Bell Gardens, CA

Dental & Medical Practice Marketing in Bell Gardens, CA

Public data on Bell Gardens, and what we would do first for a practice there because of it.

37,367residents (2025 estimate)
20NPI-registered dentists
$62,298median household income

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Residents

Bell Gardens at a glance

The two figures furthest from the US are the share of residents who speak Spanish at home (88.3% against 13.6%) and the share with a bachelor's degree or higher (7.1% against 35.7%).

  • Residents, July 2025 estimate37,367Down 5.4% from the April 2020 base of 39,511
  • Median household income$62,298Well below both California ($99,122) and the US ($80,734)
  • Median age32.3Below both California (37.9) and the US (38.9)
  • Residents 65 and older9.6%Well below both California (15.7%) and the US (17.2%)
  • Bachelor's degree or higher (residents 25+)7.1%Well below both California (37.1%) and the US (35.7%)
  • Speak Spanish at home (residents 5+)88.3%Well above both California (28.3%) and the US (13.6%)

The share with a bachelor's degree or higher is where Bell Gardens and Bell (2 miles apart) differ most: 7.1% against 9.7%, then the share of residents 65 and older (9.6% against 11.5%).

Providers

Who practices in Bell Gardens

People, not offices: each row counts NPI-registered providers whose practice address is in Bell Gardens, by primary specialty. Per resident, dentists are the group closest to the US rate (0.7 times the US rate) and plastic surgeons the lowest (none matched inside the city).

SpecialtyIn Bell GardensResidents per providerUSAgainst the US
Dentists201 per 1,8681 per 1,340Well below
Chiropractors21 per 18,6841 per 3,311Well below
Dermatologists0–1 per 17,857Well below
Physical therapists0–1 per 1,181Well below
Optometrists11 per 37,3671 per 5,291Well below
Podiatrists0–1 per 14,706Well below
Plastic surgeons0–1 per 58,824Well below

These counts include only providers whose practice address the Census Geocoder places inside Bell Gardens (90 of 91 providers' practice addresses in the surrounding ZIP codes matched), so they are a minimum: providers at addresses the geocoder could not match are left out.

Local context

Local healthcare landscape in Bell Gardens

Bell Gardens is bordered by the City of Commerce, Downey, South Gate and Bell. PIH Health Downey Hospital, whose own history page speaks of the Downey community, began as Virginia Hospital in 1920 and has its current location on Brookshire Avenue. Bell Gardens' public review draft of its General Plan Land Use Element, dated October 2026, names Focus Area 2: Casino District, and also discusses Downtown Bell Gardens and the Civic Center. The draft places the Civic Center along Garfield Avenue between Gage and Florence Avenues and speaks of an integrated district surrounding the Bicycle Casino. It also lists the Garfield and Florence Transit Node, where the intersection of Garfield Avenue and Florence Avenue is centrally located within Bell Gardens.

Employers

Private-sector health care employers in Los Angeles County, 2024

Annual averages for 2024, county-wide. Offices of other health practitioners are 23.4% of them, below the US share of 27.8%.

  • Ambulatory health care establishments31,461Average employment 268,957
  • Offices of physicians11,648
  • Offices of dentists6,425
  • Offices of other health practitioners7,357
Our plan

What we'd prioritize for a Bell Gardens practice

Picked from the figures above by fixed rules.

  1. An opening for dermatologists

    No NPI-registered dermatologists list a practice address in Bell Gardens (nationally there is one for every 17,857 residents). That leaves fewer local competitors for a dermatologist in search; see our marketing for dermatologists.

  2. Hold on to existing patients

    Between April 2020 and July 2025, Bell Gardens lost 2,144 residents (−5.4%). With fewer newcomers, patient texting comes first, so existing patients keep coming back.

  3. Service pages in Spanish

    Spanish is spoken at home by 88.3% of Bell Gardens residents, against 13.6% nationally. We would add Spanish versions of the main service pages, forms and review requests in the website work.

  4. Start local SEO early

    Across the seven provider groups on this page, Bell Gardens has 6.2 NPI-registered providers per 10,000 residents, against 22.3 for the US. The thinnest group is dermatologists, with none matched inside the city. With fewer competitors to outrank, local SEO comes first.

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Sources

Provider counts are NPI records whose practice address the Census Geocoder places inside Bell Gardens, using 2020 census blocks.

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