Belvidere is a medium-sized city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 25,325 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Belvidere is the 88th largest community in Illinois.Belvidere is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Belvidere is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Belvidere who work in sales jobs (11.15%), management occupations (11.06%), and food service (9.00%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.67% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Belvidere is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The rate of college-level education in Belvidere is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.82% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Belvidere in 2022 was $32,460, which is lower middle income relative to Illinois, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $129,840 for a family of four. However, Belvidere contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Belvidere is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Belvidere home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Belvidere residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Belvidere also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 35.27% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Belvidere include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish. In addition, Belvidere has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.64%). The most common language spoken in Belvidere is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
