Belle is a very small town located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 1,125 people and just one neighborhood, Belle is the 146th largest community in West Virginia.
Unlike some towns, Belle isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Belle are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Belle is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Belle who work in office and administrative support (11.11%), sales jobs (11.11%), and business and financial occupations (8.64%).
Also of interest is that Belle has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Belle telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.91% 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.
The citizens of Belle are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.90% of adults in Belle having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Belle in 2022 was $29,026, which is upper middle income relative to West Virginia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,104 for a family of four. However, Belle contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Belle home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Belle residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Belle include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Belle is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Belle, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The government often provides some of the more stable jobs in the economy. From local, to state, to federal government workers, the government can also be a major employer. What NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed, is that the neighborhood in particular stands out when compared nationally for the proportion of its working residents who are employed by the government. At 14.8% of its workforce, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of government workers than 97.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Belle are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 71.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 55.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 44.4% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 25.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (19.1%), and 14.8% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.6% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.0%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Belle, WV, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (9.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (8.2%), and residents who report German roots (7.6%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (3.1%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (2.0%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (53.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (83.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (12.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.