Belvidere is a very small town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 2,545 people and two associated neighborhoods, Belvidere is the 401st largest community in New Jersey. Much of the housing stock in Belvidere was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.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 town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Belvidere who work in teaching (13.90%), office and administrative support (9.47%), and management occupations (7.61%). Also of interest is that Belvidere has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. In Belvidere, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.05 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Being a small town, Belvidere does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Belvidere is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.43% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Belvidere in 2022 was $46,722, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $186,888 for a family of four. However, Belvidere contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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 Asian. Important ancestries of people in Belvidere include German, Italian, Irish, English, and Swedish. The most common language spoken in Belvidere is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
