Belleville is a very small city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 3,904 people and 15 associated neighborhoods, Belleville is the 230th largest community in Michigan.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Belleville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Belleville is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Belleville who work in office and administrative support (14.09%), management occupations (13.65%), and sales jobs (13.43%). Of important note, Belleville is also a city of artists. Belleville has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Belleville’s character. Also of interest is that Belleville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 23.88% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. Belleville 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 population of Belleville is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 34.18% of adults in Belleville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Belleville in 2022 was $36,633, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $146,532 for a family of four. However, Belleville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Belleville is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Belleville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Belleville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Belleville include German, Polish, Irish, English, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Belleville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
