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City in California, United States

Bell

$667kMedian Home
345Sunny Days/yr
77°FAvg High Temp
View on Map· Pop. 5k· Elev. 141 ftWikipedia

Bell is an incorporated city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located near the center of the former San Antonio Township, its population was 33,559 at the 2020 census, down from 35,477 at the 2010 census. Bell is located on the west bank of the Los Angeles River and is a suburb of the city of Los Angeles. At 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2), Bell is the thirteenth-smallest city in the United States with a population of at least 25,000.Wikipedia

State Context

CaliforniaU.S. state

California is a state in the Western United States that lies on the Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With almost 40 million residents across an area of 163,696 square miles (423,970 km2), it is the largest state by population, third-largest state by area and the largest state economy in the U.S., with a GDP of approximately $4.3 trillion.Wikipedia

Income tax: 1.00% - 14.40%Avg sales tax: 8.85%Property tax: 0.69%Official school data available

About the Region

California

California contains multitudes in a way that makes any single characterization misleading. The Bay Area and Los Angeles operate as global city-states, with housing markets, income levels, and cultural gravity that put them in direct competition with London and Tokyo rather than with other American metros. Both have lost net domestic migrants to lower-cost states for most of the last decade — primarily to Texas, Arizona, and Nevada — though both also continue to be net draws for international migration and maintain labor markets of extraordinary depth and diversity.

But California's geography is vast. The Central Valley offers costs of living that rival the Midwest with driving distance to the Sierra Nevada; the North Coast is one of the most beautiful and least-crowded stretches of American coastline; and the smaller cities of the inland valleys represent genuinely different lifestyle profiles. For remote workers who can absorb the state income tax and housing cost, the combination of climate diversity, outdoor access, and cultural institution density remains difficult to replicate anywhere in the world.

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Current Conditions

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Cost of Living

Housing
$667k
Median Home Price
Household Income
$136k
Median annual
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Livability

Walk Score
0
School Rating
8/10
Internet
No internet coverage data yet.
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Climate

Sunshine
345
sunny days per year
95% of the year
Avg High Temp
77°F
annual average
Humidity
65%
relative humidity
Comfort Score
100/100
Excellent
Temp Swing
22°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Rainfall
17"
inches per year
Snowfall
0"
inches per year
Air Quality
71
Moderate AQI
07

Demographics

Population5k
Altitude141 ftabove sea level
Median Age48 yrs
College Educated58%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home13%of workforce
Poverty Rate6%

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