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%). A relatively large number of people in Belvidere telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.67% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. Being a small city, Belvidere does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Belvidere with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.82% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or 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. Foreign born people are also an important part of Belvidere's cultural character, accounting for 15.64% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Belvidere is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
