Belt is a tiny town located in the state of Montana. With a population of 515 people and just one neighborhood, Belt is the 118th largest community in Montana.
Belt is a blue-collar town, with 36.56% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Belt is a town of service providers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Belt who work in teaching (14.80%), healthcare suport services (11.78%), and office and administrative support (10.27%).
Being a small town, Belt does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Belt citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.02% of adults in Belt have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Belt in 2022 was $31,530, which is lower middle income relative to Montana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $126,120 for a family of four. However, Belt contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Belt is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Belt home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Belt residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Belt also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.02% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Belt include German, English, Scots-Irish, Polish, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Belt is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 3 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 98.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss and Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry and 1.7% have Finnish ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.3% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Belt are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 50.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 67.1% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 47.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 24.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.3%), and 8.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 90.8% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (7.0%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Belt, MT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (29.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.7%), and residents who report English roots (9.0%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (4.3%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (4.3%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (64.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (14.9%) and 10.1% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.