Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Bellville’s subject grades are an A for history and an A− for civic life; the weakest is a C− for walkability. Its National Register listings include All Souls Unitarian-Universalist Church and Bellville Bandstand. Bellville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Bellville beats most towns.
Bellville Bandstand
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1897.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Bellville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bellville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Bellville.
The property offense rate in Bellville is 3 per 1,000 residents.
| Bellville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3 per 1,000 residents | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3 per 1,000 residents | 9.4 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The peak summer temperature for Bellville comes to 83°F, close to Ohio’s towns (84°F) and below U.S. towns (85°F).
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 24% of residents (18% statewide). Since 2020, Bellville has grown 2.7%, to 2,013 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. Among adults 25 and older, 26% have a four-year degree or more, against 32% across Ohio.
| Bellville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 24% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 22% | 22% |
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.6 points). Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Bellville | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.3% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.2% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.6% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.7% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.1% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.8% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.1% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.2% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 13% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 41.7% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.4% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.9% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.1% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.9% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,000, single groups can be off by several points
For residents in Bellville, the share who live below the poverty line is 12%. Only 8% of working residents stay in Bellville for work; the rest commute out. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in the town rose by 160, to 888. The town’s typical journey to work stands at 28 minutes.
| Bellville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Bellville, the rent at the middle of the market is $814 a month. Typical home values rose 6% in the year to September 2026. Also worth knowing: a home in Bellville typically sold within 5 days of listing.
| Bellville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $814 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 75% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The share of adults in Bellville who smoke cigarettes is 15%, where Ohio’s towns sit at 16% and U.S. towns at 14%. This Ohio town beats the Ohio average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. Two figures for adults in the town: 32% feel lonely, 10% worry about having enough food.
| Bellville | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Bellville | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.1% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6% | 8.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.4% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Bellville has had 54 paid flood insurance claims since 1979. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in the town than in 51% of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Bellville after 6 declared disasters, most recently in 2008. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 77% come from inland flooding and 5% from tornadoes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. North Bellville Municipal Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bellville. Close and well known come first.
12 mi MuseumOhio State Reformatory
7 mi State parkMalabar Farm State Park
32 mi LandmarkHarding Tomb
38 mi Ancient siteAlligator Effigy Mound
10 mi GardenKingwood Center
10 mi MuseumMansfield Memorial MuseumOhio State Reformatory: Niagara66, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Malabar Farm State Park: Jerward at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Harding Tomb: User:Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Alligator Effigy Mound: Rev. Stephen D. Peet, editor, Public domain · Kingwood Center: Mar07 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Mansfield Memorial Museum: Publichall, CC BY-SA 3.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Bellville
About 4 of every 100 Bellville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
5 places in Bellville on the National Register of Historic Places.
8 notable people were born in Bellville.
Village in Ohio, United States
Bellville is a village in Richland County in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is part of the Mansfield, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,963 at the 2020 census.
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2 towns share a border with Bellville.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellville | — | — | C+ | B+ | B+ | B− |
| Jefferson Township | #611 | B− | B+ | — | B+ | C+ |
| Washington Township | #469 | B | B | — | B+ | C− |
Bellville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Jefferson Township and Washington Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bellville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 4.8 years of the area's median household income ($59,509 across the Mansfield, OH metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
8 notable people were born here, including Levi H. Dowling and Francis Celeste Le Blond.
