Bell Gardens is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Bell Gardens, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
What kind of neighbors does Bell Gardens have?
Read from the town’s members and the Census. The page puts what stands out first.
Bell Gardens: 21 owner households in every 100
About 37,367 people live in Bell Gardens (2025 Census estimate). A bachelor’s degree or more: 7 in every 100 adults 25 and older. The 2010 and 2020 censuses put the change at −6%. Kids under 18 make up 28 in 100 residents (CA: 22).
Median age 32.3 (CA 37.9).
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.8 points. Median age: women 33.0, men 31.0.
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older. 6.8% of all residents are in college now.
The commute averages 28 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Bell Gardens says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Neighbors next door
None of the 4 bordering towns has a member yet either. Invite a friend next door.
Start the first group in Bell Gardens
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Bell Gardens’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Bell Gardens or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in Bell Gardens in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.