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Bell GardensCA

Bell Gardens, CA is a 43K-resident city in Los Angeles County with a median household income of $62,298.

Los Angeles County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Bell Gardens, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Bell Gardens has a population larger than 76% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $563,900.

Data updated 2026-09-04

43K
Population (place)
Top 24%
By size
$62,298
Median income (place)
$563,900
Median home (place)
20%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Bell Gardens

Bell Gardens posts a median household income higher than 26% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 27%
by median income, US cities

Where Bell Gardens income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$62,298 Bottom 26% higher than 26% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Bell Gardens $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Bell Gardens, CA beyond the headline numbers

Bell Gardens sits inside Los Angeles County, California, at roughly 33.97°N, -118.15°W. Population 43,106, $62,298 median household income. Median home value $563,900, median rent $1,694. Poverty rate 20%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

20% of Bell Gardens, CA residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Bell Gardens costs around 9.1 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

Only 5.6% of Bell Gardens workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 28.5% in Bell Gardens, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

3.5% of Bell Gardens workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Bell Gardens's median age is 32.3 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Bell Gardens from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
43,106
Bell Gardens · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$62,298
-30% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$563,900
+36% vs avg
Median Age (place)
32.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Los Angeles County): Bell Gardens's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
9.8M-1%
Median Income
$90,112+61%
Median Home Value
$834,200+99%
Poverty Rate
13.7%-23%
Unemployment
7.3%-36%

Economics

Economics indicators for Bell Gardens, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,694/mo
Poverty Rate
20% +61% vs avg
Unemployment 5.9%
Bachelor's Degree+ 7.1%
Work From Home 5.6%
Public Transit 3.5%

Population

White 10.7%
African American 0.6%
Asian 0.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Physical Inactivity
40.6%
Short Sleep Duration
39.9%
Obesity
34.5%
High Blood Pressure
30.1%
Lack of Health Insurance
28.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
20.4%
Frequent Physical Distress
20.1%
Diabetes
16.1%
Current Smoking
16.1%
Binge Drinking
15%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 42.7%
Annual Checkup 66.1%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.9%
Stroke
3.7%

What alerts and safety updates affect Bell Gardens?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Bell Gardens right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet CA-BELL-GARDENS · Bell Gardens

Bell Gardens: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Bell Gardens; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Bell Gardens, CA? ▼
Bell Gardens, CA has a population of 43,106 people, located in Los Angeles County, California.
What is the median household income in Bell Gardens? ▼
The median household income in Bell Gardens, CA is $62,298 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 20%.
What is the median home value in Bell Gardens? ▼
The median home value in Bell Gardens, CA is $563,900. Median rent is $1,694/month.
What are the top health concerns in Bell Gardens? ▼
The top health indicators in Bell Gardens include Physical Inactivity (40.6%), Short Sleep Duration (39.9%), Obesity (34.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Bell Gardens? ▼
The median age in Bell Gardens, CA is 32.3 years. 7.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Bell Gardens, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (20% here).

McAllen, TX 20% Shelby, MI 20% Lewiston, ME 20% Stephenville, TX 20%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($62,298 here).

Fort Drum, NY $62,291 Willmar, MN $62,280 Eastpointe, MI $62,325 Los Lunas, NM $62,330

Compare Bell Gardens with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using Bell Gardens's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Bell Gardens area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Los Angeles County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.