LaBelle is a very small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 5,065 people and five associated neighborhoods, LaBelle is the 285th largest community in Florida.
Also of interest is that LaBelle 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: 9.93% 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.
The city 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, LaBelle has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes LaBelle a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In LaBelle, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.73 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
The rate of college-level education in LaBelle is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.74% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in LaBelle in 2022 was $25,776, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $103,104 for a family of four. However, LaBelle contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
LaBelle is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call LaBelle home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in LaBelle, accounting for 58.98% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of LaBelle residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in LaBelle include English, Irish, German, Italian, and French.
LaBelle also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 19.40%.
The most common language spoken in LaBelle is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.