryell County, TX | 0.84% ($41,492 average AGI) |
| to Williamson County, TX | 0.71% ($89,464) |
| to Travis County, TX | 0.52% ($42,490) |
Strongest AM radio stations in East Bell:
- KRZX (1660 AM; 10 kW; WACO, TX; Owner: VAN D. GOODALL, JR.)
- KBBW (1010 AM; 10 kW; WACO-MARLIN, TX; Owner: AMERICAN BROADCASTING OF TEXAS)
- KRZI (1580 AM; 10 kW; WACO, TX; Owner: VAN D. GOODALL, JR.)
- KTON (940 AM; 1 kW; BELTON, TX; Owner: SHELDON COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.)
- KTEM (1400 AM; 1 kW; TEMPLE, TX; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WBAP (820 AM; 50 kW; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: WBAP-KSCS OPERATING, LTD.)
- KTKR (760 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CCB TEXAS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KESS (1270 AM; 50 kW; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: KESS-AM LICENSE CORP.)
- KKYX (680 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- KAHZ (1360 AM; 50 kW; HURST, TX)
- KRLD (1080 AM; 50 kW; DALLAS, TX; Owner: TEXAS INFINITY BROADCASTING L.P.)
- WOAI (1200 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CCB TEXAS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KTRH (740 AM; 50 kW; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: AMFM TEXAS LICENSES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
Strongest FM radio stations in East Bell:
- KWTX-FM (97.5 FM; WACO, TX; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WACO-FM (99.9 FM; WACO, TX; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KBGO (95.7 FM; WACO, TX; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KBDE (89.9 FM; TEMPLE, TX; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- KNCT-FM (91.3 FM; KILLEEN, TX; Owner: CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE)
- KLTD (101.7 FM; TEMPLE, TX; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KLRK (92.9 FM; MARLIN, TX; Owner: VAN D. GOODALL, JR.)
- KOOC (106.3 FM; BELTON, TX; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KLFX (107.3 FM; NOLANVILLE, TX; Owner: SHELDON BROADCASTING, LTD.)
- KDHT (93.3 FM; CEDAR PARK, TX; Owner: EMMIS AUSTIN RADIO BROADCASTING COMPANY, L.P.)
- KHHL (98.9 FM; LEANDER, TX; Owner: AMIGO RADIO, LTD.)
- KWBU-FM (103.3 FM; WACO, TX; Owner: BRAZOS VALLEY PUBLIC BROADCASTING FOUNDATION)
- KVLT (88.5 FM; TEMPLE, TX; Owner: AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING, INC)
- KUSJ (105.5 FM; HARKER HEIGHTS, TX; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- KXCS (103.9 FM; CAMERON, TX; Owner: EQUICOM, INC)
- KBCT (94.5 FM; WACO, TX; Owner: KENNELWOOD BCST/G COMPANY, INC.)
- KHTZ (94.3 FM; CAMERON, TX; Owner: CAMERON BROADCASTING CO)
TV broadcast stations around East Bell:
- KCEN-TV (Channel 6; TEMPLE, TX; Owner: CHANNEL 6, INC.)
- K38FN (Channel 38; WACO, TX; Owner: NATIONAL MINORITY T.V., INC.)
- KWKT (Channel 44; WACO, TX; Owner: COMCORP OF TEXAS LICENSE CORP.)
- KXXV (Channel 25; WACO, TX; Owner: CENTEX TELEVISION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KWTX-TV (Channel 10; WACO, TX; Owner: KWTX-KBTX LICENSEE CORP.)
- KNCT (Channel 46; BELTON, TX; Owner: CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE)
- KWBU-TV (Channel 34; WACO, TX; Owner: BRAZOS VALLEY PUBLIC BROADCASTING FOUNDATION)
- KAKW (Channel 62; KILLEEN, TX; Owner: KAKW LICENSE PARTNERSHIP, L.P.)
Houses and condos
Apartments
- 68.6%Electricity
- 23.1%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 6.9%Utility gas
- 1.4%Wood
- 54.0%Electricity
- 19.5%Utility gas
- 18.3%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 6.4%Other fuel
- 0.9%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 0.9%No fuel used
East Bell compared to Texas state average:
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- Number of rooms per house significantly below state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
East Bell on our top lists:
- #2 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in industries: plastics and rubber products (population 5,000+)"
- #5 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: plastics and rubber products (population 5,000+)"
- #7 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in industries: groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (population 5,000+)"
- #8 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: health and personal care, except drug, stores (population 5,000+)"
- #16 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in industries: health care (population 5,000+)"
- #18 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: metals and minerals, except petroleum, merchant wholesalers (population 5,000+)"
- #22 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations (population 5,000+)"
- #29 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (population 5,000+)"
- #30 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: driver/sales workers and truck drivers (population 5,000+)"
- #30 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: secretaries and administrative assistants (population 5,000+)"
- #34 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: rail transportation (population 5,000+)"
- #40 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: u. s. postal service (population 5,000+)"
- #43 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in industries: metal and metal products (population 5,000+)"
- #44 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in industries: drugs, sundries, and chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers (population 5,000+)"
- #52 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: gasoline stations (population 5,000+)"
- #53 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: supervisors of transportation and material moving workers (population 5,000+)"
- #54 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (population 5,000+)"
- #54 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: alcoholic beverages merchant wholesalers (population 5,000+)"
- #54 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: furniture and related product manufacturing (population 5,000+)"
- #74 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in industries: repair and maintenance (population 5,000+)"
- #5 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
- #7 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011"
- #9 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
- #11 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011"
- #13 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"