Belfair is a very small coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Washington. With a population of 4,279 people and two associated neighborhoods, Belfair is the 146th largest community in Washington.

Belfair is home to a number of people employed in the armed forces. When you visit or walk around Belfair, some of the people you will bump into will be military people In and out of uniform, jogging, shopping and generally out and about town.

Also of interest is that Belfair has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Belfair has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Belfair a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Belfair is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

One downside of living in Belfair is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Belfair, the average commute to work is 36.13 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

Despite being a small town, Belfair has a lot of people using taxis to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on taxis are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

The rate of college-level education in Belfair is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.01% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Belfair in 2018 was $34,755, which is middle income relative to Washington and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $139,020 for a family of four. However, Belfair contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Belfair is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Belfair home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Belfair residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Belfair also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.67% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Belfair include English, Norwegian, German, Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Belfair is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.