Texas · Census place 4807300
Bellaire, Texas
Bellaire is a city in Harris County, Texas with an estimated 17,439 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 172nd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 17,439
- #172 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +1.5%
- +252 people
- Land area
- 3.6 sq mi
- Density
- 4,844 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Bellaire population, 2020 to 2024
Bellaire added 252 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +190. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 257th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Bellaire is 1.1 times that size.
Bellaire covers 3.60 square miles of land, for 4,844 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Bellaire is denser than the typical town.
What county Bellaire is in
All of Bellaire's residents live in Harris County, which had 5,009,302 residents in 2024. Bellaire holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Bellaire
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bellaire by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77401. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Bellaire is
The Census internal point of Bellaire is at 29.704000, -95.460900. Austin, the capital, is 142.0 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Houston, TX (2,390,125 people), 7.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 29.704000, -95.460900
- DMS
- 29°42'14.40"N 95°27'39.24"W
- UTM
- 15N 261913.2E 3288521.5N
- Geohash
- 9vk0gxrqr
- Plus code
- 76X6PG3Q+JJ
Daylight in Bellaire
At 29.70° N, Bellaire gets about 14 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Bellaire
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Southside Place, 1.6 miles away, with 1,908 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Bellaire, TX?
17,439 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 252 (1.5%) from 17,187 in July 2020.
What county is Bellaire in?
Harris County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Bellaire?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 77401.
How far is Bellaire from Austin?
142.0 miles (228.5 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Bellaire.
What is the nearest larger city to Bellaire?
Houston, TX, with 2,390,125 residents, 7.1 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.