Overall, Bellaire’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Bellaire has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Bellaire has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bellaire than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bellaire may be for you.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Bellaire spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.80 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the village are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small village, Bellaire does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Bellaire are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 37.61% of adults in Bellaire have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bellaire in 2022 was $33,681, which is middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $134,724 for a family of four. However, Bellaire contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Bellaire home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bellaire residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Bellaire include German, English, Irish, Dutch, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Bellaire is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
