Trash today Garbage out by 7 a.m. Two pickups a week in all five sections.

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Bellaire

The City of Homes, and the best of everything within three miles.

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01Explore BellaireEat, shop, stay a while →02Living hereTrash day, schools, the everyday →

The Front Desk

Ask anything about Bellaire.

Trash day, the water bill, schools, city rules. A plain answer, with the city's own source.

When is my trash day?When is the water bill due?Are fireworks legal in Bellaire?Which school is mine?When does City Council meet?Is my street in a flood zone?

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Bellaire, answered from the city's own pagesSearch the city code →

TrashTwice a week, by section RecyclingOnce a week, by section Yard wasteOnce a week, by section Heavy trashOn brush day, or arranged Water billDue the second Friday FireworksNot allowed in the city Council1st & 3rd Mondays, 6 p.m.SchoolsHouston ISD, by address FloodCypress Ditch, about $110M LibraryOpen six days a week VotingCivic Center, 7008 S. Rice AlertsSign up for PrepareBellaire

Library · Saturday, October 10

The Bellaire City Library turns 75, and the town is invited

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The children's corner. The library opened in 1951.

Seventy-five years of story time, homework and quiet afternoons at 5111 Jessamine.

The Bellaire City Library opened in 1951. On Saturday, October 10, it celebrates its 75th year. The same morning, a used book sale opens at the Bellaire Fire Station at 9 a.m.

WhenSat, Oct 10

WhereBellaire City Library, 5111 Jessamine St

HoursMon-Thu 10-7, Fri 1-5, Sat 9-5

Book saleFire station, 9 a.m.

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Sat, Oct 10

The High Water Truck Pull at City Hall

Saturday at Bellaire City Hall, 9 a.m..

Mon, Oct 12

A Día de los Muertos ofrenda in the City Hall lobby

Monday at City Hall Lobby.

Tue, Oct 27

Flood task force holds an open house

Tuesday at Bellaire Civic Center, 6 p.m..

Homes Listings & builders

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What a house in the City of Homes sells for

$1.28M

Median single-family sale, July 2026 (HAR).

87.9%

of homes are owner-occupied.

Blum Custom Builders

5210 Spruce St.

Read · The long view

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Why they call it the City of Homes

A town that stopped growing outward in 1948 and has been growing upward and inward ever since.

By the HERE Bellaire team

Bellaire by the numbers

17,202residents, 2020 Census.
3.6square miles, surrounded by Houston.
$1.28Mmedian single-family sale, July 2026 (HAR).
87.9%owner-occupied.
$244,015median household income.
1918incorporated June 24, with about 200 people.
~$110MCypress Ditch drainage program, two detention basins.

Only in Bellaire a history

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From a 9,449-acre ranch to a town Houston grew around

William Wright Baldwin bought the Rice Ranch in 1908. Bellaire incorporated ten years later with about 200 people. Today it is 3.6 square miles, surrounded by Houston.

1908William Wright Baldwin buys the 9,449-acre Rice Ranch.
1910On December 12 the "Toonerville Trolley" begins running down the middle of Bellaire Boulevard. It runs until September 26, 1927.
1918Bellaire incorporates on June 24, with about 200 people.
1948Houston annexes the land around Bellaire on December 31.
1955Bellaire High School opens. By its own account, in 1979 it became the first IB Diploma school in Texas.
2009Teas Nursery (1910-2009) closes; its land becomes Evelyn's Park, 5 acres at 4400 Bellaire Blvd, a gift of the Rubenstein brothers named for their mother.

Schools

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Bellaire High SchoolBy its own account, the first IB Diploma school in Texas (1979).
Condit Elementary7000 S. Third St.
Horn Elementary4530 Holly St.
Pin Oak MiddleBy application.
PrivateEpiscopal High School4650 BissonnetThe Post Oak School4600 BissonnetVeritas Christian Academy7000 Ferris St.