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The median home value in Bell County, TX is $251,808 as of 2026-07-31, down 1.83% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$251,808
Year-over-Year
-1.83%
National Rank
#1357 of 3071
Bell County ranks 83rd out of 243 counties in TX by median home price, and is +7.4% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within TX, the typical county has a median home value of $213,390, making Bell County +18.0% above the TX state median.
Households here earn a median of $68,865 a year against a typical home value of $251,808 — a price-to-income ratio of 3.7×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 51% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Bell County recorded a violent crime rate of 368 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 1,616 per 100,000.
Based on 9 reporting cities covering 338,483 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Bell County is $251,808. That's down 1.83% from a year earlier. That is about 7.4% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Bell County the 83rd most expensive of 243 counties in Texas.
Median household income here is $68,865, so a typical home costs about 3.7× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Bell County recorded 368 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 338,483 residents across 9 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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