Bell HillWA
Population 1,041: a town in Washington.
Is Bell Hill a good place to live?
Bell Hill’s best subject grade is an A− for health; its weakest is a D− for cost of living. 62% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Bell Hill, above both the Washington town median (30%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). On cost of living, just 9 of Washington’s 395 towns do worse. On the outdoors, just 16 of Washington’s 397 towns do worse. Bell Hill has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Bell Hill stand out
Where Bell Hill beats most towns.
1,041 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Bell Hill grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Bell Hill is from typical.
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Olympic National Park and 25 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bell Hill. Close and well known come first.
Big draw9 mi National ParkOlympic National Park3.6M visitors a year
34 mi MountainMount Olympus
9 mi BeachDungeness Spit
16 mi LandmarkFort Worden
34 mi LakeLake Crescent
20 mi LandmarkFort CaseyPhoto credits
Olympic National Park: Wsiegmund, CC BY 2.5 · Mount Olympus: R6, State & Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection, Public domain · Dungeness Spit: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Fort Worden: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Crescent: Kashyap Hosdurga, CC BY 2.0 · Fort Casey: mikelehen, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to Bell Hill: who provides what
Bell Hill is unincorporated, so Clallam County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bell Hill.
A smaller share of adults binge drink in Bell Hill than in most of Washington or the rest of the country
Among 286 Washington towns, just 6 have a lower share of adults who report frequent mental distress than Bell Hill. The share of adults in Bell Hill who sleep under 7 hours: 26%. This Washington town does better than the Washington average on 16 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 9.
| Bell Hill | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 17% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 17% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 31% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 33% | 36% |
| What stands out | Bell Hill | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 5.2% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 2.9% | 5.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 16.2% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Fewer of Bell Hill’s residents live below the poverty line than in the typical Washington or U.S. town
The typical journey to work in Bell Hill is 16 minutes. Half commute less than 37 miles. The top destinations are Sequim (19%), Port Angeles (11%) and Seattle (8%).
| Bell Hill | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 16 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 1.3% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $79,000 | $98,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest natural risk in Bell Hill is earthquakes, at a high overall level
FEMA puts two thirds of the town’s expected hazard losses down to earthquakes, and 29% to inland flooding. Bell Hill’s natural-hazard score from FEMA is 69 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect mild winters and pleasant summers in Bell Hill
Expect July afternoons of 71° and January nights of 34°, with about 1 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median home in Bell Hill sells for about $1.03M
Only 10 of the 286 Washington towns we compare have a higher share of households owning their home than Bell Hill.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Bell Hill
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Bell Hill; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Bell Hill residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Washington.
100% of working residents leave Bell Hill for work
Where Bell Hill’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Bell Hill
Census-designated place in Washington, United States
Bell Hill is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Clallam County, Washington, United States. The population was 875 at the 2020 census, up from 837 at the 2010 census. It is Located just south of the city of Sequim. Bell Hill gets somewhat more precipitation than Sequim, but is drier than most western Washington areas.
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- Area
- 2.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,037 ft
- Area code
- 360
Questions about Bell Hill
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bell Hill, WA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $847,000, 44% above the Washington typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.